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Plenitude Seeks Book Reviews Editor

Plenitude Magazine is currently seeking a permanent, part-time book reviews editor to start January 2021. The candidate will work to oversee the regular online publication of book reviews from prominent and up-and-coming LGBTQ2s+ authors. Plenitude publishes one review per month all year round on...

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Youth Spotlight Project

Happy New Year from Plenitude! To start 2020 off right, we’re launching a special Youth Spotlight project this month. Stories by young queer and trans authors about teen/YA (young adult) experiences don’t receive as much attention as they should, so we’ve selected two fiction and two creative...

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Plenitude Seeks New Board of Directors – Deadline May 7

Are you passionate about queer literature in Canada? Do you want to support the growth and development of queer literature through Canada’s queer literary magazine? Join the Board of Plenitude Publishing Society! Plenitude Publishing Society (PPS) is seeking volunteers to bring their unique skills...

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Lambda Literary Awards Signal Much to Read in Queer Books

Congratulations to all finalists announced by the Lambda Literary Foundation this past Thursday, and especially to all the authors who are past contributors to Plenitude. Emilia Nielsen’s work was published in our very first issue and her current poetry collection, Body Work, is nominated in...

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Rebecca Salazar, Associate Editor, Poetry

Plenitude is pleased to welcome our newest staff member, associate editor for poetry Rebecca Salazar. Rebecca has published poetry and non-fiction in journals including Prism, Minola, and The Puritan. Her poetry chapbook, Guzzle, was released by Anstruther Press in 2016. Originally from Sudbury...

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Welcoming Our New Prose Editors

The Plenitude team is pleased to welcome our two new associate editors for fiction and creative non-fiction, Fatima Amarshi and Derek Warwick! A child of the global South Asian Diaspora, Fatima Amarshi comes from a multi-generational family of immigrants who travelled from India to Tanzania, and...

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Announcing the Winner of the 2017 Cornucopia Literary Prize

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural Cornucopia Literary Prize is Rachel Lallouz for her short story “Eyes Like Limpid Pools.” In the words of our 2017 judge, Hiromi Goto: There were so many strong submissions with such a range in style, content, voice, each so...

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Announcing the 2017 Cornucopia Literary Prize Shortlist

We are pleased to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Cornucopia Literary Prize for short fiction, judged this year by Hiromi Goto: “Pristine,” by Kristyn Dunnion “Eyes Like Limpid Pools,” by Rachel Lallouz “See You Next Soon,” by Jess Martin...

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Announcing the Inaugural Cornucopia Literary Prize

We are thrilled to announce our first-ever contest, the Cornucopia Literary Prize for fiction. The prize is open for submissions from September 15, 2016, until March 1, 2017, and is awarded to the best work of fiction by a LGBTTQI writer. We welcome submissions from writers of any nationality. In...

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Announcing Increased Honoraria

Thanks to the generous donors to our recent fundraiser, Plenitude is thrilled to announce that we are increasing our writer honoraria, effective immediately. For fiction, non-fiction, reviews, and articles, we now offer $60; for a poem, we offer $25. We are committed to paying our writers for their...

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Call Out: Reviewers of Colour

Plenitude Magazine is looking for queer and trans writers of colour for our reviews section. We look for book reviews which are critical and thoughtful and between 700 and 1,000 words. We feature poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by queers and trans writers, with a focus on Canadian content. We...

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Goodbye and Hello: Introducing Our New Managing Editor

I began working on Plenitude just over four years ago. The first issue came out in the fall of 2012, and included both emerging and established writers such as Betsy Warland and Nancy Jo Cullen. From reading and selecting material, to designing epubs, to marketing–I was a volunteer staff of...

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Introducing Our New Social Media & Marketing Coordinator

We would like to thank everyone who applied for the position of social media and marketing coordinator, and to welcome our new coordinator, Malaika Aleba! Malaika is a writer, copy editor, spoken word performer, and fundraiser. She earned her BA in English Literature and Women’s Studies at the...

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Seeking Social Media and Marketing Coordinator

Plenitude magazine is currently seeking a social media and marketing coordinator. The coordinator will work with the managing editor to plan and implement all promotions. Duties include: Posting and sharing relevant content on our Facebook and Twitter accounts, and creating any additional social...

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Plenitude’s Journey Prize Story

Congratulations Ron Schafrick on being one of just twelve short story writers selected for the Journey Prize Stories (Penguin Random House, 2015). Schafrick’s tender and funny story, “Lovely Company,” appeared in Issue 5 of Plenitude magazine (Fall 2014), and we are thrilled that...

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Apply to the Emerging Writing Mentorship Award

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 11, 2015 Plenitude Magazine invites emerging Canadian queer writers to enter the Emerging Writer Mentorship Award. In February, 2015, the award was for fiction and the winner was Sasha Boczkowksi. Eligible writers have yet to publish their work in book form...

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Congratulations Canadian Lammy winner Casey Plett

Congratulations to the sole Canadian Lammy winner, Casey Plett! Her debut short fiction collection, A Safe Girl to Love, won in the category transgender fiction. She was in excellent company — other books shortlisted included For Today I Am a Boy, by Kim Fu, and Moving Forward Sideways Like a...

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Seeking Film Review Intern

Plenitude magazine, Canada’s queer literary magazine, is seeking a Film Review Intern to cover the Toronto Inside Out Film Festival, which runs from May 21 – May 31, 2015. The reviewer will write ten short reviews (400-500 words each), which will be posted during the festival (1-2 per...

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Congratulations Canadian Lambda Finalists!

Congratulations to the sixteen Canadian authors who are finalists for Lambda Literary Awards this year! Some Plenitude friends are on the list, too! This year’s Emerging Writer Mentorship Award mentor, Shani Mootoo, is a finalist in the transgender fiction category for Moving Forward Sideways...

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Emerging Writer Mentorship Award Finalists

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the Emerging Writer Mentorship Award. We received many fantastic stories. The judge for this shortlist was Alex Leslie, and the winning piece will be selected by Shani Mootoo and announced next week. Congratulations to these three finalists!   Lukas...

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