Polar Borealis #20 now available for free download!

Go to “Current/back Issues” and scroll down to appropriate link.

Contains: Cover by Swati Chavda. Poetry by Sean Dowd, Heddy Johannsen, Lynne Sargent, Greg Fewer, Fran Skene, Lee F. Patrick, Carla Stein and Tracy Shepherd. Stories by Greg Fewer, Frank Talaber, Robert Runté, Margaret Hanson, Virginia Carraway Stark, Don Miasek, Lorina Stephens, and Leslie Beckmann.

Polar Starlight Magazine not currently open to submissions.

POLAR STARLIGHT, a brand-new Canadian Speculative Poetry Magazine devoted to publishing and promoting Canadian SF&F poets (four issues so far) was open throughout the month of November in 2022 to poetry submissions. The submissions window was closed at the end of November.

Publisher: R. Graeme Cameron.

Editor: Rhea E. Rose, a well-known and highly respected British Columbia poet.

Polar Starlight features 16 poems in every issue. 89 poems were received. Enough were selected to fill issues #5 & 6. At some point in early 2022 the submissions window for poetry will reopen.

Payment is flat rate of $10 CAD per poem 60 lines or less.
(And $40 CAD for cover art).

For more info on type of poems sought, requirements, and how to submit, see “FAQ,” “Submission Guidelines” and “Submission Status” elsewhere on this site. Also check out “Contract” to read my standard contract.

Polar Starlight #3 now available for free download!

Just click on “current/back issues” and scroll  down to Polar Starlight #3 link.

Edited by Rhea Rose, it features a cover by Kari-Ann Anderson and 16 poems by Roxanne Barbour, Carolyn Clink, Greg Fewer, LeRoy Gormon, Neile Graham, Mahrie G. Reid, Andrea Schlecht, Douglas Shimizu, Richard Stevenson, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Lisa Timpf, and Changming Yuan.

The next Polar Starlight (Issue #4) is slated for publication in December.

Polar Borealis Wins Second Aurora Award!

On October 15th, during the 2021 Aurora Awards ceremony hosted by Can*Con, Polar Borealis Magazine, in the category “Best Fan Writing and Publication,” won an Aurora Award for a second year in a row. Huzzah!

My aceptance speech read as follows:

“Wow. I am very pleased to accept this award.

I like to promote and celebrate the talented people who create Canadian Speculative Fiction.

So, you see, this reward isn’t really for me.

It belongs to the imaginative and brilliant creators I publish.

This award is all about celebrating them. They each deserve this award.

But, since it isn’t physically possible to share this award with all the people responsible for my winning it, I’ll just have to display it on my book case at home, on their behalf, of course.

But seriously, this award really does belong to them. From the bottom of my heart, I thank everybody who voted… for them.

So, cheers! I’m happy. I be very happy.”

Polar Borealis #19 now available for free download

Polar Borealis #19 is now published and available for free download.

Just go to “Current/Back Issues” and scroll down to appropriate link.

Cover art by Akem.

Poems by Jennifer R. Slebodia, Roxanne Barbour, James Grotkowski, Sean Dowd, Frances Skene, R.A. Clarke, Colleen Anderson, and Douglas Shimizu.

Stories by Byrne Montgomery, Robert Dawson, David F. Shultz, Richard Keelan, Rio Murphy, Virginia O’Dine, Kellee Kranendonk, and Jean-Louis Trudel.

Polar Borealis #20 should come out before the end of the year.

Polar Starlight #3 should come out later this month.

Polar Starlight #2 now available for free download!

Polar Starlight #2 is now published and can be downloaded for free.

Just go to “Current/Back Issues” and scroll down to the appropriate link.

With Cover Art
 by David F. Shultz.

Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Carolyn Clink, Josh Connors, Neile Graham, James Grotkowski, Carla Stein, Robert Stevenson, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, A.O. Wallat, and Changming yuan.

Note: The next issue of Polar Borealis (#19) is slated for August, to be followed by Polar Starlight #3 in September.

Polar Borealis # 18 now available for free download.

The latest issue of Polar Borealis, #18, is now available for free download.

Just go to “Current/Back Issues” and scroll down to click on the appropriate link.

Issue #18 contains the following:

Cover Art by Swati Chavda.

Poems by Greg Fewer, Melanie Marttila, KB Nelson, Lynne Sargent, Douglas Shimizu, J.J. Steinfeld, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, and Lisa Timpf.

Stories by Alistair Bibby, Robert Dawson, Geoffrey Hart, Pamela Kenney, Martin Munks, Lena Ng, David F. Shultz, and Garth Spencer,

Polar Starlight #1 now available for free download!

Just go to the “Current/Back Issues” page and scroll down to the appropriate link.

The issue contains the following:

Cover art by Swati Chavda.

Poems by Colleen Anderson, M. Sean Dowd, Bernadette Gabay Dyer, LeRoy Gorman, Neile Graham, KB Nelson, Elizabeth Page, Lynne Sargent, David F. Shultz, Virginia Carraway Stark, Richard Stevenson, and Marcie Lynn Tentchoff.

This is the first of many issues to come showcasing Canadian speculative fiction poets.