GEIST Non-Fiction and Comic Open Call

GEIST is a magazine of ideas and culture with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour.

The Geist tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Each issue represents a convergence of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, comics, reviews, little-known facts of interest, cartography and the legendary Geist crossword puzzle.  

Their mandate is to publish emerging and established WRITERS AND ARTISTS FROM ACROSS CANADA, bringing them to a wide audience.

GEIST encourage submissions from writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ writers, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups.

NON-FICTION + COMICS: Submissions close Monday, September 9, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PST.

Geist is always seeking SHORT NON-FICTION (around 800-1500 words, flexible), typically personal narrative, for the NOTES & DISPATCHES section. We are especially interested in writing grounded in a sense of place, historical narrative, personal essays on art, music and culture, profiles of ordinary people with extraordinary stories, fascinating fields of work, practices or hobbies, and everyday occurrences that show the humour and strangeness of life. Read examples here. Pay is commensurate with length, usually $300-500.

COMICS: We’re interested in comics that are weird, funny, unexpected or experimental. We pay $100 per page. We publish shorter comics in the Notes & Dispatches section (example here) and publish longer comics as features (example here), max. 8 pages. Please send up to three strips or one longer comic at a time.

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Enquiries about submissions should be directed to GEIST. Please always refer to their website for complete details and information. 

Please note, this call is run by GEIST, not the Commonwealth Foundation