The Ex-Puritan
@ex-puritan.bsky.social
Publishing fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and reviews. Proudly awarding The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence. https://linktr.ee/ex_puritan
Submissions for The 2026 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence are now open. Check out the website for more details on entry and guidelines. ex-puritan.ca/news/the-202...
The 2026 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence is Open!
The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence now welcomes submissions!
ex-puritan.ca
Thrilled to share this conversation with @amalelmohtar.com in this spring's issue of @ex-puritan.bsky.social
On Fantasy and Fascination: A Conversation with Amal El-Mohtar
Read Ben Berman Ghan's interview with Amal El-Mohtar in Issue 73: Spring 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
ex-puritan.ca
We are now accepting submissions for The Ex-Puritan's 2026 Special Issue: Resistance & Hope. More information can be found on our website—including submission guidelines, deadlines, and further information on the issue. ex-puritan.ca
Our Spring 2026 issue has arrived! Spring has come blossoming, fragrant and alive— just like the written works in this issue. Check out the link for a new bouquet of fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and reviews. ex-puritan.ca
"[W]e've always thought about Pack Animal as something with its own engine, and sense of momentum within itself." -Emma Cohen and Emily Wood, in conversation with Liz Worth, discussing the Pack Animal reading series: ex-puritan.ca/pack-animal-...
Pack Animal Momentum: A Conversation with Emma Cohen and Emily Wood
Read Liz Worth's interview with Emma Cohen and Emily Wood in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
ex-puritan.ca
"I'm interested in the intimacy between a reader and a poet." -Summer Farah, in conversation with Rebecca Mangra in our winter 2026 issue: ex-puritan.ca/when-mystery...
When Mystery Becomes Process: A Conversation with Summer Farah
Read Rebecca Mangra's interview with Summer Farah in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
ex-puritan.ca
Issue 72 features fiction from Jowita Bydlowska, Lynne Sargent, and Cassidy Menard: ex-puritan.ca/issue-72-win...
Issue 72: Winter 2026
Winter 2026 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
In our Winter 2026 issue, @nireliofidelio reviews Curtis Garner's novel Isaac. Find "The Boyfriend Experience" and the rest of the issue online now: ex-puritan.ca/the-boyfrien...
The Boyfriend Experience: A Review of Curtis Garner’s Isaac
Read Nirris Nagendrarajah's review of Curtis Garner's Isaac in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
ex-puritan.ca
Issue 72 features striking essays from Acadia Currah and Lys Granier. Find their work (and the rest of the issue) here: ex-puritan.ca/issue-72-win...
Issue 72: Winter 2026
Winter 2026 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
Our Winter 2026 issue features an experimental live performance from Jessica Bebenek, showcased through text, photo, and video. Explore Jessica's work here: ex-puritan.ca/no
ON NO
Explore Jessica Bebenek's multi-media writing project "ON NO" in Issue 72: Winter 2026 of The Ex-Puritan, Then Check out The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
ex-puritan.ca
Our Winter 2026 issue features poems from Emily Lu, Steven O. Young Jr., Twoey Gray, Eva Haas, David Anton Jr., and Suzannah Showler. You can read their work here: ex-puritan.ca#poetry
Home
The Ex-Puritan began in 2007 as The Puritan Literary Magazine, an independently funded print journal dedicated to publishing fiction, essays, and interviews in Ottawa, Ontario, and was sold in…
ex-puritan.ca
NOW HIRING: Publicity Manager. Please visit our website to learn more details and how to apply: ex-puritan.ca/news/now-hir...
NOW HIRING: PUBLICITY MANAGER
Want to manage publicity for a magazine? The Ex-Puritan is now hiring a new Publicity Manager to start in for our Spring 2025 issue. Apply by Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
ex-puritan.ca
Our Winter 2026 issue is live! We'll be sharing more over the coming weeks, but you can read the entire issue now: ex-puritan.ca/issue-72-win...
We are seeking inquisitive, timely reviews on upcoming or recently published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with a particular interest in debuts and books from independent publishers. Learn more & submit your work for our spring issue now: puritan-magazine.submittable.com/submit
The Ex-Puritan Submission Manager
The Ex-Puritan seeks submissions all year round, from anywhere in the world.Our current publication rates (as of Fall 2022) stand as: $100 PER INTERVIEW $200 PER ESSAY $100 PER REVIEW $150 PER…
puritan-magazine.submittable.com
In Issue 71, Casper Orr interviews Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross, and Sara Black McCulloch interviews Michael DeForge. ex-puritan.ca/issue-71-fal...
Issue 71: Fall 2025
Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
The hybrid/experimental section of our Fall 2025 issue features "Queer Dance", a performance by Charlie Petch (with ASL interpretation by Gaitrie Persaud/Phoenix The Fire), as well as "music to watch boys to", a narrative video collage by William Dao: ex-puritan.ca/issue-71-fal...
Issue 71: Fall 2025
Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
Our fall 2025 issue features short fiction from Marcel Goh, Danila Botha, and Gary Barwin: ex-puritan.ca/issue-71-fal...
Issue 71: Fall 2025
Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
Issue 71 features essays from Hannah Keziah Agustin and Adam Arca: ex-puritan.ca/issue-71-fal...
Issue 71: Fall 2025
Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
In his introductory essay to the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize for Literary Excellence, Matthew Monrose excavates the contradictions of Austin Clarke and bears down on what we can learn from his refusal to "stop scratching." ex-puritan.ca/dont-scratch...
"Don't scratch too deep or I'll bleed": Archiving with Austin
Read Matthew Monrose's essay "'Don't scratch too deep or I'll bleed': Archiving with Austin" in Issue 71 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the winners and runners-up of the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize…
ex-puritan.ca
For anyone out there who’s still holding on to autumn despite the encroachment of our winter celebrations, I’ve got a new poem published in @ex-puritan.bsky.social’s Fall Issue. Diolch to editor Sanna Wani for choosing it! ex-puritan.ca/autumn-as-a-...
Autumn as a Lo-Fi YouTube Video
Read Rhys Owain Williams's poem "Autumn as a Lo-Fi YouTube Video" in Issue 71: Fall 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
ex-puritan.ca
"I imagine our faces shining, spreading luminous like the sun in that clearing until the light is all I can see—light that has been there all along..." I can't say enough how incredible this story by Madeeha Hashmi is. Make time for it today! @ex-puritan.bsky.social ex-puritan.ca/thousands-of...
WINNER: "Thousands of Longings Like These"
Read the 2025 winner of the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence in Fiction, "Thousands of Longings Like These" by Madeeha Hashmi in Issue 71: Fall 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the res...
ex-puritan.ca
for @ex-puritan.bsky.social, I spoke with @farahghafoor.bsky.social about her debut SHADOW PRICE! ex-puritan.ca/what-we-lose...
“What We Lose is Synonymous with Death”: A Conversation with Farah Ghafoor
Read Summer Farah's interview "'What We Lose is Synonymous with Death': A Conversation with Farah Ghafoor in Issue 69: Spring 2025 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary...
ex-puritan.ca
Issue 71 features poems from Yan Zhang, Maryam Ghafoor, @rhysowainwilliams.bsky.social, E. M. Palitha Edirisooriya (translated by samodH Porawagamage & Kasun Pathirage), Drew McEwan, and Nicole Boyce. You can read their work at ex-puritan.ca/issue-71-fal...
Issue 71: Fall 2025
Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
Our Fall 2025 issue features reviews of jaz papadopoulos' "i feel that way too" and Mikhail Iossel's "Sentence", written by Janet Pollock Millar and Pamela Hensley respectively: ex-puritan.ca#reviews
Home
The Ex-Puritan began in 2007 as The Puritan Literary Magazine, an independently funded print journal dedicated to publishing fiction, essays, and interviews in Ottawa, Ontario, and was sold in…
ex-puritan.ca
Adam Arca's poem "I had to get out" is the 2025 Poetry Runner-Up for the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence: ex-puritan.ca/i-had-to-get...
ex-puritan.ca
kailash srinivasan's story "You, like" is the 2025 Fiction Runner-Up for the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence: ex-puritan.ca/you-like
ex-puritan.ca
Hadiyyah Kuma's poem "WALTER" is the 2025 Poetry Winner of the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence: ex-puritan.ca/walter
Madeeha Hashmi's story "Thousands of Longings Like These" is the 2025 Fiction Winner of the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence: ex-puritan.ca/thousands-of...
ex-puritan.ca
We’re excited to release Issue 71: Fall 2025! Get cozy with vibrant new fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and reviews, along with the winning pieces of the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence:
Issue 71: Fall 2025
Issue 71: Fall 2025 has arrived! This edition features yet another incredible array of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction representing the best new and established Canadian writing.
ex-puritan.ca
14/27... Also at the @ex-puritan.bsky.social is this short story by D.F. McCourt: ex-puritan.ca/one-way-out (It’s cool how many of the Best Canadian Stories writers are in The Ex-Puritan.) #AmReading 💙📚 #BookSky #fiction
One Way Out
Read D.F. McCourt's short story "One Way Out" in Issue 64: Winter 2024 of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
ex-puritan.ca