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Deadline: March 10th, 2025 Payment: $30 per poem, $70 per short fiction, CNF piece, and short play. $70 per visual art piece, $30 per comic Theme: Stories by Canadian writers with a focus on Echoes We’re looking for heroes, creatures, dreams, and the extraordinary. Folklore. Urban legends. Whispers. Echoes. Stories from your sleepy hometown that come from your grandma’s grandma’s grandma’s grandma. Traditions and the breaking of them. Especially the breaking of them. Tell us—what’s your lore? Eavesdrop is a queer-focused multimedia magazine. Our tone is inclusive, playful, and passionate. Eavesdrop accepts any and all genres. Space opera, niche cryptid horror, experimental formats, and anything in between. We love genre fiction, especially when it’s done well. However, please note that we will not accept graphic sexual violence, hate speech, or discriminatory works. If your piece contains violence, deliver it with purpose. We recognize that violence is, unfortunately, part of our queer experiences, and we never want to censor anyone’s experience, but Eavesdrop wants to create a safe community for our content consumers and fellow artists. If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to email us at [email protected]. This submission period will be from February 3rd to May 10th, 2025. Who Can Submit? Our mandate is to connect both emerging and established Canadian writers with audiences who care. Issue 4 is Open to Canadian writers (anyone living in Canada for work, school, asylum, etc, as well as artists living on traditional, unceded territories, is welcome to submit). We prioritize submissions from BIPOC writers, writers with disabilities, LGBTQ2SIA+ writers, and writers from marginalized groups, but accept submissions from everyone. We also gladly accept submissions from artists we’ve published before, but will make a concerted effort to spread the love as much as we can so we can share...