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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?

Chris Johnson | Managing Editor

managingeditor@arcpoetry.ca

|Manahil Bandukwala in front of a path with trees

Manahil Bandukwala | Coordinating Editor

coordinatingeditor@arcpoetry.ca

[position vacant] | Digital Editor

arc@arcpoetry.ca

Nduka Otiono
President

Jennifer Baker
Poetry Editor

Nancy Jo Cullen
Prose Editor

Emily Stewart
Reviews Editor

Contact us

Arc Poetry Magazine

arc@arcpoetry.ca

PO Box 81060
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1P 1B1

Board of Directors


Nduka Otiono | President

Kayla Calder | Vice President

Alison Goodwin | Secretary

Dee Cao | Treasurer

Margo LaPierre | Board of Directors

Deborah Margo | Board of Directors

Danielle Richardson | Board of Directors

Jeffrey Richstone | Board of Directors

Lise Rochefort | Board of Directors

Editorial Board


Jennifer Baker | Poetry Editor

Nancy Jo Cullen | Prose Editor

Emily Stewart | Reviews Editor

Lise Rochefort | Associate Poetry Editor

Alison Goodwin | Associate Poetry Editor

Susan Gillis | Associate Poetry Editor

Rachel Fernandes | Associate Reviews Editor

Danielle Richardson | Spoken Word Editor

Deborah Margo | Visual Art Committee

Margo LaPierre | Newsletter Editor

Nina Jane Drystek | Editorial Board

Rusty Priske | Editorial Board

Contributing editors


Terry Abrahams | Katrina Agbayani | Marie-Andree Auclair | Lisa Banks | Elena Bentley | Ashley-Elizabeth Best | Tara Borin | Jenny Boychuk | Lara Bozabalian | Julia Bustos | Jake Byrne | Dylan Curran | Poonam Dhir | Wendy Donawa | Benjamin Dugdale | Alexander Duncan | Michael Edwards | Cara Evans | Doris Fiszer | Diane Guichon | Susan Haldane | Ren Iwamoto | Prachi Kamble | Margo LaPierre | Jade Liu | Callista Markotich | Sadie McCarney | Abby McIntyre-Tsiang | Pamela Medland | Amanda Merpaw | Anna Navarro | Alison Newall | Tyler Perry | Pearl Pirie | Walker Pityn | Leah Schnurr | Renee Sgroi | Kara Stanton | Candace de Taeye | Jean Van Loon | Mary Vlooswyk | Sanna Wani | Jaeyun Yoo

Production Team


Chris Johnson | Layout Artist and Production

Serge Duguay | Art Director

TricoPPS | Printer

TricoPPS | Mailing House

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