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Carmilla's @natvanlis reflects on the responsibility of queer entertainers, both on screen and off
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. @natvanlis on the importance of queer entertainment in Canada, and the need for @carmillaseries .
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🚨We're looking for someone to write a culture column for our fall issue!🚨Send your best thoughts and theories about film, TV, music, books, online life, fashion, video games, etc. to editor @thismagazine .ca. Deadline for pitches is 5 p.m. EST on Monday, June 10!
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The time is here—we're revealing the cover of our September/October culture issue on fashion & beauty. Here's the incredible @teresempierre 's book look for Desmond Cole's The Skin We're In. So excited to share the issue with you all!
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Canadian writers: We're looking for pitches on the theme of Bodies (for our March/April 2022 issue)! Think: health, disability, sex, sex work, physical labour, fat positivity, diet culture, bodies in art and literature, aging bodies, trans bodies, more.
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Exciting announcement: we're welcoming Shazia Hafiz Ramji ( @Shazia_R ) as our new Arts Editor! Shazia is a BC-based writer and editor with tons of experience in the Canadian literary community including @metatronpress and @OpenBookON . We're looking forward to working together!
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The Best of This 2017: The stories our readers loved most, ft. @KWoudstra , @natvanlis , @jacoblorinc , @deeroderique , and more!
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Our favourite #Pride stories, featuring work by @rm_vaughan , @steph_wechsler , @natvanlis , and more!
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Check out our Sept/Oct issue! Find it on newsstands next month, or subscribe to have it delivered to your door!
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Canadian writers: we're accepting news and arts pitches for our summer issue. Both sections run one 600 word profile and several short pieces (~350 words). Pitches are open until March 1 and we'll get back to you in the weeks following.
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Big news: we're hiring a Fiction Editor! Join the small-but-mighty This Magazine team. We're looking for someone who loves CanLit and independent publishing and will champion marginalized writers. Candidates must be Canadian residents. Details are here
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Please read this entire thread! This is open to pitches for our May/June issue on Housing & Homes. Pitches are due January 7. We're looking for reported pieces, news, arts profiles, memoir, and essays. We publish Canadian residents only. We do not accept already written pieces.
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Today we reveal the cover of our November/December issue. This issue includes features on abolition, creative practice as part of the movement for Black lives, and an essay on names, naming, race, and identity. We hope you love it as much as we do. Art by Chelsea Charles
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We're very excited to announce that @sarratch is This Magazine's new Editor! Their first issue will be our May/June issue. Watch for a call for pitches for the issue shortly! Welcome Sarah!
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It's happening—This Magazine is open to fiction submissions from Canadian writers until Nov. 12! Startle us, pull our heartstrings, or make us laugh. We want to read your exceptional short stories. We want work that challenges the landscape of CanLit. Full details are below.
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🌟Calling Canadian memoir writers! We're looking for pitches for a 1000-1200 word memoir to run in our summer issue. Pitches are due March 4. Read on for details.
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It's cover reveal time!! Here it is: the cover of our November/December issue on Pop Culture, this year's iteration of our annual culture issue! We're excited about the mock tabloid look and hope you are too! Ft: @_sadafahsan @joelle_kidd @notzeahaa @sydurbanek
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🧵Call for pitches! Canadian residents only, please. We're looking to fill some spots in our unthemed January/February 2022 issue. We're looking for a long column (1000-1200 words), short column (500-600 words), and two features (1500-2000 words).
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We are looking for pitches for our annual culture issue (Sept-Oct)—the theme for it is Fashion & Beauty. We want to hear progressive perspectives on all things related: slow fashion, wearable tech, fat acceptance, and how various identities intersect with these themes.
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THREAD Attn Canadian writers: We're looking for pitches to our Sept/Oct issue on The Future. We're looking at post-pandemic life, future generations, Afrofuturism, and Indigenous futures. We're thinking about the climate. We're talking about tech, The Future of _____ stories,
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We're looking for poetry submissions by Canadian writers. Please email your best unpublished work to poetry @this .org—rolling deadline, no theme! Please note where you are based in your email. Looking forward to reading your poems.
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We're excited to announce our themes for the remainder of 2022!! (Jan/Feb is already booked.) March/April: Bodies May/June: Climate justice July/August: open theme [Summer Reading issue] September/October: Education November/December: Sports [Culture issue]
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Call for pitches: our May/June 2020 issue will be TRAVEL themed. We're thinking borders/border crossing/security culture, travelling with disabilities, inside the cruise and resort industries, cultural appropriation and travel, green and sustainable travel (cont.)
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‼️We're accepting pitches‼️ Pls send all your wildest ideas to editor @thismagazine .ca by Sept. 28. Our next issue is unthemed, and we're seeking news, features, culture columns, arts stories and personal essays. More about what we look for here:
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IT'S COVER REVEAL DAY!!! The cover illustration of The Bodies Issue (March/April 2022) was done by the incredible Mollie Cronin.
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Thread (please read it all): We're looking for pitches to our 55th Anniversary Issue—the theme is Resilience. We welcome pitches only, not already written pieces. We publish Canadian residents only. Deadline for pitches is October 30; you'll likely hear back in early November.
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We're looking for a fiction editor! Must be a Canadian resident; excited to amplify diverse voices, and someone who loves small press publishing. The fiction editor works part time for a small per-issue stipend. This is an ideal role for an early-career editor. Details below:
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We’re open to pitches (from Canadian residents only) for our November/December 2021 issue on Pop Culture! This thread is lengthy, but has all the info you'll need. We are talking about mainstream, dominant, glossy, high-budget, widely adored, *pop* culture specifically.
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We're looking for a Fiction Editor who is early in their career, loves short stories and independent publishing, and will champion marginalized writers. Candidates must be Canadian residents. This is a very part time position that pays a small stipend.
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This Magazine has new lit editors! We're thrilled to welcome @jennyleeSD as our new Fiction Editor and @dlylyly as our new Poetry Editor!!! ⚡️🦄🎉🎆
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🧵Canadian writers (only): We're looking for pitches for short arts/artist profiles (300-600 words) for our summer issue! We're looking for people and projects that have work coming out, being staged, etc. in July/August 2022.
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Nine LGBTQ artists from across Canada that you need to know this #PrideMonth , ft. @BillyRayB , @vivekshraya , @theloudlady , @partner_band , @casonsharpe , and more!
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We're still looking for one story on fat as a political and accessibility issue. We're thinking less about body image and body acceptance and more about fat liberation and the movement toward it. editor @this .org if you have something brewing; deadline is tomorrow.
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We're now accepting pitches for our Community Issue! We're looking for features, columns, news stories, and arts coverage. Deadline is April 19, please send to editor at thismagazine dot ca. More about what we look for here!
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A big This Magazine welcome to our new Editor Tara-Michelle Ziniuk! Congratulations @therealrealTMZ .! We can't wait to see all the amazing things you are going to do.
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We are looking for story submissions from writers located in the following regions, who are underrepresented in our fiction category this year: the Atlantic provinces, the Prairie provinces, and the Northern territories.
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🧵We're looking for pitches on the theme of Climate Justice (our May/June 2022 issue)! Please note: This Magazine publishes Canadian residents only.
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It's cover reveal day!! We're so excited to share the cover of our March/April Resilience themed issue with you. It's also the kick-off of our 55th anniversary year! Cover art by Jessica Oddi
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We have a call for pitches up but we also sometimes have short assignments in our arts and news sections. If you're interested in one of these, please send your location, writing samples (if possible), and subjects you like to cover to editor @this .org
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Transgender women have long been subjected to violence in major cities. In Toronto, the reality is no different—and police have done little to stop it. These are their stories:
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Fiction submissions are now open at This Magazine! Our fiction editor H Felix Chau Bradley is accepting stories from BIPOC writers only at this time, with a special interest in queer and/or trans perspectives.
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BIG NEWS: We'd like to welcome Helen Chau Bradley as our new Fiction Editor! A bit about Helen: Helen is the author of Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy Press, 2021) and Automatic Object Lessons (House House Press, 2020). They live in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). (Cont. below)
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We're thrilled to welcome Michelle Kay ( @yo_mk ) on as our incoming News Editor!! Michelle brings her experience with @ShamelessMag and @cleojournal and we're delighted to get to work with her.
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They're baaaaack! After a century-long absence, bison are returning to Canada's national parks
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This Magazine is now open to pitches for our Annual Culture Issue (Nov/Dec 2022). Past Culture Issues have explored specific themes from pop culture to technology to fashion & beauty, but this year we’re keeping it wide open to all your culture ideas.
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We're now accepting pitches for our Summer Reading Issue! Our news, arts and ideas, and features sections are all open. This includes our back page open letter, memoir and opinion columns, and culture column. Read on to learn more about what we're looking for! 🧵
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This Magazine needs your help. Help save a 52-year-old institution:
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!!! @yesimhotinthis made an awesome comic based on @SidrahMay 's awesome article in This!
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“Muslim women shouldn't be required to act superhuman to avoid being seen as weak." @SidrahMay Great read:
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Looking for the Left in Alberta? Look to The Alberta Advantage podcast. “Sometimes it can feel very difficult to live here. You’re basically swimming against a tide."
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How Toronto poet @badass_sab 's work has opened up conversations about mental health
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We are looking for story submissions from writers located in the following regions, who are underrepresented in our fiction category this year: the Atlantic provinces, the Prairie provinces, and the Northern territories.
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We're looking for *experienced* fact-checkers for freelance assignments in 2022. Campus papers count! Students are welcome! Unfortunately we're unable to train new fact-checkers at this time. Email editor @this .org if you're interested.
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IT'S COVER REVEAL DAY!!! We're so pleased to share the cover of our May/June Climate Justice Issue. The issue should be getting to subscribers and newsstands very soon. Cover by Valerie Thai (images from iStock).
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Hello writers! Our themes for 2021 have been announced. I'd love to have these on your radar. We have Resilience, Housing & Homes, Summer Reading, The Future, and Pop Culture. It's also the magazine's 55th anniversary.
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We did it!! Thank you for saving This Magazine:
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Our Summer Reading Issue will be appearing in subscribers' mailboxes and on the stands over the next week or so! We're so excited for it to be out in the world.
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This is the very first issue of This Magazine! Published in 1966 it included a cover story by Marshall McLuhan and was only 75 cents on the newsstand. We're so happy to be turning 55 this year and to celebrate we're offering 55% off one year subscriptions!
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We’re now accepting pitches for our annual Culture Issue! This year’s theme is an update on the arts industry in Canada. We plan to cover what’s going well, what’s in dire need of support/resuscitation, and how we can all fund our work given today’s challenges.
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"I used to agonize over securing a well-paying, non- precarious job in a creative industry. Now, I must compete for jobs with coders, software developers and engineers, who may not have knowledge of ethics and art." @SarahSamuel_ on AI art generation:
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IT'S COVER REVEAL DAY!! The cover story for our January/February 2022 issue looks at pregnancy loss as a labour issue, and how workers experiencing pregnancy loss deserve protections, including adequate leave.
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This Magazine is accepting news pitches for our Nov/Dec issue! We're looking for short news stories and profiles (<600 words). Profiles of interesting activists, groups, projects and organizations, stories and angles that mainstream media has missed.
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Explore our special package of Indigenous writing and arts, written and edited solely by queer, trans Indigenous creators. Featuring @GwenBenaway , @mekadebinesikwe , @notvanishing , @nimkiiwitch , Fallon Simard, @JayeSimpson94 , and @ArielleTwist
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Canadian writers: Do you know about This's back page letter spot? We run a 600 word letter to anyone or thing, alive or dead, real or fictional and it gets paired with an original colour illustration. We're currently looking for pitches for letters about climate justice.
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We're happy to welcome @StephenMichaela to the This team as our incoming Reviews Editor! Michaela has reviewed for us for 2+ years, as well as reviewing for other outlets; she has worked for small presses in Ontario, and as an events coordinator for Shelf Life Books in Calgary!
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Canadian writers: We're looking for pitches on the theme of Education (our September 2022 issue)! Pitches are due by noon EST Friday, May 6, 2022. Read on for details, or check out our Contribute page:
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🚨We're accepting pitches for our September/October issue!🚨 The theme is DRUGS. We love stories about how drugs make life more fun/livable, recovery, harm reduction and decrim/policy. Pitch by May 19, more here:
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To celebrate our Education Issue (Sept/Oct) we're having a subscription sale! Get one year of This Magazine for only $20!
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Writer @anne_theriault grew up in the age of VCR recordings and pay-per-view. Now, she's raising her son in the streaming era
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Incarcerated people in Canada are often denied access to books. Read @sinclair_les 's @MagAwards nominated feature on how prison librarians and formerly incarcerated people are working to change that:
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Now's the time to pitch us! We're looking for stories for our annual culture issue. This year's theme is the arts industry in Canada: what's going well, what's in need of support, and how are we funding our work? Pitches are due tomorrow by 5 p.m., send to editor @thismagazine .ca!
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Meet the man behind @mediaINDIGENA , Canada's much-needed platform for Indigenous issues.
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It's cover reveal day!! We're excited for you to see the cover—and check out the contents—of our May/June issue on Housing & Homes.
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"Creating AI-generated images may seem entertaining," @SarahSamuel_ writes, "but plagiarizing artists’ work without consent or giving them due compensation is the furthest thing from art or creativity."
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This Magazine recently turned 57! While it's cause for celebration, we're also experiencing one of our toughest years financially. To help us survive (and make it to 58), we're hoping to raise $5000 this month
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We're hiring a Reviews Editor! If you're an early-career editor with a love of small press books and independent media, this could be an ideal role for you! Applications are due April 14. Candidates must be Canadian residents.
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Generating AI art can be fun, @SarahSamuel_ writes, but that doesn't mean it's ethical:
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At some point when we weren't looking, we reached 14K followers! Thank you all for following, reading, and pitching, as applicable! We appreciate your support of independent progressive publishing.❤️
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This Magazine is launching our first-ever talk national talk series! We'll be travelling to six cities across Canada, kicking things off in Toronto September 27:
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We're accepting pitches for our next issue! It's unthemed, so we're open to a wide range of topics, from education to justice to the arts. Pitches are due Feb. 7 and can be sent to editor at thismagazine dot ca. More about what we look for here:
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Our Queer Issue will be in subscribers' mailboxes and on the stands in the coming days! The whole issue is full of stories by and about 2SLGBTQ+ folks.
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Very sad news about the death of Mel Watkins. Mel was Editor Emeritus for the magazine and involved with This for many years. He was an incredibly supportive member of our This Magazine family. We send our condolences and love to Mel's family and friends.
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Deeply saddened to learn of the death of iconic political economist and progressive agitator, Mel Watkins. In honour of his memory, we are sharing one of the last pieces he published on :
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The deadline for pitches is this Friday and we still have a ✨wish list✨ of things we'd like to see come in: Pitch to us about sex work, dying and death, fat liberation/tearing down the idea that body positivity is the end goal, the physical aspects of aging, (cont.)
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COVER REVEAL for our Sept/Oct issue on The Future! In the issue @XiMeNaKa covers housing for seniors in AB (or lackthereof), @heyfurqan covers the future of mutual aid, @billie_lebel22 talks apps and accessibility, Keah Hansen discusses the post-pandemic future of cash & more!
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New fiction from @chund3r is up on our site today!
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"Tori Amos was synonymous with survivorship through her activism. Decades before movements like #MeToo , Amos made the taboo topic of sexual assault a priority, interweaving it into her music and public persona." Adele Barclay in This:
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Our annual Culture Issue will be in mailboxes and on the stands in the coming days! This issue's theme is DIY, and we have @rosielongdecter with an update on small Canadian music scenes, @conyerclayton on how they're working to carve out come sober space in the world...
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It's cover reveal day!! We're so excited to share our January/February cover with you here.
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We're so excited to announce that our Drugs Issue will be on the stands and in subscribers' mailboxes in the coming weeks!
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A huge thank you to outgoing Arts Editor Madi Haslam ( @madihaslam ) who's done such an amazing job with the section, has been great to work with, and is never at a loss for brilliant ideas. We're excited to see what Madi does as the new EIC of @maisonneuvemag .
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Today, from our #feminist issue, @NatalieZed 's essay on Gamergate fallout & why the battle for victory isn't over | http://t.co/BTk9hbWL3z
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We're looking for news writers from outside of Ontario—ideally Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and P.E.I.—to cover local stories. If you're interested, please email Michelle - news @this .org - with your location, clips (if available) and areas of interest.
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Congratulations to @teresempierre ! Her story "Endowed" which was published in our July/August 2021 Summer Reading Issue is a 2023 Journey Prize winner! Congratulations to all the winners! We can't wait to read this anthology.
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We are proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize! This year’s anthology celebrates the best emerging Black writers in the country. Congratulations to the winners 🎉 THE JOURNEY PRIZE STORIES, pre-order now!
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