Please check back later for our next open call for submissions in 2026.

Submission Guidelines

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We accept poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, personal essays, reflections, memoirs, as well as artwork, drawings, comics, photographs, collages, and other visual media.

Poetry: max 500 words.
Prose: max 2000 words.
Visual: max 5 images.

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Here, queer literature is not limited to explicitly queer content, but rather works created by LGBTQ2SIA+ people. Individuals from underrepresented communities, especially women, trans people, and BIPOC artists and writers are encouraged to self-identify in their submission email.

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Creators based in, or content featuring Toronto will be given extra consideration, but QT welcomes all pieces and artists with a connection to Canada.

A Note on Content

Spaces for queer expression often serve a double function for healing. With this in mind, QT operates on the ethos that none of our material features superfluous overtly traumatic material. For instance, please do not submit content that features sexual/any violence against women as a stand-in plot point to push forward a man’s story, without regard for how it affects her narrative.

No dick pics. As a team of volunteers we are tired of receiving unsolicited close ups of people's varying genitalia. If it's a tasteful painting or rendering, maybe. But no more photos.

Important Deadlines

Standout issue submissions that don’t quite fit the issue, may be offered a place in the Gallery.

How to Submit

Include the following in your email:

Name you would like associated with the work
Short bio (max. 50 words)
Title
Word count
Medium the work best falls under - ie. poem, fiction, creative nonfiction, book review, personal essays, reflection, memoir, photography, painting etc. For pieces that have physical dimensions please include them.

You may also submit a photo of yourself to be featured with your work. Attach your work to the email directly, or include a shareable link.

Submissions must be sent to: submissions@qtmag.ca

Featured artists and authors will receive an honorarium of $50 CAD flat rate.

All submissions are assumed authorized for posting on QT’s Instagram Account, unless specified otherwise by the original author.

QT will keep works available on the website/Instagram after the initial publication, until requested otherwise by the original author.

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