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NorthWord Magazine publishes twice a year through the support of community volunteers and advertisers.
For each edition, the Northern Canada Collective Society of Writers' Board of Directors selects a guest editor.
Each guest editor is required to pick a theme to kick-start the creativity. They also decide on the artwork for the front cover.
As submissions come in, the managing editor removes names before showing the guest editor for transparency purposes.
After the selection process, the publication is produced and disbursed throughout the Wood Buffalo region.
Accepted Submissions:
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prose (3,000 words or fewer, fiction or non-fiction)
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poetry (50 lines maximum)
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excerpts from current projects
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visual art
Release Date
April 17, 2021
Guest Editor
Florence Weber
Theme
Solstice
* Submission Call Closed.
The Anomaly Issue
Volume 4, Issue 4
Released in Summer 2020, NorthWord's Guest Editor Hanna Fridhed themed Issue 22 as Anomaly with cover art by Allison Dakin.
The Solstice Issue
Volume 4, Issue 5
Released in Spring 2021, NorthWord's Guest Editor Florence Weber themed Issue 23 as Solstice with cover art by Treasure Cooper.
SOLSTICE
KAREN LARKIN
the standing still of the sun invites the deep stillness in me to reveal itself
a time when the brightness and the darkness become one, united in support of life
the cool darkness wraps my heart in comfort while the lingering light sparks my spirit
my world moves through this desired stillness
it is welcome here
The Puzzles Issue
Volume 4, Issue 3
Released in Fall 2019, NorthWord's Guest Editor Dave Martin themed Issue 21 as Puzzles with cover art by Carmen Wells.
2:15 AM
MONDAY MORNING
VERONICA WOOD
This is really difficult.
I don't want to do this, but something doesn't fit.
I thought you would fill this hole in my heart, complete
the puzzle that is my life, but you don't connect with my
other pieces. I can't force a blue piece where an eye
should be a sandy beach...
Don't be puzzled over why I didn't do this in person,
I couldn't. Maybe we will talk later.
Goodbye.