Last chance to submit to 38.3

The submission deadline for issue 38.3 "Trespass" is January 31

Read the sign that says prohibited, members only, or do not enter, and go there anyway. Cross a line and permeate a border. Explore a haunting. Transgress the social code and live beyond simplistic binaries. Organize a sit-in, a protest, or squat. "Trespass" is the theme for Room 38.3, which will feature fiction by Doretta Lau and an interview with Harsha Walia.

Editor Helen Polychronakos and Assistant Editor Leah Golob seek poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art about doing what you've been told not to do. Poems that cross-dress as manifestos, essays that defy all rules, photography as both art and document, reportage disguised as fictionâ€”generic trespass is also welcome. Read an interview with editor Helen Polychronakos.

Check out our guidelines for more information on how to submit.

Change to our submissions policy

In order to help cover the rising production costs of the magazine, including paying for our online Submissions system, Room is introducing a small submissions fee of $2.50 (think of this as slightly less than the cost of printing and mailing a submission). However, current Room subscribers and writers who are low income are invited to continue submitting to Room for free using the "Subscriber" options on our Submittable page (you don't need to specify which one you are -- we use the honour system and all submissions are treated equally). Thank you for understanding, and we look forward to reading your work! Learn more

Less than 2 months left to submit to Room's 2015 Creative Non-Fiction Contest!

Send us your best essays, memoirs, travel writing, historical accounts, and literary non-fiction by March 8, 2015 for a chance to win $500 + publication!

Judge: Ayelet Tsabari

Review our full contest guidelines on our website, and check out last year's honourable mention on our blog.

Issue 37.4 "Claiming Space" Now Available

Featuring an interview with poet Cecily Nicholson and new fiction by Hiromi Goto. Edited by Christina Cooke.

Want a preview? Check out the editor's letter and the interview with cover artist Marika Echachis Swan (Tla-o-qui-aht Nation), or read a story from Claiming Space on our blog: "Gardenia" by Amy Holwerda, and "Waiting" by Clara Kumagai.