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Submissions + Guidelines


  • Must be Canadian
  • All submissions are to be submitted electronically
  • In the email subject field, please make it clear what type of submission it is. (Eg. visual work, [your name] or rough draft, [your name])
  • Please check out our upcoming themes and deadlines here
  • If you do not hear back from an editor in four to six weeks of sending us your submission, Branch has not selected your work for publication. We thank you for your interest. Feel free to submit again after that period.
  • Creative Submission


    Written Work

  • English or French
  • open-form (poetry, prose)
  • 100 to 500 words
  • send a maximum of three (3) pieces
  • attach as a single .doc file
  • include your name, contact info, 100-word bio and title(s) on the first page


  • Visual Work

  • open to all forms of visual art
  • must be sent as .jpg .eps .tif or .pdf. 72 dpi resolution
  • series and multiple pieces encouraged.
  • maximum of eight (8) pieces
  • horizontal pieces must not be smaller than 900pixels x 600pixels.
    vertical pieces must not be smaller than 450 pixels x 600 pixels.
  • include name, contact info, 100-word bio