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

ISSUE 2.1 is Cathie Borrie, Shannon Brown, Noah David Farberman, Frank Forrestall, Roy Geiger, Maria Giesbrecht, Rebecca Higgins, Sydney Hutt, Dawn Macdonald, Cole Martin, Carrie Matisse, Patrick Edward O'Reilly, Louise Piper, Peter Richardson, Ian Roy, Michael Russell, & Nancy Yakimoski

Hello, artists living in canada! Do you make literary, visual, audio, or video art that responds to other artworks? Great! Let's hang out at longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Lola Liivat's 𝐴 𝑙𝑎 𝐾𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑘𝑦, 1960)

Today's the day! Last chance to submit to ISSUE 2.1 of 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛, the canadian quarterly for art about art. longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Paulusie Kapuik's 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑟, date unknown)

We've extended our ISSUE 2.1 deadline to May 14. Help us spread the word that 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 is back and hungrier than ever! For what? Why, artworks that respond to other artworks, of course! FEED THE ICE-BEAR at longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Ursula Richter's 𝐸𝑖𝑠𝑏𝑎̈𝑟, 1945)

"All the apartment's doorknobs have been removed The last tenant afraid of being locked inside In a house with no exits" #TodaysPoem #poetry Storm King by @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social (2024 @longconmagazine.bsky.social) in Best Canadian Poetry 2025 (@Biblioasis.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/bpamv6ex

We want your literary, visual, & other (all other!) forms of art for ISSUE 2.1 of 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯—the canadian quarterly dedicated to artworks that respond to, reboot, & ransack other artworks! Submit by April 30: longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 Adolf Boehm's Rising Sea with Boat and Polar Bear, date unknown)

We're emerging from our slumber & open for submissions! Our eternal theme remains—art about art—but Vol 2 will publish only writers/artists living in canada. Creative nonfiction is now welcome. Submit by Apr 30: longconmag.com/submit/ (🎨 John Macallan Swan's Studies of a Recumbent Polar Bear, 1903)