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10 Books and Stories That Haunt Us From Room Magazine’s Ghost-issue Editors

Dec 12, 2022 | Book Reviews, Reading Room, What's New

In preparation for Issue 46.3: Ghosts, the editors of the issue collected a list of ten works of writing currently haunting them.

Viewer Commiseration is Contrived

Dec 9, 2022 | Contest

Viewer Commiseration is Contrived is the Third Place Winner of Room’s 2022 Poetry Contest, as judged by Lillian Allen. You can find the full list of winners, and what judge Lillian Allen had to say about each winning piece, here. Viewer Commiseration is Contrived Last...

Poetry Contest 2022: The Winners

Dec 9, 2022 | Announcement, Contest, What's New

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the winners of our 2022 Poetry Contest. A huge congratulations to the following three poets whose works were handpicked by esteemed judge, Lillian Allen. We won’t keep you waiting any longer: here they are! ---- First Place: The...

Another Way to Split Water: An Interview with Alycia Pirmohamed

Dec 3, 2022 | Interview, What's New

Alycia Pirmohamed's debut collection, Another Way to Split Water, is an homage to family, the natural world, and storytelling. To celebrate her launch (now out in Canada, the US, and the UK!) here's an interview where she chats with Rebecca Mangra about her...

Poetry Contest 2022: The Shortlist

Dec 2, 2022 | Announcement, Contest

We're just as excited as you are: the 2022 Poetry Contest Shortlist is here! A big thank you to our esteemed judge, Lillian Allen, for her time, effort, and careful consideration of submissions. Congrats to these poets! --- Room Magazine’s 2022 Poetry Contest...

We’re Hiring! Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Dec 1, 2022 | Announcement, What's New

Room Magazine is seeking to hire a new Marketing and Communications Coordinator. The ideal candidate will have an educational background and/or previous work experience in social media, marketing, and communications. This is a remote, permanent, part-time position,...

Giving Tuesday 2022

Nov 29, 2022 | Announcement, What's New

Let's be honest: it's been a hard few years. This is why we need your support now, more than ever. Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for over forty years....

Poetry Contest 2022: The Longlist

Nov 25, 2022 | Contest, Poetry, What's New

We are thrilled to announce the longlist for our 2022 Poetry Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members, and a big congratulations to these talented poets! ---- Room Magazine’s 2022 Poetry Contest Longlist Viewer Commiseration is Contrived, by Vironika...

The Detectives: An Excerpt from 2022 Short Forms Judge Alix Ohlin

Nov 7, 2022 | Contest, Fiction, What's New

Our 2022 Short Forms Contest is judged by Alix Ohlin! Alix Ohlin is the author of six books, mostly recently the novel Dual Citizens and the story collection We Want What We Want. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and many other...

Call for Submissions: Issue 46.3 Ghosts

Nov 3, 2022 | Call for Submission, What's New

Come haunt us. Room seeks writers of marginalized genders for poems full of folklore, creative nonfiction on rattling encounters, transient fiction, and other such spirited words. Send us writing and visual art that is acutely aware of the apparitions around us. Show...