Portal Magazine

A reminder for all VIU students that submissions for Portal 2025 are open! The submission deadline is November 29th. Submissions are free! Don’t miss this opportunity. We look forward to reading your work!

Just a few weeks left to submit to Portent! The winner receives $500 and will be published in the 2025 issue of Portal Magazine. More information can be found on our website, don’t miss this opportunity! portalmagazine.ca/index.php/port… The theme this year: Poetry📝

The Portfolio reading series is back this fall. Our first guest this year is Jan Conn reading from her tenth poetry collection, Peony Vertigo. We hope to see you at The Vault at 7:00pm for a night of poetry, opened by our very own student writers.

Read the rest of Lee Groen's short story "A Star Walked South" in Portal 2024, launching on April 26!

The poems in Portal 2024 will transport you from the forests of the Pacific Northwest to the jungles of India to the constellations that shine above us, like Qwalsustuntunaut / Tanis Elliot's "Orbiting a Blues Moon."

Did you know that Portal is one of the few Canadian literary magazines that publishes scripts? We're excited to feature Zoe Chong's script "Tricks of the Trade" in our upcoming issue!

Have you grabbed tickets to our launch party yet? Visit the Portal masthead in VIU Building 340/345 from 11:30-1:30 tomorrow to purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are $20 and include a copy of the new issue launching April 26, 2024! #Portal #literarymagazine #VIU

Everyone is invited to the launch of Portal 2024 on April 26! Join us for an amazing night of food, drinks, music, and readings at the Nanaimo Curling Club, 106 Wall St. Doors open at 6:30pm and your $20 ticket includes a copy of the issue.

Here's your first look into our new issue! Congrats again to Flynn, whose captivating short story "It Leaves an Impression" won this year's Portent Prize.

It's almost here! Check out the cover for Portal 2024, featuring captivating artwork by Jack Corfield. This 33rd issue is full of speculative wonder and transformations, and will be available on April 26! Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming launch.

Join us tomorrow, March 13, for two poetry readings with Distinguished Poet Karen Solie. And on Thursday, March 14, she'll deliver this year's Gustafson Lecture, titled "The Path of the Hare." All events are free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

Get ready for our next Portfolio Night! First we'll hear short fiction from three student writers, and then Sabrina Voerman will read from her new book, Blood Coven. See you there!

VIU alum Sabrina Voerman reads from her book Blood Coven on Nov. 22, 7 pm, at the Black Rabbit, Attic, 321 Selby St. Part of VIU @PortalMagazine Portfolio reading series. Learn more @ events.viu.ca/viu-creative-w…

Trick or treat? Fact or fiction? Send us your tall tales, little hauntings and all that dwells in between. Our PolterGeist writing contest is open to Canadian and international entrants, 500 words max, deadline: November 13, 2023. geist.com/contests

Last call! Submit your poetry, fiction, and/or cnf by Nov. 7 for a chance to win one of three $2,000 prizes. Open Season Awards judges @kaylaczaga (poetry), Michelle Poirier Brown (cnf), and @derajagopalan (fiction) will each choose a winner. malahatreview.ca/contests/open_…

We've got a month to go until our annual contest deadline! Time to get those entries in! Details: prairiefire.ca/contests/

Thank you to everyone who submitted to Portent. If you missed out on entering and you're a VIU student, don't worry! General submissions are open until November 24✍️

SUBMIT to Augur’s Microfiction Contest! We’re hosting TWO contests: SpecLit contest for @augurmag Slice-of-life stories for @TalesFeathers Quote tweet this post & share your 50 words or less microfiction piece Tag @augurmag OR @TalesFeathers Tag #augurfic OR #featherfic

This spring, we're talking about fire. 🔥 Check out our call for submissions for Burning Up/ Burning Down! prairiefire.ca/submissions/ca…