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Geist is the Canadian magazine of ideas & culture—fact + fiction, photography, comix, essays, revi

Geist is the Canadian magazine of ideas and culture, with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour. The Geist tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Each issue reflects a convergence of fiction, non-fiction, photography, comix, reviews, little-known facts of interest, poetry, cartography and the legendary Geist crossword puzzle. At the heart of our enter

prise is the imaginary country that some of us inhabit from time to time, and which often has something to do with Canada.

10/31/2024

🐙 Geist 127 is out now! 🐙 Notes & Dispatches from ADRIAN RAIN, HOLLIE ADAMS and KATHY PAGE.
Plus! New fiction by PAUL DHILLON; feature essay from EMILY LU; comics by ONJANA YAWNGHWE and YOKO OJI KIKUCHI; new poetry by NOFEL; winners of the 2023 PolterGeist Writing Contest, and so much more!
Fantastical cover art by 💚 ALLISON CHOW 💚 (.good.imp)
Get the issue (or subscribe!) at geist.com/geist-127

10/30/2024

"The only things to watch out for these days are the men. The most recent batch of soldiers went to the front (God protect them), but the ones still stationed here grate on my nerves."
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—From the story, "Surveillance" by Liisa Kovala, First Prize Winner of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Contest, issue 124
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Read Liisa's story on our website: geist.com/surveillance

10/23/2024

"You have to pay the toll, the bartender says. I’ve already paid, I protest. I’ve paid so many times. The bartender scoffs. Everyone says that."
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—From the story, "Sentimental" by Carmen Siegers, Second Prize Winner of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Contest, issue 124
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Read Carmen's story on our website: geist.com/sentimental

10/18/2024

"But fun & fast don't last. I could tell by the way his life was in piles. Piles of dishes in the sink, piles of clothes on the floor, piles of cans in the closet."
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—From the story, "Fun & Fast" by Ruby Woodruff, Third Prize Winner of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Contest, issue 124
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Read Ruby's story on our website: geist.com/fun-fast

10/16/2024

⭐Announcing the 19th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Shortlist ⭐

We received well over a hundred entries for the contest. Thank you to the many writers who submitted! Congratulations to the ten shortlisted writers 🥳
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Stay tuned—winners will be announced soon!

09/24/2024

"At work I find myself taking the side of those editors / who miss missing periods, meaning what was meant / to be two thoughts are now set down forever as one."
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—From the poem, "Short Talk on Summer Ending" by Owen Torrey, issue 124
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Read Owen's poem on our website: geist.com/poetry/short-talk-on-summer-ending

09/18/2024

The 2024 Short Long-Distance Writing Contest is now open for submissions!

Write a story that unfolds in two or more Canadian time zones.

Deadline: November 12, 2024

To submit: http://geist.com/shortlong

09/16/2024

"Just like its English name, I’m afraid the poor little flowers and their scent will fail to live up to my memories. It’s easier to leave it in the past than to face a disappointment. Maybe if I ordered the seeds from Poland, it would be different."
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—From the dispatch, "Metanoias" by Margaret Nowaczyk, Issue 124
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Read Margaret's essay on our website / geist.com/fact/metanoias
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Margaret Nowaczyk

Image: Kristina Corre, Portal, 2023, hand-cut wheatpasted collage with photo printed on metallic label

09/10/2024

"Every month or so, my mom sends me a picture from a trip we took together."
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—From the comic, "The Broch" by Eleanor Panno, Issue 124
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Read Eleanor's poem on our website: geist.com/comics/the-broch
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Image: panel from “The Broch” by Eleanor Panno

09/09/2024

We'd never encourage you to eavesdrop, but ...

Send us the best one-liners you've overheard—on the street, at the bus stop, in line for coffee—and you might see them in our next issue!

Reply via form at geist.com/overheard

09/04/2024

We're hiring a Managing Editor!
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Full time position at 30 hrs/wk with benefits and more. We encourage applicants who self-identify as BIPOC, Women, LGBTQIA2S+, and individuals living with a disability.
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Applications are due September 26, 2024. Apply now!
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geist.com/blogs/were-hiring-a-managing-editor

09/04/2024

" ... Blood dripped down my chin. The light / left. After, I googled what it all meant—death, / capitalism, Steffie’s stuffed bunny ... "
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—From the poem, "Here's the thing" by Molly Cross-Blanchard, Issue 124
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Read Molly's poem on our website, geist.com/poetry/heres-the-thing

Image: Pedro Ribeiro Simões from Lisboa, Portugal, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

08/27/2024

"A hole in the heart sounds poetic; a romantic affliction for those of us who are unlucky in love. I should be so lucky as to be unlucky in love."
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—Issue 124. From the dispatch "My Body Is a Wonderland" by Ian Roy

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Read more at geist.com/fact/my-body-is-a-wonderland
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Image: Caro Dubois, Dreaming for Holidays, 2022, mixed media collage

08/23/2024

💥Submissions deadline extended!💥

We will be accepting *non-fiction* and *comics* submissions until September 9, 2024 at midnight. You have another two weeks to send us your finest work!
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Fiction and poetry submissions will close at the regular deadline on Monday, August 26 at midnight.
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As always, we welcome personal narrative, writing grounded in a sense of place, and work that explores the everyday humour and strangeness of life.

For non-fiction submissions, shorter pieces (800 to ~1500 words) for our Notes & Dispatches section and longer essays (up to 5000 words) are both welcome. We publish comics up to 8 pages.

Please read our full submission guidelines at geist.com/submit.

08/20/2024

"Outside, there’s a half-dozen protesters holding pizza-box signs. I spot Larry and try to drop my eyes, but they’re already approaching with a pamphlet that reads ABOLISH THE DAM. Beneath the letters, a crude drawing of a withered salmon in a choker. Larry says they’re shutting it down, tomorrow night. It’s all over Twitter, digital wildfire. 'Join us?'"
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From the short story "The Business of Salvation" by David Huebert.
—Issue 124
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Read more at www.geist.com/fiction/the-business-of-salvation
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David Huebert

08/13/2024

"Imagine your hands in a brook / as not-real hands. Do you remember a special / green life?"
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—From the poem, "Return to the Lake of Shining Waters" by Andrea Scott, First Prize Winner of the 2022 Erasure Poetry Contest, published in Issue 123
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Read Andrea's poem on our website: geist.com/contests/return-to-the-lake-of-shining-waters

Collage by Andrea Scott

08/06/2024

"Ward, I wish I could endure it / for your sake."
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—From the poem, "June Cleaver Lies in Bed" by K.R. Segriff, Second Prize Winner of the 2022 Erasure Poetry Contest, published in Issue 123
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Read K.R.'s poem on our website: geist.com/contests/june-cleaver-lies-in-bed

08/02/2024

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2023 PolterGeist Writing Contest!

Congratulations to Jennifer, Tyler and Hsien 🎉 The winning stories and essays will be published in Geist 127, out this fall =)

Read more about the contest: www.geist.com/contests/winners-of-the-2023-poltergeist-writing-contest

Thank you to all who submitted!

07/31/2024

"Oh, but her hands utter, / sigh wild fingers, shudder"
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—From the poem, "Ghosting" by kerry doyle, Third Prize Winner of the 2022 Erasure Poetry Contest, published in Issue 123
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Read kerry's poem on our website: www.geist.com/contests/ghosting

07/26/2024

Geist Magazine invites submissions in nonfiction, fiction, poetry and comics.

As always, we welcome personal narrative, writing grounded in a sense of place, and work that explores the everyday humour and strangeness of life.

We are particularly interested in reading nonfiction at this time, both shorter (800 to ~1500 words) and longer (up to 5000 words) essays.

Deadline: August 26, 2024 at midnight.

Please read our submission guidelines at buff.ly/3WAmhYG

07/16/2024

"You tell me how it is / rare for a physicist to be an expert / on time. I say that it is fundamental / to understand time and space to be / an active participant of history or / the future. You speak of how time / is an emergent property woven into / the fabric of reality. I bring emphasis / to tenses."
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—From the poem, "A Love Poem, Also a Physics Poem" by Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Issue 123
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Read Sneha's poem on our website: geist.com/poetry/a-love-poem-also-a-physics-poem!

07/09/2024

"Most North American homes are so hermetically sealed that we suffocate ourselves trying to keep the natural world from getting in, but here, rooms are divided by shoji—sliding doors with translucent paper between wood frames. This house by the lake is porous."

—Issue 123. From the photography feature and essay "On Lake Saiko" by Leanne Dunic (facebook.com/leannedunic), about her artist residency in Japan and a super natural forest and convening with creatures.
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Read more at geist.com/photography/on-lake-saiko
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Image: Leanne Dunic

06/26/2024

"In every photo, my brother struck a rigid military pose, channelling the Grenztruppen, the tension that hung over everything. I lay awake at night on the sagging mattress, bracing myself for Skylab's impact."

—Issue 123. From the dispatch "My Summer Behind the Iron Curtain" by Sara Graefe, about Skylab and East Germany and a child's angst.
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Read more at geist.com/fact/my-summer-behind-the-iron-curtain
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Image: Sean William Randall, 2, 5, 7, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 36in x 36in.
www.seanwilliamrandall.com

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