Geist
Literary Magazine
Geist is the Canadian 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.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 4 monhts*/Editor reported data98 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Payssee Genres section for details
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Fee$3
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Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $null-1000
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 1201
Max words: 5000
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $null-1000
Nonfiction - 1200 words max
Max words: 800
Max words: 1200
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $300-500
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 100 per piece
Hybrid
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $null-100
Review
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $null-1000
No specific limitations
Art
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 100 per piece
No specific limitations
Photography
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 100
No specific limitations
Comics
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 100 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Your cover letter should include your name, complete mailing address and email.
Eligibility
Creators from a specific location / ethnic group
Formatting
Please format your manuscript as follows: Word Count: insert word count at the top of the first page Font: 12 point Times Roman Line Space: 1.5 Margins: 1.25 inches Page Numbers please, at the bottom right corner on every page
Author's rights
We buy first North American serial rights for most original work, and second or third serial rights for previously published work (including work published on the internet).
Additional info
Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Accept previously published: "Buy second or third serial rights for previously published work (including work published on the internet)" Limited to those with a Canadian connection
Tracker statistics
42
Total submissions tracked
98 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
211 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 269 days
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Submission calls
All genres
About
Geist is published four times a year by The Geist Foundation. Every issue brings together a sumptuous mix of fact + fiction, photography and comix, poetry, essays and reviews, and the weird and wonderful from the world of words. At the heart of our enterprise is the imaginary country that some...
Read moreFounded
1990
Country
CA
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Editor-in-Chief