We are thrilled to announce Room‘s new Managing Editor, Chimedum Ohaegbu! Chimedum Ohaegbu (CHIM-ay-doom aw-HAY-boo, she/her) is a three-time Hugo Award winner, and formerly worked as Uncanny Magazine’s managing and poetry editor. She’s a 2021 graduate of UBC’s...
As fall brings us new winds and heralds change, we're sitting with "After 'listing (v), 2013'" by Chimwemwe Undi from our upcoming Room 47.4 Full Circle now available for pre-order! "After 'listing (v), 2013'" by Chimwemwe Undi The trouble is I was nineteen, and no...
We are thrilled to bring you the results of this year’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Angela Sterritt. The wait is over: here are this year’s winners! —- FIRST PLACE: Handful of Her Ashes for the Potter, by Judith Newcomb Stiles Judith Newcomb Stiles Stiles...
"My Sister Sleeps on the Slope of Mount Sinani" is the Third Place winner for Room’s 2024 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Of this piece, judge Angela Sterritt writes: “My Sister Sleeps on the Slope of Mount Sinani is a compelling and moving story that encapsulates...
This year's Creative Non-Fiction Shortlist has arrived! A big congratulations to the six writers whose submissions have been shortlisted by our esteemed judge, Angela Sterritt! — Room Magazine 2024 Creative Non-Fiction Contest: The Shortlist Sunoco, by A.R. Sherbatov...
We are so excited to announce the longlist for our 2024 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for the creation of this longlist, and a big congratulations to these talented writers. --- Room Magazine’s 2024 Creative Non-Fiction...
As Issue 48.2 is still open for Canadian Literary submissions and Art Submissions until the submissions limit is met, we wanted to take some time to get to know the editors of the issue and how they're thinking behind the scenes! The following is Room Magazine Issue...
As we honour this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and celebrate the sovereignty of all Indigenous peoples worldwide, we turn to writing by and interviews with Indigenous writers and artists from the Room archives and beyond. May these writings guide us to...
Room magazine is seeking to hire a new Managing Editor. The ideal candidate will have previous work experience in literary, grassroots, scholarly, or academic magazine or book publishing, especially in the selection of material for publication and with knowledge of...
Photo Credit: Kes Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian poet, academic and activist based in London, UK. Her performance of poems like ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ and ‘Shades of Anger’ went viral within days of release. Her live readings offer a moving blend of poetry and music....
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