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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Submit by September 30 at 11:59pm PST to save $15 with our Early Bird discount! 🏁 final deadline: November 1 🏅 prizes: 3 x $2,000 📚️ genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction ✅️ judges: Lareina Abbott (cnf), Ayaz Pirani (poetry), Anuja Varghese (fiction) malahatreview.ca/contests/ope...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

5 days left for the Early Bird discount! Get $15 off your entry fee if you submit by Sep. 30 at 11:59pm PST. Regular prices resume Oct. 1 to the Nov. 1 deadline. 🏆️ 3 x $2,000 CAD prizes 🔎 judges: Lareina Abbott (cnf) Ayaz Pirani (poetry) Anuja Varghese (fiction) malahatreview.ca/contests/ope...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're looking forward to seeing all the books, zines, art, and more tomorrow at Open Space and GVPL's Small Press Fest! 💰️ Bring cash to buy issues old and new ranging from $2-$15. 🗓️ September 26, 11am-4pm 📍 Greater Victoria Public Library—central branch downtown courtyard 🎟️ free event

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Victoria Festival of Authors returns October 12-18! Transformation & Translation features Danielle Geller, Garth Martens, & Yilin Wang, moderated by past Editor, Iain Higgins. 🗓️ Oct. 16, 2pm 📍 Langham Court Theatre 🎟️ sliding scale tickets $5-$20 victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/events/trans...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Now accepting entries to our Open Season Awards! 🦉 Early Bird deadline ($15 entry fee discount): September 30 📩 regular deadline: November 1 ✍️ submit poetry, short fiction, &/or creative nonfiction 🏆️ 3 x $2,000 CAD prizes malahatreview.ca/contests/ope...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

See you this Saturday at Open Space's Small Press Fest! ❓️ celebrating printed matter & independent publishing 🗓️ September 26 ⏰️ 11am-4pm 📍 Greater Victoria Public Library—central branch downtown courtyard 🎟️ free event 💰️ bring cash to buy issues old and new ranging from $2-$15

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Are you a University of Victoria Writing or English student qualified for 120+ hours of work study? Send us your résumé ASAP! We'll be setting up interviews soon for our two work study positions. Learn more: www.uvic.ca/safa/work-st...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Juls Macdonell, summer issue 235 poetry contributor, chats with us about Pokémon, the dangers of playing god, and the news story that inspired the poem. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/m...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Connor Muggli Manson, whose cnf piece “The Gap” appears in our summer issue 235, talks with us about Hemingway, hobbies, and the aftermath of getting hit by a car. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/m...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

See you at the UVic Campus Community Garden tonight for Lorna Crozier's reading! 🗓️ TONIGHT, August 18 📍2100 McKenzie Ave, Saanich, BC ⏰️ 6pm doors, 6:30pm open mic, 7pm reading 🚪 free event We'll be selling issues from $2-$10. Bring cash! Location & accessibility: www.ccgardenuvic.ca/location.html

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Enjoy our new issue alongside summer's close. Out now in a mailbox or bookstore near you! Link to read the table of contents: www.malahatreview.ca/issues/235.h... Cover art by Lee Hutzulak.

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🚨 EXTENSION! You now have until August 5 2026 at 11:59pm PDT to submit your best personal essay, memoir, historical account, diary excerpt, food writing, social commentary, etc. No restriction on style, 4,000 word cap, $1,250 prize. See full guidelines & enter: www.malahatreview.ca/contests/cre...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

⏰️ Only a few days left to enter our CNF Prize contest! Judge Odette Auger will choose one winner to receive the $1,250 prize. Read the guidelines and submit: malahatreview.ca/contests/cre...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lillian Au, whose poems “Lucky Lions” and “Chinese Red Wedding Cards” appear in our forthcoming summer issue, chats with us about emotional landscapes and the contrast between the public and private life of a family. Link to the full interview: www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/a...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Edmond Pang, winner of our 2026 Novella Prize, chats with us about propulsive narratives, politics as a system of pressure within a story, and the hidden infrastructure and public mythology of revolution. Link to the full interview: www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/p...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

1 week left to enter our CNF Prize! Judge Odette Auger: "I also love precision, not just in language, but in feeling. An honest moment stays with me longer than something that tries to do too much." Link to read the guidelines and Odette's interview:

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Creative Nonfiction Prize | Malahat Review Writing Contest

The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites entries for its Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize.

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Join us tonight for a free reading at the @uviccampusgarden featuring Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social and Susan Sanford Blades! 5:30pm—open mic sign-up 6:00pm—open mic 7:00pm—featured readers For more info: ccgardenuvic.ca/open-mics

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🦚 Three weeks left to enter our Constance Rooke CNF Prize! Prize: $1,250 Entry fee (includes a 1-year print subscription): $35 (Canadian submissions) $45 (international submissions) + $15 for each additional entry Link to read the submission guidelines: www.malahatreview.ca/contests/cre...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

✨️ Congrats to the 2026 Far Horizons Award for Poetry winner! ✨️ Shashank Tripathi wins $1,250 & publication of "The Huddle Considers Its Visitors" in our fall issue 236. Thank you to judge Kevin Irie, our valued staff & volunteers, & everyone who entered. www.malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

“I also love reading and writing deeply flawed characters. I think it makes us more empathic people.” Sophie Jai talks with us about characters you can’t leave behind, experimenting with form, and her upcoming novel Choose: Happy. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/j...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Writing, for me, is an act in which I discover things I didn’t know or was only on the margins of knowing before I produced a bulk of words.” Russell Thornton talks with us about writing as self-hypnosis and submitting to mystery. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/t...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“The body doesn’t experience trauma, dissociation, and chronic illness as separate categories. Institutions do.” Kath Healing chats with us about nature as more than scenery and transformation as the condition of being alive. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/h...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Announcing the shortlist for our Far Horizons Award for Poetry! malahatreview.ca/announcement... Thank you to judge Kevin Irie, and to all those who submitted. Keep an eye out for the winner's announcement on July 7.

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🐦️Only two days left to take advantage of our Early Bird discount! $20 for Canadian entries (regularly $35) $30 for international entries (regularly $45) & a one-year print subscription! 🐤Final deadline: August 1, 2026 at 11:59pm PDT Read more and submit here: www.malahatreview.ca/contests/cre...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Our Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize is now open! Plus Early Bird pricing until June 30! Submit your best cnf piece for a chance to win $1,250 and publication in our winter issue 237. Link to full details: www.malahatreview.ca/contests/cre...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ayaz Pirani, whose poem “Featherweight” appears in our spring issue 234, talks with us about taking punches, opposing binaries, and the quandary of being alive. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/p...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Cassandra Myers, winner of 2026's Open Season Poetry Award, talks with us about macrocosmic honesty, poems as relics, and how to be porous again to the things you want to welcome in. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/m...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to authors C. White and Annie MacKillican whose respective stories "Pay Her" (issue 231) and "Picture Day" (issue 233) received Honourable Mentions at the National Magazine Awards! Link to see the full list of National Magazine Award winners:

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2026 Winners

We are pleased to reveal the Canadian creators who won Gold and Silver medals at this year’s National Magazine Awards. The gala was held at Arcadian Court in Toronto on June 5, 2026, and was co-hos…

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

2026 Constance Rooke CNF Prize judge, Odette Auger, talks with us about the challenges of honouring privacy, how shared stories can shift our understanding, and what she's looking for in a winning piece. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/a...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Congratulations to contributors Tanis MacDonald, Moez Surani, Ambrose Albert, Shauna Deathe, and Georgio Russell whose work has been featured in Best Canadian Essays and Best Canadian Poetry 2027! Get a copy come November, or preorder now from Biblioasis:

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Best Canadian 2027 Bundles - Biblioasis

Get all three Best Canadian 2027 titles: only $65 for paperbacks, or $40 for ebooks! This year’s editions of Best Canadian Poetry, Stories, and Essays feature selections and introductions by editors…

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

"With writing, I’m probably too strategic—my best writing happens when I get out of my head." @andreabishop.bsky.social won our 2026 Open Season Fiction Award with her story, “Show and Tell,” featured in our current spring issue 234. malahatreview.ca/interviews/b...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"When someone dies, you don’t say their name as much. You don’t hear others say their name." Stephanie Harrington won our 2026 Open Season CNF Award with her piece, “Chimera," featured in our current spring issue 234. malahatreview.ca/interviews/h...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

⏰️ One more day! Missed the deadline? Take until tomorrow at 11:59pm PDT to submit your poetry to our contest for emerging writers. prize: $1,250 judge: Kevin Irie extended deadline: May 5 entry fee (includes one-year print subscription): $25-$35 malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🦢 ONE DAY LEFT to submit to our Far Horizons Award for Poetry, judged by Kevin Irie! 📝 Send in your work by May 1 at 11:59pm PDT for a chance at the $1,250 prize and publication in our fall 2026 issue #236. See full contest guidelines: malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Congratulations to Annie MacKillican & C. White who are both nominated for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the Fiction category! NMA Silver & Gold medal winners, & Honourable Mentions, will be announced on Friday, June 5. magazine-awards.com/en/2026nomin...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🎭️ Our spring issue 234 is out now! Keep an eye on your mailbox, local bookstores, and libraries! 🎭️ Link to read the full table of contents, and to order: www.malahatreview.ca/issues/234.h...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Dayne Brelyn, whose cnf piece appears in winter issue #233, talks with us about trickster qualities, the philosophy surrounding storytelling, and the desire to see more Indigenous and Métis influence in the game industry. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/b...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Are you an emerging poet who has not yet published poetry in book form? You have one week to enter our Poetry Prize! Send in your work by May 1 at 11:59pm PDT for a chance at the $1,250 prize and publication in our fall 2026 issue #236. Full contest guidelines: malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Lareina Abbott, winter issue #233 cnf contributor, chats with us about chronic illness, speculative nonfiction, and looking at life events as a series of spokes on a wheel. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/a...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We'll be at Here Magazine's PNW Summit this Wednesday and Thursday! 🗓️ April 22 & 23 📍 Victoria Conference Centre 📋️ Sign up to attend workshops, panels, conversations, exhibitions, & performances. 🎟️ Buy tickets now from the PNW Summit's website: pnwsummit.ca/get-tickets/

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

2026 Far Horizons Award for Poetry judge, Kevin Irie, talks with us about the inspiration for his latest book Evacuations, living in the light of other poems, and poetry that seems inevitable in its destination. Link to the full interview: malahatreview.ca/interviews/i...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

3 weeks to enter our Poetry Prize! Judge Kevin Irie: "…I really love poems that confound expectations, that take me down to unexplored poetic depths or up to fresher air…" See Kevin's full response & guidelines: malahatreview.ca/interviews/i...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

TOMORROW! Join us for a special collab event with Planet Earth Poetry. 🗓️ April 10 ⏰️ doors 7, readings 7:30 📍 Russell Books, 100-747 Fort St 📕 featuring Louie Leyson, Garth Martens, & Elizabeth Bachinsky, hosted by our Editor, Iain Higgins 🎟️ entry by donation planetearthpoetry.com/april-2026

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Congrats to the 2026 Novella Prize winner! Edmond Pang wins $2,000 & publication in issue 235 for "The Suitcase at Yokohama Station." Thank you to judges Rob Benvie & Liz Harmer, & all our volunteers. Read comments from the judges & learn more about the winner: malahatreview.ca/contests/nov...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Join us next week for a collab event with Planet Earth Poetry! 🗓️ April 10 ⏰️ doors 7, readings 7:30 📍 Russell Books, 100-747 Fort St 📕 featuring Louie Leyson, @garthmartens.bsky.social, & Elizabeth Bachinsky, hosted by our Editor, Iain Higgins 🎟️ entry by donation planetearthpoetry.com/april-2026

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Announcing the shortlist for our 2026 Novella Prize! www.malahatreview.ca/announcement... The winner, as chosen by contest judges @robbenvie.bsky.social and @lizharmer.bsky.social, will be announced on April 9. Thank you to all who entered, and best of luck to those shortlisted.

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

☎️ Last day to submit for our Poetry Prize's Early Bird discount! Submit by March 31 and get $10 CAD off your initial entry fee! 📝 Final contest deadline: May 1, 2026 at 11:59pm PDT Read the full contest guidelines here: www.malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🦢 Only a week left to take advantage of our Far Horizons Poetry Prize Early Bird discount! Submit by March 31 and get $10 CAD off the initial entry fee! 🦢 Final contest deadline: May 1, 2026 at 11:59pm PDT Read the full contest guidelines here: www.malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We are excited to announce that Kevin Irie will be judging our 2025 Far Horizons Award for Poetry! Looking to submit? March 31 is the last day for an Early Bird discount! Final submission deadline is May 1. Read more about Kevin here: www.malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🏁 Our Far Horizons Award for Poetry is now open! 🐦‍⬛ Early Bird pricing on until March 31. *This contest is for emerging poets who have yet to publish their poetry in book form.* Deadline: May 1 at 11:59pm PDT Prize: $1,250 & publication Judge: Kevin Irie www.malahatreview.ca/contests/far...

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