We are seeking literary work—non-fiction, fiction, reviews, translations, liturgy, interviews, poetry, cartoons—that celebrates spirited inquiry and ignites conversation.

Before submitting, please read the following guidelines.

• When sending your submission to info@parchmentmag.ca, please include your full name, contact details (phone number and/or email), mailing address, and preferred pronoun. If this is a simultaneous submission, please let us know. Should your piece be accepted at another publication before you have heard back from us, please let us know.

• Please send your submission in a Word document or PDF.

• Please attach comic submissions and poetic submissions with formatting details in a PDF document.

• We welcome submissions of literary translation in all genres. If you have the original text to accompany your submission, please send it. We accept pieces translated into English or French for our pages.

• We will consider completed interviews and pitches for interviews. If you are interested in pitching an interview with an author, for example, whose stories explore the Jewish experience in Canada, please send us an email addressing why you would like to interview the subject, who the subject is, and what you expect the conversation to focus on.

• We will consider up to ten poems and/or liturgical pieces per individual/submission. For all other genres of writing we will consider pieces up to 5,000 words. Though, in outstanding circumstances, we reserve the right to break our own rule.

• We are a small but diligent team and are working to respond to every submission in a timely manner. If you have not heard back from us in three weeks, please send a follow-up email.