"I was buried with the dead and found your eyes" Excerpt from Emily Simon's found poem "from 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛" + lil slashes of 1st ed binding from Mary Shelley's 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛 (1818) Read "from 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/em...

"I’m back in the therapist’s office with my parents, watching the snow fall." Excerpt from Courtney Bates-Hardy's (@poetcourtney.bsky.social) poem "𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛, 2025" + promotional poster for del Toro's 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛 (2025) Read "𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛, 2025" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/co...

It's the final day to submit your art-that-replies-to-other-art for issue 2.4! What's on our wishlist for this issue, you ask? More creative nonfiction, and more visual art! Details at longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Suki Seokyeong Kang's 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑡, 2014-2018)

"You can't read a fairytale on a day of sunshine and deep blue skies." Excerpt from Duru Gungor's story "Pride of Lions, Murder of Crows, Darkness of Dragons" + cover illustration from the 2004 Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index of fairytales Read Duru's story in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/du...

"one lover’s hands upon another’s ribs, in flagrant dereliction of the horror known as truth" Excerpt from @mishasolomon.bsky.social's poem "Ernest Dances Siegfried in 𝑆𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑘𝑒" + early decor design for Tchaikovsky's 𝑆𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑘𝑒 Read Misha's two poems in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/mi...

"cheer the world splitting along the blade of the horizon" Excerpt from L. R. Anderson's poem "Study Aids (xxiii)" + cover of Louise Glück's poetry collection 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (2014) Read L. R.'s poem in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/l-...

"the measure of similarity to humanity...is the primary determiner of a creature's happiness" Excerpt from Sacha Archer's 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑑 + envelope of Robert Grenier's unbound poetry collection 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑇𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐵𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑠 (1975). See Sacha's 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/sa...

This Valentine's Day, send us your love letters! But, like, love letters to specific artworks, and the love letters are also artworks.‡ You get it: longconmag.com/submit/ ‡ literary, visual, video, & audio—all of it! (🎨 Suki Seokyeong Kang's 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝟎𝟑, 2011-2016)

We want your visual, video, and audio art, your music, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for our next issue! Our eternal theme? Art by canadians that replies to other artworks by anyone. Submit by Jan 31: longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Suki Seokyeong Kang's 𝐽𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑔, 2014 - 2015)

Very excited to be joining the @longconmagazine.bsky.social team as a poetry editor!!! 😊😊😊

We also want to shout-out visual editor, prolificist, and undisputed best titler of artworks Angie Quick (everythingipromisedyouisbeingsold.com)! Angie's been a 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 contributor since ISSUE 1.1, when her painting 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠//𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 (𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠) graced the inaugural cover.

Another (very belated) welcome to nonfiction editor ViNa Nguyễn (@ambidextrouspencil.bsky.social) and poetry editor Logan Lawrence! By joining the 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 team in early 2025, ViNa and Logan made our volume 2 re-emergence possible.

Please join us in welcoming Vera Hadzic (@hadzicvera.bsky.social), poet, fiction writer, and newest addition to the 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 team as a poetry editor! Starting with ISSUE 2.4 (longconmag.com/submit/), Vera will join Liam Burke, Logan Lawrence, and Andy Verboom in reading submitted poetry re. art.

Congrats from the 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 team to CNF editor, art history maestro, and 13-time Best Dressed at an Editorial Meeting recipient Ellen Chang-Richardson on the recent publication of their poetry chapbook 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑡 (above/ground press)! Link to order 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑡 at linktr.ee/longconmag

Congrats from the 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 team to poetry editor, resident video game expert, and sassy redhead Liam Burke on the recent publication of his poetry chapbook 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 (Anstruther Press)! Link to order 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 at linktr.ee/longconmag

Congrats from 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 to editor @hollay.bsky.social (currently on leave) on the recent pub of her poetry chapbook 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 (Anstruther) and the imminent pub of her debut novel 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑢 (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social)! Links to order at linktr.ee/longconmag

I wrote a pantoum about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein and familial estrangement due to my queerness. I love the film so much that I've watched it 3 times since it came out, and according to GDT, that means I'm married to it. Delighted to have my poem featured in @longconmagazine.bsky.social

ISSUE 2.3 (longconmag.com/issue-2-3/) is Elle D. Ablo, jamila malika abu-bakare, L. R. Anderson, Sacha Archer, Courtney Bates-Hardy, Nicholas Bradley, Madelaine Caritas Longman, Louie Fermor, Foster Gareau, Duru Gungor, Sarah Hilton, David Hull, Emma Moss Brender, Emily Simon, & Misha Solomon

"There is nothing personal for any of us, the other side of decomposition, no call, I think, from beyond the trees." Excerpt from "Branches," A. Damon Cutter's inversion of Mary Oliver's poem "Roses, Late Summer." Read "Branches" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/a-...

"The dog flies across the yard. My dog, my heart, / flings back. A cat to leash ratio." Excerpt from Yvonne Blomer's poem "What Upsurge This" and cover detail from the 2019 ed of John Thompson's 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑘 (1978), which it replies to. Read Yvonne's poem in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/yv...

"I think we hit a deer." This thing you say only if you didn't hit a deer is excerpted from Jessica Patterson's short story "Psychopomp" and imposed on Hozier's album 𝑈𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑈𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ: 𝑈𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 (2024), which provides the story's spark. Read "Psychopomp" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/je...

𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 issue 2.4 | submit by Jan 31 at longconmag.com/submit/ 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 is a free-to-read, modestly paying, digital, canadian quarterly that publishes art created in direct reply to other creations that can be considered “art" (🎨 Suki Seokyeong Kang's 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑡 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒, 2018)

Thanks so much again to the lovely @longconmagazine.bsky.social for including my collage in their beautiful magazine! ❤️

"...flowers that looked like they could truly feed..." Excerpt from Lori Langille's statement on her collage 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠, imposed on Jan Davidsz de Heem's 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝐺𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑉𝑎𝑠𝑒 (c 1650-1683). See Lori's collage in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/lo...

"My mother / yells into the Alexa: 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝐴𝑣𝑟𝑖𝑙 𝐿𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒 / 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠!" Excerpt from Emma Rhodes's "Anything Buried," imposed on the cover of Annick MacAskill's 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (2022). Read two of Emma's poems—which borrow lines from MacAskill and Kayla Czaga—in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/em...

"A jilted lover calls to say, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. Exhibition value appreciates. I shut the book." Excerpt from Sarah Burgoyne's "Four Thoughts on Gail Scott," imposed on 2nd ed cover of Scott's 𝑀𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 (1999). Read Sarah's CNF piece in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/sa...

"A jilted lover calls to say, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. Exhibition value appreciates. I shut the book." Excerpt from Sarah Burgoyne's "Four Thoughts on Gail Scott," imposed on 2nd ed. cover of Scott's novel 𝑀𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠. Read Sarah's CNF piece in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/sa...

"The house had two stories." An excerpt from Natalie Rice's poem "Looking In," imposed on Francesca Woodman's self-portrait 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦 (1977-78). Read Natalie's poetic reply to Woodman's self-portraiture (including her 𝐸𝑒𝑙 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠) in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/na...

"His arms and legs are becoming birds" An excerpt from Hugh Thomas's poem "Razovsky at peace," imposed on a detail from the cover of @razovsky.bsky.social's collection 𝑹𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 (2001). Read Hugh's re-translation of Stuart Ross's poem in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/hu...

"The lesson of the statement/The problem nevertheless/The business/The relationships" Excerpt from Gil McElroy's "A Frame" in the sky above 1380 Ypres Ave (Windsor, ON), designed by Garnet A McElroy. Read "A Frame," an intergenerational inter-art reply, in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/gi...

"𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔" An uplifting excerpt from Hannah Zamora's short story "Silence Thing," paired with a photo of Montreal Botanical Garden's juniper bonsai (c. 1750), to which Hannah's story replies. Read "Silence Thing" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ha...

"The minor character is / required to repeat all the things that injure her." Excerpt from Angela Hibbs's poem "Maps," imposed on Man Ray's 𝑁𝑜𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑡 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒 (1926), which it references. Read "Maps" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/an...

Don't be shy: submit your art-replying-to-other-art for a place in issue 2.4! Deadline Jan 31. longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Suki Seokyeong Kang's 𝑺𝒉𝒚 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚, 2013-2015)

reproduction/creation satirical/reverential studying/deviating Productive tensions in Kieran Valde's artist's statement for 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, imposed on detail from Velázquez's 𝐴𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑔𝑔𝑠. See Kieran's "ironic reproduction" of Velázquez in issue 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ki...

"If a sledgehammer is not enough / for the drywall / bring in a girls’ swim team." Excerpt from Marilyn Letts's "(De)Construction Instructions," imposed on 2010 flyer for Sawako Nakayasu's "Improvisational Score." Read Marilyn's poetic reply to Nakayasu in issue 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ma...

"...I move through cloth, binding memory into seams." An excerpt from Connor Andersen's artist's statement for 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 (𝟎𝟔𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒 – 𝟎𝟔𝟐𝟑𝟐𝟒), imposed on a panel from Agnes Martin’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 (1979). See Connor's quiltwork 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭... in issue 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/co...

Excerpt from Anton Pooles's poem "EO" with detail from the theatrical poster for Jerzy Skolimowski's 𝐸𝑂, to which Anton's poem responds. Read "EO" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/an...

Why are you just sitting on that coral-ated umbrella?! Submit your art-that-replies-to-other-art for issue 2.3! Extended deadline: November 14. longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝑁𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑒́ 𝐼𝐼, 1940)

New piece out in @longconmagazine.bsky.social latest issue longconmag.com/issue-2-2/a-...

Very excited to share that my Bread and Roses collage is in issue 2.2 of @longconmagazine.bsky.social! Head over to longconmag.com to read my accompanying essay—and check out some fantastic poetry, fiction and art, too 😃

ISSUE 2.2 (longconmag.com/issue-2-2/) is Connor Andersen, Yvonne Blomer, Sarah Burgoyne, A. Damon Cutter, Angela Hibbs, Lori Langille, Marilyn Letts, Gil McElroy, Jessica Patterson, Anton Pooles, Emma Rhodes, Natalie Rice, Hugh Thomas, Kieran Valde, & Hannah Zamora

We publish strange and wonderful artworks (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, & translations + visual, video, audio, & other art) that are inspired by, respond to, and reinvent other artworks. Submit by Oct 31 for a place in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒, 1947)

All art forms. All art re. art. Get thee in on 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/submit/ #litmags #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianpoetry #canadianfiction #canadiannonfiction #canadianbookstagram #canadianart #canadianartist #canadianartists #canadianpainting #canadianmusic #artaboutart

Bidding farewell to issue 2.2 subs, we bid a cheeky hey there handsome stranger to issue 2.3 submissions. We want artworks (any form) that reply to other works of art & culture, and we want them by October 31 at longconmag.com/submit/. You in, or what? (🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠, 1937)

REMINDER: we've opened an 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂-𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅! All creative nonfiction submitted by Aug 22 will be considered for issue 2.2: longconmag.com/submit/ What are we looking for? 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 (in some way) 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭.

We're still accepting creative nonfiction submissions for ISSUE 2.2 until Aug 22. For all other lit genres and art forms, our next submission deadline--for ISSUE 2.3--is Oct 31. SPOOKY. Details, as always, are at longconmag.com/submit/

Excerpt from Louise Piper's short nonfiction "Resting Place," tidily tucked onto Tracey Emin’s self-portrait 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑡 𝐼𝑡 𝐴𝑙𝑙 (2000). Follow Louise's wayfinding among Emin, Dali, Hopper, Monet, and Knight in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/lo...

Excerpt from Peter Richardson's poetic suite "Three Polaroids from Cormac McCarthy's Highway," in the style of the first edition cover of McCarthy's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 (2006). Revisit 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 in a new light in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/pe...

It's a mere 30ish hours until submissions close for ISSUE 2.2 of our lil' quarterly dedicated to art-replying-to-art! Send us your painting, collage, photography, sculpture, & other visual art! Send us your CNF, fiction, and poetry! Your music, video art, weird sound art! longconmag.com/submit/

Excerpt from Michael Russell's 𝑌𝑢-𝐺𝑖-𝑂ℎ! 𝑉𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝑆-inspired poem "isekai"—superimposed on cover art from the first DVD boxset of the series (2017). Read Michael's agile, gutting poem in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/mi...