Contributing to Maisonneuve

Maisonneuve, now in its quarterly format, will continue to consider any and all submissions and pitches that land in our inbox. Please read the guidelines before contacting us.

Guidelines

Maisonneuve considers ARTIFICE (poetry, short & long fiction, humour), ARTIFACT (essays & reviews on any aspect of the arts or sciences), VISUAL ART (illustration, drawing, painting, photography, animation, cartoons, comics, graphics, web-based, design, etc.) and anything else that demonstrates curiosity, energy or elegance across all fields of human endeavour.

Contact

All writing submissions may be submitted electronically (to submissions@maisonneuve.org) or on paper to:

Maisonneuve
4413 Harvard Ave.
Montreal, QC H4A 2W9
Canada

Given the high number of submissions we receive and our small staff, if you do not hear from an editor within six to eight weeks, your submission has not been accepted for publication in Maisonneuve. Thank you for your consideration.

For electronic submissions, PDF or Word files are preferred. Please note that multiple submissions must be sent as a single attachment. Include all relevant information (bio, contact info) on the first page of your document. Please ensure that your pages are numbered and that your submission is smaller than 2 MB (if larger, query us in advance). Please do not send documents that are more than twelve pages in length.

Visual submissions may be sent to annaminzhulina@maisonneuve.org. URLs or PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PSD files are preferred. Please ensure that your submission is smaller than 2MB (if larger, query us in advance). CDs, paper, vhs, slides and photographic submissions may be mailed or couriered to the above address. Wherever possible, do not send originals (Maisonneuve is not responsible for lost, misdirected or damaged artwork).

ISSUE 34

Winter 2009

ON NEWSSTANDS

• A More Perfect Union

  by LES HORSWILL

  The border between Canada and the United States pits two great countries against each other. Les Horswill makes the case for a greater North American federation.

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• The Happiness Project

  by SHAUN PETT

  Endless economic growth hasn’t made us happier, so why do governments still tie well-being to wealth? Presenting a new, made-in-Canada benchmark for progress.

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• My Choice

  by A.M. HINTON

  For A.M. Hinton, abortion was simply another issue to debate over drinks. Then she became pregnant.

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• Generation Geek

  by JOHN SEMLEY

  At a time when comic book culture has never been more mainstream -- or more lucrative -- where’s the line between wannabe and true believer?

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• The Not-Quite Novel

  by NATHAN WHITLOCK

  In their scramble to find the next breakthrough book, publishers are marketing awkward hybrids that are neither literary enough to last nor commercial enough to entertain.

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• The Fox

  by KASIA JUNO VAN SCHAIK

  The prize-winning story from last year’s Quebec Writing Competition

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

• Soldier's Heart

  by JOEL ELLIOTT

  You’ve returned from a traumatizing tour of duty, suicidal and haunted by images you can’t forget. Why won’t the military help?

• Flappers

  by CHRISTOPHER MILLER

  Cute, skinny and scantily clad, flappers gave the rough-and-tumble funnies a much-needed sexual charge.

• Kill Them All

  by STEPHEN O'SHEA

  Eight hundred years ago, crusaders slaughtered twenty thousand people in Languedoc, France. Today, fascination with the massacre has turned the region into a tourist trap.

• Old Gays

  by JEAN-YVES GIRARD

  The generation that launched the queer-rights movement is entering its golden years. Some are still in no hurry to step out of the closet. Translated by Valerie Howes.

• Four Seasons

  by SUSAN BRISCOE

  Four poems