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Grain, the journal of eclectic writing, is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, diverse, and challenging writing and art. Seeded in 1973.

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📢 CALLING ALL EXPERIMENTAL WRITERS! Do you have a piece of writing that defies genres? Then you'll want to enter our 5th Annual Hybrid Grain Contest for Experimental Writing!

2026 Judge: Gary Barwin
Early-bird Deadline: August 31
Deadline: November 1, 2026

First Place = $1000
Second Place = $750
Third Place = $500
+ publication in Grain

Head to https://grainmagazine.ca/contests/kloppenburg-hybrid or click the link in our bio for full contest guidelines, judge's bio, and more!

Grain is grateful for the support of the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Foundation.

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: MICHAEL TRUSSLER!

Michael Trussler writes primarily poetry and creative nonfiction. His work has been anthologized both domestically and internationally. He has received Saskatchewan
Book Awards for poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction. His memoir concerning mental illness, The Sunday Book, was published by PalimpsestPress in 2022. Radiant Press released the poetry collection Realia, and Icehouse Press published 10:10 in the fall of 2024. All of his work engages with the beauty and violence of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, though his most recent writing specifically explores what it means to be alive at the beginning of the Anthropocene. 10:10 was a finalist in the 2025 Governor General’s Award.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: In front of a teal wall, Michael is smiling; he wears glasses and a black button-up top. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight Michael Trussler." End.]

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: ROLLI!

Rolli is a Canadian author and cartoonist. His words and drawings have appeared in The New York Times, The Saturday Evening Post, Playboy, The Wall Street Journal, The Walrus, and other spots. Rolli’s latest book is the poetry/drawing collection Plumstuff.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: A close-up photo of Rolli who wears black-framed glasses, has a short beard, and is holding a coffee mug. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight Rolli." End.]

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: JP RODRIGUEZ!

JP Rodriguez grew up in Thunder Bay, ON, and studied at various universities taking more courses than he suspects anyone ever has en route to an eventual teaching degree. He began writing fiction in Tokyo while teaching English to students ranging in age from three to eighty-eight, and after two years teaching
in London decided more university couldn’t hurt, so he returned to Canada and completed a Master’s degree in social work, in which field he currently works. The author of many short stories and several novels, he resides in Toronto with his partner and two young children.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: Many trees in the background. JP has short salt-and-pepper hair, is smiling, and wearing a beige t-shirt. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight JP Rodriguez." End.]

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: MELANIE POWER! @caplinbay

Melanie Power is a Montréal-based poet from St. John’s. Her debut, Full Moon of Afraid and Craving (McGill-Queen’s University Press), was released in 2022. Her poetry has won The Fiddlehead’s Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem and subTerrain’s Lush Triumphant Literary Award. Other poems have received recognition in Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest, Montréal International Poetry Prize,
and the CBC Poetry Prize.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: Snow and fir trees in the background. Melanie is smiling lightly, and wears a red handkerchief around her neck and a yellow jacket. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight Melanie Power." End.]

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: CASPER ORR! @casper.orr

Casper Orr (he/him) is a trans* and disabled multi-genre writer and artist living on the East Coast. A two-time Best of the Net nominated writer, he has work published or forthcoming in The Ex-Puritan, Electric Literature, Hunger Mountain Review, OROBORO, Thimble Literary, Heavy Feather Review, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, and more. He’s the former nonfiction Senior Editor for Fruitslice. With his new found free time, he is currently in the process of compiling his debut poetry collection.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: Casper is on stage standing in front of a microphone; he wears glasses and a black shirt. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight Casper Orr." End.]

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: HEATHER MCCABE!

Heather McCabe is a writer and artist from South Burlington, Vermont. A graduate of Ohio State University’s MFA in Creative Writing, she’s interested in the poliitics of attention, fresh water, and stories told by strangers. She has received generous support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and Livable Futures Now. This is her first print publication.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: Stairs and fairy lights in the background. Heather is smiling, has a short curly bob, and wears hoop earrings and a floral top. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight Heather McCabe." End.]

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: FRASER MACPHERSON!

Fraser MacPherson is a former queer kid from the rural Maritimes, who has always been interested in the stories queer and trans people tell. Living as an uninvited white settler on Dish With One Spoon Treaty Territory in Tkaronto, their stories have been shortlisted for contests by The Malahat Review and The New Quarterly, and he hosts a biweekly queer/trans writing circle. When not writing or working as a nurse, he can be found baking.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: Hay bale field, fence, trees, and blue sky in the background. Fraser is smiling, and wears glasses and a blue t-shirt. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight Fraser MacPherson." End.]

#grainmagazine #grain #saskmade #readlocal #madeincanada #readcanadian #poetry #fiction #cnf #writersofinstagram #canlit #litmag #contributorspotlight by @grainlitmag

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: SIMONE LITTLEDALE ESCOBAR! @seagullbones

Simone Littledale Escobar is a poet and visual artist living on unceded W̱SÁNEĆ territory. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria. Her creative practice centres around ecological grief, life/death cycles, and personal geography, as well as being strongly influenced by her Colombian-Canadian heritage.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

[ID: A black and white photo of Simone, who is wearing hoop earrings and a black shirt. Grain 53.4 in bottom left. Text reads, "Contributor Spotlight Simone Littledale Escobar." End.]

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: EWAN KEENAN!

Ewan Keenan is a writer, musician, and cartoonist out of Vancouver, BC. His artistic career began and continues to thrive at the University of British Columbia where he is a staff reporter with The Ubyssey newspaper and the host of the talk show Amateur Hour on 101.9 FM CiTR Community Radio. He self-published a short graphic novel titled Flaphead: A Comic for Older Puppets in 2026 and published his first short story, “Old Bones,” with Grain the same year. He is now a graduate student pursuing an MA in English at the University of British Columbia.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

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VOL. 53.4 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: MARTIN JOHN!

Martin John is an emerging writer and a member of the Tl’azt’en Nation. A participant in the inaugural class of the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle, Martin has received several grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and was shortlisted for Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night, Part 2 and Scholastic’s Open Call for Indigenous authors. He has written five novels, and lives on the lands of
lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.

Cover art by Andrea Wan @andrea_wan

Print and Digital copies of Vol. 53.4 still available! Link in bio.

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