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For emerging Ottawa poets, there's just under a month left to submit to Arc's Diana Brebner Prize. With the $35 entry fe...
08/10/2025

For emerging Ottawa poets, there's just under a month left to submit to Arc's Diana Brebner Prize. With the $35 entry fee for one or two poems, submitters will receive a 1-year subscription to Arc Poetry Magazine.

Looking for inspiration? Why not revisit Liam Burke's 2023 Brebner Prize winning poem, "in the country of our failures," as selected by RC Weslowski: https://buff.ly/6tDZabf

The heat of summer is here, and Arc 107 is full of hot new poems, including the prize-winning poem from our 2025 POTY co...
08/08/2025

The heat of summer is here, and Arc 107 is full of hot new poems, including the prize-winning poem from our 2025 POTY contest. Poems in this issue will haunt you, unsettle your ideas of home and family, and ask questions about memory, history and our place in the cosmos.

Order one today to have this delivered to your door or look for this issue at your local magazine store: https://buff.ly/PxduI1T

“Kwan’s collection conjures images and memories of the old Toronto motels by the lakeshore, pink and green neon signs in...
08/07/2025

“Kwan’s collection conjures images and memories of the old Toronto motels by the lakeshore, pink and green neon signs in the fog: what we regret, who and what we long for, what we miss and how we survive.” Reviewer Amanda Earl recognizes the unique expressions and imagery captured in Grace Kwan’s The Sacred Heart Motel. It is a beautifully constructed abstract world connected to recurring emotions one finds impossible to escape from. Read the full review here: https://buff.ly/w4Ph1pf

ATTN: unpublished Ottawa poets are eligible to submit to the 2025 Diana Brebner Prize. The deadline is just over a month...
08/01/2025

ATTN: unpublished Ottawa poets are eligible to submit to the 2025 Diana Brebner Prize. The deadline is just over a month away, so get those submissions in today!

Attention Ottawa writers who are unpublished in book form! Now's the time to get your submissions in to this year's Diana Brebner Prize. With a $35 entry fee for one or two poems, submitters will also receive a 1-year subscription to Arc.
The deadline is September 4 at midnight EST.
This year's judge is Jessica Bebenek, who will be looking for your submissions in early September. So, don't miss this opportunity and submit today!
Details here: https://buff.ly/msaCC7i

“The hand of the poet becomes a direct, gestural movement toward its audience as shades of Mary Oliver evoke sentiments ...
07/28/2025

“The hand of the poet becomes a direct, gestural movement toward its audience as shades of Mary Oliver evoke sentiments that speak of and to nature as a way of finding ourselves and our sometimes tenuous, sometimes courageous, and always tenderly wrought connections to each other.” PJ Thomas’s Drifting evokes Mary Oliver while carving out a voice distinctly her own. Reviewed by David Bateman, this collection explores the intimate relation between humanity and the wilderness of nature. Read the full review here: https://buff.ly/K5Bqfa2

A fair warning from Dessa Bayrock before reading Rob Taylor's poem “Harrison River Valley, November” from our 2025 Poem ...
07/25/2025

A fair warning from Dessa Bayrock before reading Rob Taylor's poem “Harrison River Valley, November” from our 2025 Poem of the Year Contest shortlist: "It is scientifically proven to make anyone who hails from British Columbia homesick, especially if they are as far from home as the salmon are." Find more of Dessa's thoughts on this poem, and listen to Rob reading it here: https://buff.ly/z84Gv1q

Today we are promoting the Summer Lovin' Contests run by our friends at The League of Canadian Poets. Among these opport...
07/24/2025

Today we are promoting the Summer Lovin' Contests run by our friends at The League of Canadian Poets. Among these opportunities currently open for submissions is the Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest, named after a late member of our Ottawa poetry community who is still missed by many at Arc. Check out this and the other contests offered by the LCP and submit before August 10. More details here: https://buff.ly/oc1mXqV

Arc Poetry gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the City of Ottawa's arts funding program. The production of...
07/23/2025

Arc Poetry gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the City of Ottawa's arts funding program. The production of our magazine, the honoraria to our contributors, and the continuation of our awards and prizes and Poet-in-Residence program would not be possible without the support. Thank you for playing a vital role in bringing our publication to life!

It's time to reveal the Honourable Mention in our 2025 Poem of the Year Contest. Cassandra Eliodor is taking home the $5...
07/22/2025

It's time to reveal the Honourable Mention in our 2025 Poem of the Year Contest. Cassandra Eliodor is taking home the $500 prize for her poem "Hermeneutics," which nina jane drystek describes as a poem that "leaves space for the reader to fill in the gaps with their own knowledge and perspective, inviting us to uncover anew with each reading, to play in the wide field of interpretation." Congratulations, Cassandra!

Revisit this poem on our website today: https://buff.ly/pQwJxme

Take a moment this Monday to revisit Andrea Scott's beautiful "Saucer Magnolia" from our 2025 Poem of the Year Contest s...
07/21/2025

Take a moment this Monday to revisit Andrea Scott's beautiful "Saucer Magnolia" from our 2025 Poem of the Year Contest shortlist. "Life’s most intense passages hint at depth of meaning that invites but usually thwarts articulation" writes Arc's past president Kevin Matthews about this heartbreaking poem. For more about why "Saucer Magnolia" made our shortlist, and to listen to Andrea read this poem, check out our website: https://arcpoetry.ca/editorials/saucer-magnolia-andrea-scott/

Ellie Sawatzky's poem "On Crete" describes a daughter-father trip that is overshadowed by grief and unease, but also sma...
07/18/2025

Ellie Sawatzky's poem "On Crete" describes a daughter-father trip that is overshadowed by grief and unease, but also small moments of connection. "This poem speaks to the emotional distance often present between Boomer dads and their Millennial children" writes Arc's Editorial Coordinator, Char Harrison. Take a little trip to Greece with this selection from our Poem of the Year Contest shortlist: https://buff.ly/dXFIexO

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