It’s time! Here are the winners of the 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest, as chosen by our fantastic judge, Kai Cheng Thom. Congratulations to these writers on their big success for their works! FIRST PLACE: Language of Poverty, by Alison Colwell Alison Colwell is a...
We are so thrilled to announce the shortlist for our 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest, selected by our judge, Kai Cheng Thom. A big congratulations to these talented writers! ⎯ Room Magazine’s 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist Language of Poverty, by Alison...
We are so thrilled to announce the longlist for our 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for selecting our longlist. These submissions will now be reviewed by 2026's Creative Non-Fiction Contest judge, Kai Cheng Thom. A big...
It’s time! Here are the winners of the 2026 Poetry Contest, as chosen by our fantastic judge, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch. Congratulations to these writers on their big success for their works! FIRST PLACE: For Doechii, by Isha Camara Isha Camara is a...
We are so thrilled to announce the longlist for our 2026 Poetry Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for selecting our longlist. These submissions will now be reviewed by 2026's Poetry Contest judge, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch. A big...
Creative Non-Fiction Contest 2025: The Winners It’s time! Here are the winners of the 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest, as chosen by our fantastic judge, Amy Lin. Congratulations to these writers on their big success for their works! FIRST PLACE: This Essay is a Hug...
We are so thrilled to announce the shortlist for our 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! A big congratulations to these talented writers! ⎯ Room Magazine’s 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist Totality, by Caitlin Stall-Paquet The Discovery, by Clea Roberts...
We are so thrilled to announce the longlist for our 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for selecting our longlist. These submissions will now be reviewed by 2025's Non-Fiction Contest judge, Amy Lin. A big congratulations...
Fiction Contest 2025: The Winners It’s time! Here are the winners of the 2025 Fiction Contest, as chosen by our wonderful judge, Janika Oza. Congratulations to these writers on their big success for their works! ————— FIRST PLACE: Georgie Millionaire, by Camille...
It's time! Here are the winners of the 2024 Short Forms Contest, as chosen by our wonderful judge, Zalika Reid-Benta. Congratulations to these writers on their big success for their short works! --------------- FIRST PLACE: Definitions of Non-Fish, by Shaheen Virk...
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ROOM 49.3 NO CANADA
In the new era of CanCon, as feminists and writers it is our task to reject this Canadian exceptionalism, this too-comfortable back-patting. How can we begin to imagine alternative arts economies, Indigenous economies around art, that start with treaty, that align with BDS? What art, what literature, would such a system free us to create?
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ROOM 49.2 Science
Welcome to the Science issue of Room Magazine, where we privilege questions: questions about how to construct better worlds; questions about how to destroy hyper-capitalistic, necropolitical systems; questions that beget questions and new questions.
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