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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The deadline for the 21st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest has been EXTENDED! ✍️ You have two more weeks to send us your stories 📬 New Deadline: October 30, 2026 at 11:59PM PST. Send us a 500 word story and a postcard. To submit: geist.com/contests. Or see the link in our bio!

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Our final submission window of 2026 closes TODAY! Geist is looking for NON-FICTION, POETRY, FICTION, COMICS, ART & PHOTOGRAPHY. Please send more NON-FICTION: braided essays, hermit crab pieces, essays on culture, and writing grounded in a sense of place. Deadline: Oct 8, 2026 at 11:59 pm PT 🌚

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One week left to submit to our final submission window of 2026—send us your best work! Geist is reading NON-FICTION, POETRY, FICTION and COMICS submissions, as well as ART & PHOTOGRAPHY. Read our submission guidelines at geist.com/submit Deadline: October 8, 2026 at 11:59 pm PT 🌚

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We'd never encourage you to eavesdrop, but... Send us the best one-liners you've overheard—on the street, at the pumpkin patch, in line for cinema tickets—and you might see them in our next issue! Reply via form at geist.com/overheard

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Geist is open for NON-FICTION, POETRY, FICTION & COMICS submissions, as well as ART & PHOTOGRAPHY, until October 8, 2026 🌚 We caught up with our ed-in-chief @emmacleary.bsky.social to talk about what she’s reading, what keeps her turning the page, and how an issue takes shape: geist.com/blogs

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The 21st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest is now open! Send us a 500 word story and a postcard. Deadline: October 16, 2026 at 11:59PM PST. To submit: geist.com/contests Or see the link in our bio!

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

OUT NOW: Geist 133 is good for you Dispatches from JILL BOETTGER, DEBORAH OSTROVSKY and SADIQA DE MEIJER Poetry by DANIEL NAAWENKANGUA ABUKURI and EVELYN LAU Fiction by JEN CURRIN and CYNTHIA LIU Comic by ANGELA SCHMOLD & more! Cover art by RACHELLE WONDERING geist.com/subscribe-online/geist-133

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Submissions are open for non-fiction fiction poetry comics art & photography This is our final submission window of 2026—send us your best work! Geist publishes an eclectic mix of art & photography and would love to see more submissions. Deadline: Oct 8, 2026 🌚 Read more at geist.com/submit

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Paper Covers Rock's Writer-in-Residence program on Salt Spring Island is offering a November 1–7 residency slot for Canadian writers. Applications close on August 31 at 11:59pm PT. Readers of Geist get $10 off the application fee. Use code "GEIST10" at papercoversrock.ca/writing-residency to apply.

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Geist is looking for volunteer readers to join our collective! From across Canada, members of the Reading Collective read submissions and help us discover the best, weirdest, Geist-iest work out there. To apply for one of our volunteer spots visit geist.com/volunteers/volunteer Closes Sept 3, 2026

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 PolterGeist Contest WINNERS! 👻 FIRST PRIZE "Night Drive" by Jacob Bachinger SECOND PRIZE "Angela" by Emily Horton THIRD PRIZE "As I wait for the TTC in High Park" by Ysh Cabana Read the winning entries in Geist 133, out at the end of August! geist.com 👻

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

✳️ The 2026 PolterGeist Contest Shortlist! ✳️ Thanks to all who sent us fact + fiction gesturing to the various meanings of geist, among them “spirit,” “wit” & “ghost.” Congrats to the shortlist! 👻 Ysh Cabana Terri Potratz Ella Pfalzgraff Benjamin Hollo Jacob Bachinger Emily Horton

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Long before a copy of Geist hits your coffee table, our Reading Collective volunteers are reading, discussing and championing the work that becomes part of each issue. Say hello to a few more of the people behind the pages ⭐️ Read more at geist.com/blogs/meet-the-geist-reading-collective-batch-3

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Geist presents Writing What We Cannot Fully Remember, a creative non-fiction workshop facilitated by Minelle Mahtani. Full details & to register: buff.ly/or6Rdoh August 19 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 111 West Hastings St., Vancouver 12 spots available. Refreshments provided! Photo by Elliot Voilmy.

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Great writing needs great readers. That’s why we’re excited to introduce you to more volunteers from our Reading Collective. Have a favourite piece from a recent issue of Geist? It was probably one of these readers who spotted its potential from the very beginning. Find out more at geist.com/blogs

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Meet the talented members of our Reading Collective—thoughtful, curious first readers from across Canada who read submissions, offer their insights and help us discover the essays, poems, short stories and comics we’re excited to share with you. Get to know our volunteers at geist.com/blogs

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

One week 'til the Geist 132 Issue Launch Party! Readings: Erin Vosters Christine Lai Alex Leslie Cole Nowicki 🌟 July 21 6—8pm Enabling Arts 104-343 Railway St., Vancouver 🌟 Open mic will follow, max. 5 mins each. Sign up upon arrival :) Free! RSVP & deets: buff.ly/DFqUcJN @colenowicki

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The official launch party of Geist 132 features readings & an open mic! 🏵️ Tuesday, July 21 6 - 8pm Enabling Arts - 104-343 Railway St. 🏵️ 💫 Readings by Alex Leslie, Christine Lai, and more.💫 Free to attend! Pls register as space is limited, and find all details at buff.ly/RPCdLM7

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

One week left to submit to the 2026 Short Long-Distance Writing Contest! ✍️ Write a story that unfolds in two or more Canadian time zones in 500 words or less, fiction or non-fiction. To submit: geist.com/contests Or see the link in our bio!

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The deadline for the 2026 Short Long-Distance Writing Contest has been EXTENDED! ✍️ You have two more weeks to send us your stories 📬 Write a story that unfolds in two or more Canadian time zones in 500 words or less, fiction or non-fiction. To submit: geist.com/contests Or see the link in our bio!

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Last call for submissions! Send us your best, weirdest, most beloved works of NON-FICTION, COMICS, ART and PHOTOGRAPHY. Deadline: TONIGHT! June 15, 2026 at 11:59pm PT 🐏 We'd love to see more essays of under 2,000 words and comic strips for our Notes & Dispatches section. geist.com/submit

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

One more week to submit your best work to Geist! We are currently reading for NON-FICTION and COMICS, as well as ART and PHOTOGRAPHY. Deadline: June 15, 2026 ✨️ Please see our full guidelines at geist.com/submit

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The 2026 Short Long-Distance Writing Contest is now open for submissions! Write a story that unfolds in two or more Canadian time zones. Deadline: June 19, 2026 To submit: geist.com/contests Or see the link in our bio!

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Geist is seeking NON-FICTION essays and COMICS submissions for our upcoming issues, as well as ART & PHOTOGRAPHY 🕳️ Deadline: June 15, 2026 at 11:59pm PT 🐏 Please read our full guidelines at geist.com/submit

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We'd never encourage you to eavesdrop, but... Send us the best one-liners you've overheard—on the street, at the aquarium, in line for pastries—and you might see them in our next issue! Reply via form at geist.com/overheard

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Geist 132 is out now! Notes & Dispatches from EMILY MOORE, SAGE TYRTLE, IAN ROY, and JESS HOUSTY Poetry by JADE RIORDAN and ERIN VOSTERS Fiction by ALEX LESLIE Essays from KATE REIDER COLLINS and NIKKI CELIS and more! Cover art by JAN CONN Pick up issue 132 at geist.com/subscribe-online/geist-132

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

In January, we started a fundraiser to help our non-profit operate smoothly in 2026. 💙 🩷 💜 THANK YOU readers, subscribers & lit-lovers who gave us a serious boost this year. It has been invigorating & hopeful to receive an influx of support for literature & print mags. 💙 🩷 💜

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"In the empty lot across the street from my house, which was a mobile like the other homes on Turner Avenue, Bailey took off her training bra and flung it in a birch tree." —Jennifer Gossoo, Things Discovered and Un-, Geist 129 🌲 Read the dispatch in full at geist.com/fact/things-discovered-and-un

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Two more days to contribute to our fundraiser! 💛 geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today 💛 We're a few steps closer to our goal—thank you to those who have shown support over the last several weeks. If you'd like to help, donate, subscribe, or share.

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Look, we ate the doughnuts. But we still have gift boxes. Inside: great literature, Geist "section" hat, hot bevvy vehicle, zippered tote & more. Designed by Jia 何家嘉. Original art by Nora Kelly. Donate $250 or more by March 31, & we'll mail you a gift box. 🍩 geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Unswipeable, slow, deliberate. That's print, that's great literature, that's Geist. If that's the kind of thing you're into, donate by March 31. Donors of $250+ receive a limited-edition gift box, incl. merch w/ original art by Nora Kelly & designs by Jia 何家嘉. geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"There wasn't much to it at first glance. Just people recording themselves while stranded in the woods, trying to navigate absurd artificial scarcity of their own making." —CM Wain, COVID Cryptid, Geist 129 ⛺️ Read the comic in full at geist.com/comics/covid-cryptid

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

We believe in print. We believe in stories and great literature. We believe in humans and art. We believe the time is worth it, and the process is the point. If that's the kind of thing you're into, consider donating before March 31. 💗 Donate here: geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today 💗

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"There’s power in a name. Yours is common, an easy bet in any graveyard. Sometimes there are more options than I care to consider: lavish monuments with butter soft carvings of angels, shabby rectangular stones shot through with cracks." —Courtney Buder, Revenant, Geist 129 geist.com/fact/revenant

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Submissions close tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT 🐠 Send us your best, weirdest, most beloved works of non-fiction, comics, art, and photography. Read our full guidelines and find the link to submit at geist.com/submit

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"The quality of writing that Geist publishes on the regular is fucking legit." —Conor Kerr, Geist contributor, author of 5 books of fiction & poetry 🩶 Donate by March 31: geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today 🩶 or share with someone who loves literature & good ol' human-curated print mags.

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

"'I’ve been alive for 76 percent of my life,' Jake tells me, and he lies on the living room floor, hands crossed over his chest. The collar of his shirt grazes his razor-reddened chin." —Finnian Burnett, Rejoice in His Name, Geist 129 ❄️ Full short story at geist.com/fiction/rejoice-in-his-name

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Last photo dump from our 35th birthday. Full photo album now up on our website! 🌟 geist.com/blogs/photos-from-geist-at-35 Shoutout to: @thepleasantyvr @eventmags & @subterrain_magazine 🍰 @dangetsbaked 📸 Matt Sawatzky Get our anniversary issue 131 at geist.com/subscribe-online/geist-131

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Calling all artists, photographers and collage-makers! Geist is open for ART & PHOTOGRAPHY submissions until March 12, 2026 🐠 We're looking for art and photography (traditional, digital, mixed media, etc.) to accompany written work in the magazine. Check out our full guidelines at geist.com/submit

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We're rallying! Our fundraiser is now on until March 31. Perks: Limited-edition gift boxes, passes to Vancouver Art Gallery + the Museum of Vancouver. Details + donate: geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today Thanks MoV, Vancouver Art Gallery, Creative BC and the Province of BC for their support.

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

"Two of us were left behind: Moe, the surly / fire-swallower, and me. We shared no tongue. / I fetched the wood, he roasted the scallops." –Guy Elston, Geist 129 🔥 Read this delicious poem in full at geist.com/poetry/marooned

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Submissions are open! Geist is currently reading for NON-FICTION and COMICS until March 12 at 11:59 p.m. PT ☀️ Please read our submission guidelines at geist.com/submit

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Congrats to Katy McLean, who won the draw for free enrollment in the fiction course, How to Write a Novel. Thanks to UBC School of Creative Writing for their support, and to those who have donated to our fundraiser! Learn about our fundraiser & donate: geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today.

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"It took less than two hours for a freight train to interrupt us. I counted. I’d been waiting for it. Not that there was an announcement explaining anything. None of us ever really knew what was going on on The Canadian." –Soraya Roberts, #129 Read the essay in full at geist.com/fact/silver-blue

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Donate by 11:59 pm PST tonight for a chance to win a FREE seat in the creative writing course, How to Write a Novel, led by award-winning authors Annabel Lyon and Nancy Lee. Donate: geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today Details: geist.com/blogs/how-to-write-a-novel-donate-for-a-chance-to-win

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

More photos from our 35th anniversary party! We love you all. Check our website later in the month for the full birthday photo album :) 🌟

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Denise Da Costa is a Geist contributor (issue 130) and author of the novel, And the Walls Came Down (Dundurn). 🧡 Donate: geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today 🧡 Until Feb. 23, all donors will be entered to win a free seat at UBC's writing course, How to Write a Novel. Details at the link!

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

CLOSES TONIGHT! Beware, the witching hour approaches. Submit your uncanny tales of under 500 words. Open to Canadian and international entrants. Deadline: Thurs, 19 February at 11:59 p.m. PT 👻 geist.com/contests

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This is a big one! We are grateful to the UBC School of Creative Writing for their offer in support of our fundraiser. For details about our fundraiser, the UBC course, and to donate, visit: geist.com/donate/donate-to-geist-today

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Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

"Long before the pandemic lockdowns, I decided to cut my own hair in the privacy of my bathroom... to avoid the Chinese purity test that happened whenever I sat in front of a mirror with a plastic sheet over my chest." –Ginger Ngo, Geist 129 ✂️ Read the dispatch in full at geist.com/fact/strathcona

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