We've extended our submission deadline for issue 2.5! Send us your artwork-that-replies-to-another-artwork by May 14: longconmag.com/submit/ #canadianart #canlit #artaboutart

"that garden party in which I lay long ago in a sleeping bag beside my sister and beside six or twenty sweet-pitched crickets" #TodaysPoem #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth Garden Party by Cicely Grace (2026 @longconmagazine.bsky.social) longconmag.com/issue-2-4/ci...

Two deadlines over at longconmag.com! APR 30: submit your art-replying-to-art for issue 2.5! JUNE 30: enter our new Mountebank Prize by submitting an artistic reply to a painting by Alex Colville. Prize: $100 + publication in issue 2.6. (🎨: Alex Colville's 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐾𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎, 1989)

"They become implicated in the shape of the building they are making, and the light we use to see it." Excerpt from Morgan Maclaren Beck's "Three Views of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠" + detail from Caillebotte's 𝑅𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑡𝑠 (1875) Read Morgan's essay in ISSUE 2.4: longconmag.com/issue-2-4/mo...

"there isn't anyone actually dancing among the clouds" Excerpt from Justine Berezintsev's poem "Cloud Dance" + detail from Claire Ibarra's 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (2023) Read Justine's poem in ISSUE 2.4: longconmag.com/issue-2-4/ju...

ISSUE 2.4 (longconmag.com/issue-2-4/) is Morgan Maclaren Beck, Justine Berezintsev, Caitlynn Cummings, Angel T. Dionne (@woodenmormyrid.bsky.social), Hannah Gardiner, Cicely Grace, Crystal Hurdle, Tanis MacDonald, Andrew James McKay, Kianna Mkhonza, Darby Myr, & Julie Triganne

Hey! We can see that artwork you have there. Yep: that artwork. The one right there that replies to 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒's artwork! Give it here, please? [Submit by April 30 for inclusion in ISSUE 2.5: longconmag.com/submit/]

Our new, twice-annual Mountebank Prize is the most prestigious-sounding prize for a single artwork by an artist currently living in canada! Details at longconmag.com/prize/

"On my car, a crawling layer of fur, and underfoot, goo. The world is too strange and it is with us. " Excerpt from Nicholas Bradley's long poem "Mountain" + cover of Gary Snyder's 𝑀𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐸𝑛𝑑 (1996) Read Nicholas's "Mountains" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/ni...

"for aging men in private who settle in the woodgrain" Excerpt from Foster Gareau's poem "Impressions" + detail from Edvard Munch’s 𝑀é𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑒 𝐼𝐼𝐼 (1902) Read Foster's "Impressions" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/fo...

"Walked outside and my hands struck their own / endings, more mind than my mind. My mind didn’t end." Excerpt from @effervescentvoid.bsky.social's poem(s?) "River at Night" + detail from Matthew Wong's 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (2018) Read "River at Night" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/ma...

They will not take the arts from us, and they will not take the arts from you. 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 is a remote satellite in the Canadian and Nova Scotian creative systems—receiving no public funding—and even we will be impacted by these proposed 20% to 100% cuts to arts, heritage, and culture in Nova Scotia.

"He holds the orb to his nose, cradling it, inadvertently kissing the rind." Excerpt from jamilah malika abu-bakare's short story "Free the King" + Jean-Michel Basquiat's 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 (1982) Read jamilah's "Free the King" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/ja...

"alienation, loneliness, and a courageous yearning to find others" From Louie Fermor's statement on their painting 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡 10, 𝑜𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑦𝑛𝑒 (2019) + Romaine Brooks's 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 (𝐴 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙) (1923-1924) See Louie's 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡 10 in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/lo...

"Do you remember how your tongue at one time caressed your name." Excerpt from Sarah Hilton's poem "Death Walk" + cover of Allen Mandelbaum's 2013 translation of Ovid's 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 Read three of Sarah's poems in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/sa...

"every sentence is the outcome of a hidden process of revision" Excerpt from Emma Moss Brender's essay "The Moving Element" + diagram from Stephen Watkins Clark’s 𝐴 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑟 (1847) Read "The Moving Element" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/em...

"only the cigarette is certain" Excerpt from David Hull's serendipitous occasional poem "Algol" + Benvenuto Cellini's 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑎 (1545 - 1554) Read David's "Algol" in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/da...

Superimposition of 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝐷. 𝐴𝑏𝑙𝑜'𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑙𝑖’𝑠 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑢𝑠 + 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡’𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑢𝑠 (1933) + 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑢𝑠 (1857-59) See Elle's vision in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/el...

"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...