Submissions Guidelines

Canary is published four times a year to welcome each new season on the solstices and equinoxes. We have changed our Submissions schedule due to an overflow of really good work and will henceforth be open for submissions only during February, May, August and November. These are the months prior to each issue month and will give us time to finish reading all the submissions for the period. Occasionally the issue will fill up before the submission period is scheduled to end, and in that case we will close submissions early. Always check here to see when submissions will close.

We're sorry but Canary will not be open during the month of May for submissions for our Summer Solstice 2025 issue. We already have more than enough really good work in the queue. We will be open again August 1-31 for submissions to the Autumn Equinox 2025 issue, and we hope to hear from you then.

The reason this happens is that so many people submit seasonal work for other issues, and if accepted, we hold the work for the appropriate issue. It's hard to return a good piece submitted in the wrong season. So our advice, I guess, is to submit whatever work you like if you don't mind having it held a long time. If you submit seasonal work for the appropriate issue, and it's accepted, you will have the immediate gratification of seeing it published right away. Thanks for your patience with our process.