CHAIN 8: Hibernate, Sweet Ghostess
Suddenly we sweep out, after death,felled from Madonna’s sweet hibernation,we find the old country of wild places,where the many colours of sunshine warmand loosen rust-choked…
NEWS
ANNOUNCING: CAROUSEL 45, one of two forthcoming issues being released this summer! — coming soon
Art Portolio + Cover — Amy Friend // Fiction — Shaelin Bishop • Dawn Lo • Thaddeus Rutkowski • Isabelle Teo // Poetry — Courtney Bates-Hardy • Gregory Betts • Kate Cayley • Natasha Kessler + Adam Day • Annick MacAskill • Jessi MacEachern • Mickey Mahan • Carol Harvey Steski • Bronwen Tate • Carl Watts • Yvonne // CHAIN Response Poetry Project: poems 5-8 — Jeremy Colangelo • Natalie Wilkinson • Graeme Bezanson • Chris Tompkins // Comics — ??? // Conversations — Elee Kraljii Gardiner interviews Haruna Solomon // USEREVIEW 013-029 — featuring traditional, experimental and capsule book reviews by Conyer Clayton • Jade Wallace • Jessica Bromley Bartram • Mark Laliberte • Julie McIsaac • Klara du Plessis • Melanie Power • Karl Jirgens • Lannie Stabile • John Nyman • Khashayar Mohammadi
CAROUSEL 44, the latest issue of the journal — our first online release — available here
Art Portolio + Cover — Chet Bell // Fiction — Anne Baldo • Timothy DeLizza • Síle Englert • Jennifer McAuley // Poetry — Renee Agatep • Anne Barngrover • Despy Boutris • Amee Nassrene Broumand • Conyer Clayton • James Collier • Mikayla Fawcett • Layla Flowers • Sean Madden • Caroline Misner • Kevin Stebner • Sneha Subramanian Kanta • John Sibley Williams • Z.Y. Yang // CHAIN Response Poetry Project: poems 1-4 — Andy Verboom • Zachary Medlin • Roxanna Bennett • kerry rawlinson // Comics — Robert Pasternak // Conversations — Elee Kraljii Gardiner interviews Joyelle McSweeney + Ken White // USEREVIEW 001-012 — featuring traditional and experimental book reviews by K.B. Thors • Khashayar Mohammadi • Mark Laliberte • John Nyman • Deirdre Danklin • Jade Wallace • Manahil Bandukwala • Erica McKeen • Emily Woodworth • Sanchari Sur • Amanda Earl • Hollay Ghadery
The summer 2020 issue of CAROUSEL — our final print issue — is available in our shop!
Poetry, Fiction, Comics, Interviews & Artwork by:
John Barton • Gary Barwin • derek beaulieu • David James Brock • Sue Chenette • Jeremy Colangelo • Adam Day • Leesa Dean • Jonathan Duckworth • Jonathan Dyck • Kenneth Jakubas • Karl Jirgens • Carol Krause • Mark Laliberte • Aaron Linton • Mark A. McCutcheon • Conor McDonnell • miriam putters • Frédérique Rusch • Lauren Turner • P.C. Vandall
Order your copy of CAROUSEL 43 here
UPCOMING READING PERIODS
Please visit our Submittable NOW!
Chain: Response Poetry
· deadline for CHAIN9 Responses: Apr 30/21
(following this, we’ll be announcing CHAIN9 — the next chain in the link — on May 08, and the winning poem will be posted on our website that morning)
Next open, general call for Poetry + Fiction:
· opens Sep 01/21
CAROUSEL does not charge reading fees, unless otherwise specified
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CAROUSEL (est. 1983) is an exquisitely produced hybrid literary/arts magazine representing new & established creators, with a focus on positioning Canadian talent within an international context. This innovative journal — now exclusively released online as of December 2020 — prides itself on presenting work across many genres: if it’s original & engaging, we want to give it a home!