Brief biographical notes must be enclosed in all submissions.
Eligible writers must self-identify as Indigenous, be Canadians, Canadian residents, or “non-Canadians” with close connections to Canada. The Malahat Review seldom publishes unsolicited book reviews. #Canadian aboriginal writing challenge free
If you feel your literary work falls outside these three categories, please feel free to send a query to the editor at Your query will be forwarded to the appropriate guest editor. Previously unpublished submissions of creative nonfiction may range from 1,000 to 6,000 words in length on any subject or in any style. Unless the stories are very short (i.e., less than 1000 words long each), no submission may consist of more than one story. Submissions of previously unpublished short fiction may be up to 6,000 words in length, on any subject or any style. Poetry submissions may consist of three to five previously unpublished poems on any subject and in any style. The Malahat Review, a literary quarterly published by the University of Victoria, acknowledges that it operates on the unceded territory of the Coast and Straits Salish people, including the Lekwungen family group, Checkonien, and Sungayka village. The issue will also feature reviews of new books by Indigenous authors as well as the winner of the Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize, which is open to all writers, Indigenous and non-Indigenous The final judge of the prize is Lee Maracle. Read about all three of the guest editors on the Indigenous Issue Editors page. The guest editors are interested in submissions of exciting contemporary Indigenous writing by poets and short-story and creative-nonfiction authors whose work makes vivid their experience of being alive in the world. “Indigenous Perspectives” is being guest-edited by Philip Kevin Paul (poetry), Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (creative nonfiction), and Richard Van Camp (fiction). Recognizing that the current international boundaries imposed on the continent are not necessarily compatible with Indigenous people’s own sense of place, we invite “non-Canadian” Indigenous writers with close connections to Indigenous communities within “Canada” to submit their work or to query in advance. 
Submissions are welcome from all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit writers.
To be published in January 2017, “Indigenous Perspectives” will celebrate the aesthetics, concerns, contributions, and achievements of Indigenous authors living in or from “Canada,” recognizing their crucial role in providing a truly complete picture of what it is like to be alive in North America in the past, future, and especially today. The Malahat Review invites writers who identify as Indigenous to submit their unpublished work to an issue on contemporary Indigenous writing in Canada.
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