A literary journal that features explorations of life in a mad world. More specifically, it welcomes writing and art from people with lived experience of what is variously called mental health challenges, mental illness, madness, neurodiversity.
Highlights
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 60 days after submission*/Editor reported data106 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data14.14%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
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
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Do NOT put your name, address, email, a cover letter, or any other identification within the file you submit to us. Our assistant editors conduct blind reviews to ensure fairness. Any submissions that contain identifying information will be declined.
Eligibility
Creators With Disabilities
Formatting
Please provide high resolution (300 dpi) files for artwork.
Author's rights
If your submission is accepted for publication in OMQ, we will ask you to grant us one-time, non-exclusive serial and/or electronic publication rights to your work. That means we’re asking for permission to publish your work once, in the print (serial) and/or future online (electronic) editions of OMQ, but you retain ownership of your work and can freely submit it for publication elsewhere.
Additional info
We strive to promote these voices and perspectives by publishing work based on first-hand lived experience. Payment/copies. Contributors published in OMQ will receive a print copy of the issue they are published in and an honorarium (currently $25 CAD). This payment is subject to change.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
106 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
76 days
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About
OMQ is published by NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action, a member-driven, peer-support mental health organization built on the premise that people with mental health challenges are intelligent, creative, and valuable. Both NISA and OMQ operate out of Sudbury, Ontario, in what is currently cal...
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Sabine Gorecki
Editor-in-Chief