"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...

Excerpt from the artist's statement for Frank Forrestall's painting 𝑁𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑎𝑟 (2022), embedded in its titular inspiration, William Blake's 𝑁𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑎𝑟 (1795–1805). See 𝑁𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑎𝑟 & the issue's cover art—Frank's 𝐺𝑖𝑙𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑎 (2022)—in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/fr...

Excerpt from Nancy Yakimoski's "Poem (May 07, 2025)"—and from the recording of Kenneth Koch it replies to—nuzzled into a photograph of Kenneth Koch. Read Nancy's expansive, intimate poem of observation in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/na...

Excerpt from Dawn Macdonald's poem "Animal Snap," gently printed on the card game it interprets. Read two of Dawn's poems, "Animal Snap" and "Robert Graves' 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑀𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛," in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/da... @yukondawn.bsky.social

Don't be weird: be weird WITH US! We publish strange and wonderful artworks that are inspired by, respond to, and reinvent other artworks. Submit by August 15 for a place in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Lola Liivat's 𝐾𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝐼, 1969)

Excerpt from Cathie Borrie's art book 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, which you can experience in text, photo, & video in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/ca... Cathie's excerpt is embedded in Andrea Dezsö's cover illustration for Jack Zipes's ...𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑚 (2015). @cjbcat.bsky.social

Excerpt from Sydney Hutt's "In the past I tried to be Thoreau" and illustration by Sophia Thoreau from the first edition of Henry David Thoreau's 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛; 𝑜𝑟, 𝐴 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠 (1854). Read Sydney's poem in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/sy...

The title (yes, just the title) of Noah David Farberman's script-framing short story—elegantly crammed into a season 9 promo image for the show about nothing. We trust you to draw the connection. Read Noah's "An Argument..." in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/no... @greaseboy.bsky.social

Excerpt from the artist's statement for Carrie Matisse's song "Baby Robotic" and its music video—in the style of the cover of Kate Daniels's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑖𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑠 (1988), their inspiration. Listen to Carrie's song, and watch the music video, in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/ca...

"This piece began as a response to a road sign I saw while on vacation in Tobago. Depression Ahead, the sign said, which struck me as a warning that would have been helpful in my own life." Read Rebecca Higgins's story "Signposts for Nora" in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/re...

We want your visual art, video art, audio art, music, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry—and hybrids of these—for our next issue! longconmag.com/submit/ Our eternal theme? Art that replies to other artworks. Extended deadline: August 15. (🎨 Lola Liivat's 𝐾𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑑, 1959)

Excerpt from Cole Martin (@coleboy.bsky.social)'s short story "Grandmother Clock" and gears inside a Mauthe buffet clock (c. 1950). Read Cole's story in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/co...

Excerpt from Roy Geiger's poem "fragments: shipbreaking" and number 49 from Edward Burtynsky's photoseries 𝑆ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 (c. 2000). Read Roy's poem in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/ro...

Excerpt from Shannon Brown's nonfiction piece "the vampire alberta," with album art from John K. Samson's 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 (2016), on which the song "Vampire Alberta Blues" appears. Read Shannon's "the vampire alberta" (and a few of John's lyrics) in ISSUE 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/sh...

Excerpt from the artist's statement for Ian Roy's short story "The Blameless Mountain"—in the style of the cover of Maggie Nelson's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑠 (2015), from which Ian's story takes its title. Listen to, and watch, "The Blameless Mountain" in issue 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/ia...

We want your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, video art, music, and other audio art—and hybrids of these—for our next issue! Our eternal theme? Art that replies to other artworks. Extended deadline: August 15. longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Lola Liivat's 𝐾𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖 𝑃𝑟𝑢𝑢𝑡, 1964)

Excerpt from Patrick Edward O'Reilly's poem "Three Japanese Films" and detail from the DVD cover of Hiroshi Teshigahara's 𝑃𝑖𝑡𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 (1962), one of the films Patrick's poem replies to. Read the full poem in issue 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/

Excerpt from Maria Giesbrecht's poem "Bar Boy" and detail from the painting it replies to, Salman Toor's 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑦 (2019). Read the full poem in issue 2.1: longconmag.com/issue-2-1/

Really pleased to have work in this gorgeous issue of long con