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 Full details  Guidelines oteh nîkân  publishes writing by LGBTQ2S+ Indigenous writers year-round. We read submissions monthly and editorial decisions are communicated shortly thereafter.  When you submit, you’ll be asked to provide contact info, a short bio, and to designate community affiliation (i.e., to which First Nations, Metis, or Inuit community you belong). We allow for simultaneous submissions; if your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify us as quickly as possible. Genres Poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (including scholarly writing and criticism). Word count: Prose (fiction & non-fiction): up to 3000 words (one piece per submission). Scholarly writing and criticism are welcome and are considered non-fiction. Poetry: up to 1000 words per poem (up to 5 pages of poems).  Payment Prose: $300 CAD/per prose piece Poetry: $200 CAD/per poem Payment guidelines will ...

Full details Fiction & Nonfiction Submissions We are pleased to receive query letters by USPS or via email from authors and literary agents. We publish literary novels and short story collections, creative nonfiction, memoir, essays, biography, literary criticism, books on contemporary issues (multicultural, feminist, LGBTQI+), Young Adult novels, and literary and multicultural anthologies that are assigned in secondary and university classrooms.  Most of all, we are looking for the fresh voice, a clear point of view, the well-written work that will endure. We are pleased to publish debut books and to continue publishing the authors we take on. We do not publish genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, thrillers), self-help, textbooks, or children's books. Poetry Submissions We have a longstanding commitment to publishing extraordinary contemporary poetry. Due to our commitment to the poets we already publish, we are limited in our ability to add new col...