Welcome to Arc Poetry
At Arc, we find the brave new voices. We feature poetry that is woozy, cunning, shearing and wildlike; and prose that offers new perspectives on the verse you thought you knew.
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One of the most widely read literary magazines in the country, Arc has a following composed of writers, poetry aficionados, academics and a general cultural readership.
Who’s at Arc?
Lise Rochefort
President, Associate Poetry Editor
Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang
Poetry Editor
Nancy Jo Cullen
Prose Editor
Emily Stewart
Reviews Editor
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Board of Directors
Lise Rochefort | President, Associate Poetry Editor
Deborah Margo | Vice President
Alison Goodwin | Secretary, Associate Poetry Editor
Adrian Jones | Treasurer
Rhona Einbinder-Miller | Board of Directors
Glennys Egan | Board of Directors
Jeffrey Richstone | Board of Directors
Editorial Board
Lise Rochefort | Associate Poetry Editor
Deborah Margo | Visual Art Committee
Alison Goodwin | Associate Poetry Editor
Sarah Tsiang | Poetry Editor
Nancy Jo Cullen | Prose Editor
Emily Stewart | Reviews Editor
Rusty Priske | Spoken Word Editor
Rupert Allen | Visual Art Committee
Margo LaPierre | Newsletter Editor
Nina Jane Drystek | Editorial Board
Sadiqa de Meijer | Editorial Board
Contributing editors
Abby McIntyre-Tsiang | Alexander Duncan | Alison Goodwin | Alison Newall | Anna Navarro | Ashley-Elizabeth Best | Chuqiao Yang | Conyer | Clayton | Diane Guichon | Garth Martens | Jenny Boychuk | John Michael Garland | Julia Bustos | Kara Stanton | Katrina Agbayani | Lara Bozabalian | Lisa Banks | Margo LaPierre | Marie-Andree Auclair | Mary Vlooswyk | Nicholas McCallum | Nina Jane Drystek | Pamela Medland | Ren Iwamoto | Sanna Wani | Tara Borin | Terry Abrahams | Tyler Perry | Walker Pityn | Wendy Donawa | Asad Chishti | Pearl Pirie | Amanda Merpaw
Production Team
Chris Johnson | Layout Artist and Production
Serge Duguay | Art Director
Gilmore Printing | Printer
Rideau Mailing House | Mailing House