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We love speculative (science fiction, fantasy, and horror) work that explores colonial resistance, climate hope, and cyber-feminism. But if you don't cover those themes, that's awesome too, we want to read what matters to you!

We pay contributors $20 CAD per published piece. 

We encourage submissions from BIPOC, women, nonbinary, queer, and disabled writers.

Please don’t send us submissions by email; scroll down to submit through our form.

We accept simultaneous submissions, but please send us an email to let us know if your piece is picked up elsewhere so we can congratulate you! Queries or withdrawals may be sent to submissions@thesprawlmag.ca. We do not accept work that has been previously published.

Do not send us AI-generated content.

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PAID EXPEDITED RESPONSES

We’re offer paid expedited responses. For a minimum of $2 CAD, you can receive an expedited response within one week.

Paid expedited responses are completely optional. If you don’t choose to participate, this will not effect the outcome of your submission.

All funds from this program go directly to paying our authors and hosting our website.

Expedited responses can be purchased at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesprawlmag

    • Poetry submissions should be in a legible, size 12-14pt font (eg. Times New Roman)

    • Poetry submissions should not exceed 40 lines of text per piece (not including blank lines!)

    • Poetry submissions may contain 1-4 poems

    • Please submit your work as a DOC, DOCX, or ODT file

    • Short fiction submissions should be in a legible, size 12-14pt font (eg. Times New Roman)

    • Short fiction submissions should not exceed 1500 words per piece

    • Short fiction submissions may contain 1-2 pieces

    • Please submit your work as a DOC, DOCX, or ODT file

    • Visual art submissions may contain 1-4 pieces

    • Please include a short description for each of your pieces (50-100 words)

    • Please submit your work as a JPG, PNG, or PDF

    • We will consider previously published visual art if another publisher does not own the rights to your piece.

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A note on copyright:
We acquire first serial rights to your work, meaning the piece will be first published exclusively by The Sprawl Mag. After the piece has been published, all rights revert back to you.