All poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid / genre bender entries must be submitted via our Submittable platform (click the button!):
Emailed submissions will not be considered. For book reviews, see below.
Plenitude’s Summer Poetry Contest accepts entries until September 21. One grand prize of $500 will go to one winner, with all submissions considered for regular publication. Click here for details, and to submit.
There is a monthly submission cap for US and international categories. If the category does not appear on Submittable, please check back at the start of next month.
A submission fee of $3.00 (Canadian funds) is now in place for US and international writers.
Submission window for all categories: August 31 to November 30, January 2 to April 30 (submissions closed the month of December for the holidays).
Plenitude Magazine is Canada’s only queer literary magazine. We aim to promote the growth and development of LGBTQ2S+ literature through online publication of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews by both emerging and established LGBTQ2S+ writers. We especially encourage BIPOC, trans, and disabled writers to submit their work.
We define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTQ2S+ people, rather than works which feature queer content alone. While we are an LGBTQ2S+ magazine, we welcome submissions that explore themes outside of sexuality and gender orientation.
At this time we are not interested in poems or stories on themes of first experience, first love, or coming out. Many of our recent submissions have focused on these common topics, and lately we are on the hunt for new and exciting perspectives.
All of Plenitude’s poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and book reviews are open sourced, free and available to read on our website. We highly recommend reading examples of previously published work in the genre you wish to submit to get a feel for our style.
Genre Bender (Canadian writers only): Text-based submissions should be no longer than 2000 words, and can include images in the body of the text. Genre-bending poems should be no longer than 5 pages long. Standalone literary images/photographs such as collages or cut-and-paste poems can be uploaded as .jpg or .png files.
Poetry: Up to five pages of poetry, single spaced, in a 12-point font. Each poem should appear on a new page. Submit one file per submission with all poems in the same document.
Fiction: One story per submission, double spaced, paginated, in a 12-point font, maximum 5,000 words.
Creative Nonfiction: One memoir per submission, double spaced, paginated, in a 12-point font, maximum 5,000 words.
Book Reviews: Query the reviews editor for reviews (up to 1000 words): reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca
Articles: Query the reviews editor for articles (up to 3000 words): reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca
A cover letter in the document you upload is not necessary. Instead, please enter your name, mailing address, email address, title of submission, and a 50-word bio into the Cover Letter section of the form. Let us know if you self identify as BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled.
NEW: to avoid publishing the same writer across multiple genres, please submit in only one category each year, January 1 to December 31 (our Summer Poetry Contest is exempt from this rule). Multiple submissions across genres throughout the calendar year by the same writer will be rejected.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed; however, in the event your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your fiction, creative nonfiction, or genre bender submission directly from Submittable. For poems, email our editors at poetry(at)plenitudemagazine.ca with the title of poem(s) you wish to withdraw. We do not accept previously published work.
We aim for a response time up to six months for all submissions.
Paying writers for their work is vital! As a Canadian magazine, we pay writer fees in Canadian dollars (CAD). Canadian writers will be sent a cheque upon publication; US/international writers must be able to accept a PayPal deposit. Here is our current pay model:
- Poetry – $60 per poem
- Prose (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction) – $125 per story
- Genre Bender – $100 per piece
- Book Reviews – $100 per review
- Interviews – $100 per interview
Plenitude Magazine buys first serial rights; copyright remains with the author/creator.