The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence now welcomes submissions!

Read Ben Berman Ghan's interview with Amal El-Mohtar in Issue 73: Spring 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Liz Worth's interview with Emma Cohen and Emily Wood in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Rebecca Mangra's interview with Summer Farah in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Winter 2026 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

Read Nirris Nagendrarajah's review of Curtis Garner's Isaac in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Winter 2026 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

Explore Jessica Bebenek's multi-media writing project "ON NO" in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, Then Check out The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

The Ex-Puritan began in 2007 as The Puritan Literary Magazine, an independently funded print journal dedicated to publishing fiction, essays, and interviews in Ottawa, Ontario, and was sold in…

Want to manage publicity for a magazine? The Ex-Puritan is now hiring a new Publicity Manager to start in for our Spring 2025 issue. Apply by Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

The Ex-Puritan seeks submissions all year round, from anywhere in the world.Our current publication rates (as of Fall 2022) stand as: $100 PER INTERVIEW $200 PER ESSAY $100 PER REVIEW $150 PER…

Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

Read Matthew Monrose's essay "'Don't scratch too deep or I'll bleed': Archiving with Austin" in Issue 71 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the winners and runners-up of the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize…

Read Rhys Owain Williams's poem "Autumn as a Lo-Fi YouTube Video" in Issue 71: Fall 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read the 2025 winner of the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence in Fiction, "Thousands of Longings Like These" by Madeeha Hashmi in Issue 71: Fall 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the res...

Read Summer Farah's interview "'What We Lose is Synonymous with Death': A Conversation with Farah Ghafoor in Issue 69: Spring 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary...

Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

The Ex-Puritan began in 2007 as The Puritan Literary Magazine, an independently funded print journal dedicated to publishing fiction, essays, and interviews in Ottawa, Ontario, and was sold in…

Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition​ features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.

Read D.F. McCourt's short story "One Way Out" in Issue 64: Winter 2024 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Anupa Mistry's essay "Eastbound" in our special issue Animalia, then check out the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Elliott Gish's short story "In Glass" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Joyce Li's short story "The Transmigration of Rabbits" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Aaron Kreuter's short story "Shimon's Trial" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Jody Chan's review of Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s "Property Journal” in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Dawn MacDonald's review of Zane Koss's "Country Music" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Ezra M. Serra's poems “Everyone is Sleeping” and "We Fuck" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Raoul Fernandes's poem "Strike Anywhere" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Sadie McCarney's excerpt "from Alterbiographies” in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Stella Wong's poem "Complex conjugates" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Alexandra McKay's essay "Water Bird" in Issue 70: Winter 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Vivian Zhi's essay "Queer's Park" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Katherine Abbass's interview with Elise Levine in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Read Raoul Fernandes's poem "Strike Anywhere" in Issue 70: Summer 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!