Wednesday, October 7th 2026
Geist is “a Canadian magazine of ideas and culture with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour.” They’re reading non-fiction, poetry, fiction and comics submissions, as well as art and photography. They pay $100 to $300 for short nonfiction pieces under 2,000 words and up to $650 for longform essays and fiction of up to 5,000 words. They also pay $100 per page for poetry, up to $650 for comics, and $50 to $120 for art and photography. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Deadline: October 8th, 2026
Friday, July 18th 2025
“Geist is a magazine of ideas and culture with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour.” They accept work from Canadian writers only. They charge for general submissions but Canadians who are Black writers, Indigenous writers and writers of colour need not pay a fee (see guidelines / the relevant category in Submittable). They’re reading submissions for A Fold in Time: ‘90s. “To mark 35 years of Geist, we’re seeking submissions inspired by the ’90s—a decade caught between analog and digital worlds, rom-com optimism and millennial anxiety. What survives from that era in our attention spans, dreams, aesthetics, or modes of resistance? We want work that reflects, reimagines, repairs—or revels in the glittering angst of it all.” They accept non-fiction (up to 5,000 words), fiction, comics, poetry, and hybrid forms. They pay CAD50-1,000. The deadline is 1 August 2025. Details here, here, and here.
Deadline: August 1st, 2025
Friday, July 29th 2022
Geist is
a Canadian magazine “of ideas and culture with a strong literary focus and a
sense of humour.” They now accept emailed pitches as well as completed
submissions via Submittable for their Notes & Dispatches section, which is
short non-fiction, typically personal narratives of 800-1,200 words — “brief
and often humorous or lighthearted evocations of life (most often) set
in the land north of America, written in plain language with strong verbs. They
are usually first hand reports of apparently simple encounters—with people,
places, objects—that capture the spirit of our time.” Pay is usually CAD300-600
for dispatches, and up to CAD1,200 for longer features, up to 5,000 words. They
also publish fiction (one story per issue, pays up to CAD1,000), poetry,
photography/art, comics, and work for the Findings section. Please note,
they’ll accept pitches only for the Notes & Dispatches section. All
submissions have to be sent by mail, for which there is no fee, or via Submittable,
which charges a fee. The submission deadline is 31 July 2022. Details here.
Deadline: July 31st, 2022