Issue 13

Issue 13 is live! You can read it at https://issuu.com/thequilliad/docs/quilliad_issue_13.

I always said I would make at least 13 issues of The Quilliad. And having reached issue 13, for both medical and financial reasons, it’s time to call it quits…for now.

The Quilliad Press, however, isn’t done! We intend to come up with new, more sustainable projects in the future, so watch our blog (thequilliad.wordpress.com) and our Instagram (instagram.com/the_quilliad) for news!

Yours,
Kit Varnam, editor-in-chief

Issue 12 is live!

And it’s free online for all to read. Given the current global crisis, we feel that it’s important to do what we can to celebrate and share the talent we publish without any financial barriers to readers. Download issue 12 here or read is on issuu.

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WE’RE OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS

The Quilliad is officially open for submissions from Canadian writers and artists!

We’re looking for work that engages with the weird; that includes magic realism, literary science fiction, apocalyptic stories and poetry, retold/re-imagined fairy tales/folklore/myths, horror, and other spooky, speculative, dark, and macabre work. Send us your poems (up to 5), flash fiction (up to 5 pieces), short fiction (up to 2,500 words preferably), visual art, and photography. Writing should be in .doc or .docx format.

Submit your work to thequilliad@gmail.com by September 30.

Issue 11 Submission Call

The Quilliad is officially open for submissions for our October issue!

We’re looking for literary science fiction, apocalyptic stories and poetry, retold/re-imagined fairy tales/folklore/myths, horror, and other spooky, speculative, or macabre work. If you are a Canadian writer or artist, submit your work to thequilliad@gmail.com between now and September 15.

Please read the details regarding submission format and length at thequilliad.wordpress.com/submissions before sending us your work; feel free to email us with any questions.

Issue 11 will launch on Wednesday, October 30 at 8PM at The Tranzac in Toronto.

Issue 10 Submission Call

 

It’s that time of year again–The Quilliad is open for submissions for our October issue!

Literary science fiction, apocalyptic stories and poetry, retold/re-imagined fairy tales/folklore/myths, horror, and other spooky, speculative, or macabre work. If you are a Canadian writer or artist, submit your work to thequilliad@gmail.com between now and September 25.

Please read the details regarding submission format and length at thequilliad.wordpress.com/submissions before sending us your work; feel free to email us with any questions.

Issue 10 will launch on Wednesday, October 24 from 7:15-10 PM at Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto.

Issue 9: pt 2, Halloween Submissions

We’re seeking writing and art for our October double issue! Literary science fiction, apocalyptic stories and poetry, retold/re-imagined fairy tales/folklore/myths, horror, and other spooky, speculative, or macabre work. If you are a Canadian writer or artist, submit your work to thequilliad@gmail.com between now and September 30.

Please read the details regarding submission format and length at thequilliad.wordpress.com/submissionsbefore sending us your work; feel free to email us with any questions.

Update on Submissions

Thanks to everyone for your patience! We are almost ready to announce the winner and runners-up for our chapbook call, and we’ll be reading for issue 9 very soon. Because of staffing changes and health issues this year, we will only be doing one issue in 2017. But it will be extra long, combining the literary submissions we’ve received so far for issue 9 with the Halloween-themed submissions. The call for spooky, whimsical, and macabre lit will be out soon, so keep an eye out!

Sarah

Editor-in-chief for The Quilliad Press

Chihuly at the ROM

Today was the last day of the Chihuly glass sculpture exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto, and I braved the cold (alongside my mom) to see it. 
A few things really struck me about the pieces on display. Some of my favourites made me feel as if I were underwater, with the twisting tendrils sometimes even interspersed with delicate glass sea creatures. And that delicacy created a strange fear in place of the usual desire to reach out and connect with the art around me; with these glass sculptures, the thought of blundering into them and causing them to come crashing down creates a deep sense of hypothetical mortification. 

This instinctive need to take great care not to disturb the work around us was not the only peculiarity of the exhibit.More than perhaps any other roped-off exhibit I’ve ever seen, people were interacting with the work. No one dared touch anything, but photography was not only permitted but encouraged, and many people were contorting themselves, twisting like the sculptures they were observing, in order to get a good shot or even just gain a different perspective. Participants were chatty, energized by the bright colours and wild shapes. The exhibit felt both very personal and communal, and I’ll admit I barely read any of the plaques describing the pieces; connecting with Chihuly’s work seemed to necessitate a more active collective engagement.

For those who weren’t able to make it out to see these pieces in person, here are a few of my favourite shots that I managed to take.

–Sarah

The Quilliad Press’s Second Annual Chapbook Call

Today begins our second annual chapbook call!

We’re looking for 10-20 pages of poetry and/or flash fiction from a Canadian writer who has never had a chapbook or full-length book published (self-published authors are exempt from this restriction, as this restriction is in place to allow emerging writers without publisher representation an opportunity to become a more active part of the Canadian literary scene). Previous Quilliad contributors are welcome to apply.

We will be paying a $50 honorarium to the selected writer as well as providing the author with 5 copies of their book free of charge (subsequent copies can be purchased by the writer at half price). We will also consider poems from the submitted manuscripts of 2 runners-up for issue 9 of The Quilliad. Publication in The Quilliad will be compensated with an honorarium and contributor copy.

To submit, send your writing to thequilliad@gmail.com by January 15, 2017.

Issue 8 Submission Call: Halloween 2016

We’re seeking writing and art for our October issue! Literary science fiction, apocalyptic stories and poetry, retold/re-imagined fairy tales/folklore/myths, horror, and other spooky, speculative, or macabre work. If you are a Canadian writer or artist, submit your work to thequilliad@gmail.com from September 1-30.

Please read the details regarding submission format and length at thequilliad.wordpress.com/submissions before sending us your work; feel free to email us with any questions.