Call for Submissions: Winter 2026 Sumac Literary Magazine
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 from 12:00 am to 12:00 am
- Virtual event
- Contact
- cusumacmag@gmail.com
Now accepting submissions for Issue 4!
Students in Carleton’s “Editing a Literary Magazine” course will be responsible for curating Sumac’s fourth issue during the Winter 2026 term. Issue 4 will be launched in April 2026.
Submission deadline: December 31st, 2025
Who Can Submit
Sumac Literary Magazine publishes work by people connected to Carleton University and/or the land it is on. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, community members, and anyone with links to our campus or community are welcome to submit their work for consideration. If you walk your dog along the waterfront, drive past the Carleton sign each morning, once applied to Carleton, or ever attended a Ravens vs Gee-Gees event (for example), your submissions are welcome.
General Guidelines
Submissions are only accepted by email. Please send submissions to cusumacmag@gmail.com. Note that this email will not be frequently monitored in the Fall 2025 term. You should expect to hear from the team during the Winter 2026 term.
In the body of the email, please write a cover letter that includes your name, contact information, and a brief biographical statement in the third person. The biographical statement should include a brief description of your connection to Carleton University, its campus, or the land it is on. Cover letters should also include the titles of the pieces you have enclosed, and a sense of your publication experience, if any. Please include a word count for fiction, non-fiction, and creative non-fiction pieces.
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