The Puritan

The Puritan is a literary journal that publishes interviews, essays, reviews, fiction, and poetry. They pay $100 for essays. Submissions are free, but they do charge for submissions to their contest.  To learn more, read their submission guidelines. You'll need to scroll past the contest guidelines to get to the regular submission guidelines.

News & Pitch Calls from The Puritan

Wednesday, March 16th 2022

The Puritan is accepting submissions

This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, non-fiction, interviews, reviews, and poetry. They accept a limited number of fee-free submissions every month.
Deadline: 25 March 2022 for Spring issue; reads year-round
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction, up to 4 poems; various for non-fiction (see guidelines)
Pay: CAD200 per essay; CAD150 for fiction; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD25 per poem (or page, capped at CAD80)
Details here.



Deadline: March 25th, 2022

Tuesday, November 23rd 2021

The Puritan is open for submissions


This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, poetry, and non-fiction – interviews, essays and reviews – from all over the world. They accept a certain number of fee-free submissions every month.
Deadline: 25 December 2021 for the Winter issue; reads year-round
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction, up to 4 poems; various for non-fiction (see guidelines)
Pay: CAD200 per essay; CAD150 for fiction; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD25 per poem (or page, capped at CAD80)
Details here.




Deadline: December 25th, 2021

Tuesday, June 1st 2021

The Puritan is accepting submissions

This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, non-fiction – interviews, essays (accepts pitches), and reviews – and poetry from all over the world. They accept a limited number of fee-free submissions every month.
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction, up to 4 poems; various for non-fiction (see guidelines)
Pay: CAD200 per essay; CAD150 for fiction; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD25 per poem (or page, capped at CAD80)
Details here.


Deadline: 25 June 2021 for Summer issue; reads year-round



Monday, December 14th 2020

The Puritan is open for submissions

This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, poetry, and non-fiction – interviews, essays and reviews – from all over the world. They accept a certain number of fee-free submissions every month.
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction, up to 4 poems; various for non-fiction (see guidelines)
Pay: CAD200 per essay; CAD150 for fiction; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD25 per poem (or page, capped at CAD80)
Details here.

Deadline: 25 December 2020 for the Winter issue; reads year-round