“To be midway—between yet striving for balance—demands emotional exactitude.” Kayla Czaga’s Midway examines parental loss while blending reality with ancient myths. Tanis MacDonald's review traces Czaga's descent into Dante’s underworld only to emerge back again. Read more here: buff.ly/DdSAeuN
Mark your calendars! Arc Poetry is returning to VERSeFest on Wednesday, March 25, for an event that includes Isabella Wang, our 2024 – 2025 Poet-in-Residence T. Liem, and Lucia Farinon. This will be an evening of poetry you won't want to miss!
Eco visual poem of names of extinct species eroding
Thanks to
@arcpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my visual eco poem Extinct in their The new material eco poetics edition. Copy arrived this week from Canada. Lots of stunning works in the magazine.
Calling all Ottawa-based writers who released a book of poetry in 2025! The deadline to submit your book to the Archibald Lampman Award is coming up fast. To submit, send 4 copies of an eligible title to Arc Poetry's offices by March 31. More details here: buff.ly/TyAk9jQ
“A body worthy of her divinity.” In her review of jaye simpson’s a body more tolerable, Meg Collins captures the stages of metamorphosis that shape the collection. The poet's body becomes an expression of feminine divinity, embodying a presence worth celebrating. Read more here: buff.ly/nK2FkWq
We’re recruiting a Volunteer Treasurer (Executive) to join our Board of Directors! The Treasurer role focuses on oversight, monitoring, and early identification of financial risk, and working closely with the Board of Directors.
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“Book 2 of The Xenotext is ‘Eurydicean’: it looks ahead in time.” Brent Raycroft reviews Christian Bök’s The Xenotext: Book 2, a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice where poetry is encoded in our DNA reaching toward immortality. Read the full review here: buff.ly/zsrWR9Z
The last day to submit your verse to the Poem of the Year Contest is TODAY! Tighten up your trochees and reinforce your rhymes, then send your work our way before midnight to have a chance at taking home the grand prize!
More details and contest guidelines can be found here: buff.ly/Utz7dST
There are just THREE DAYS LEFT to submit your best verse to the Poem of the Year Contest! Join the ranks of previous winners like Kayla Czaga, Sadiqa de Meijer, and Dominique Bernier-Cormier by sending in your poetry before Sunday, February 15th. More details here: buff.ly/Utz7dST
“Weather is an immensely moving collection of poems attuned to poetry-as-living.”
Thank you to Shazia Hafiz Ramji and @arcpoetry.bsky.social for a really lovely double review of my and John Reibetanz' latest books.
You can get a copy of the new issue here:
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Were you worried about getting in your Poem of the Year Contest submission before the deadline? Well, now you have two more weeks to submit!
Entry fees are $40 for one or two poems, which entitles the submitter to a 1 year (3 issue) Canadian subscription to Arc. More details here: buff.ly/DNh4qoN
The front cover Arc Poetry Magazine, containing a close-up image of a butterfly's head and body, with backdrop of snow.
An image of the interior of the magazine, the first page of my piece.
I’m thankful to Nancy Jo Cullen for inviting me to contribute to this special ecopoetics issue of @arcpoetry.bsky.social, letting me think through what the heck I do with my days. To find this lovely butterfly in the mailbox with the snow piled high all around.
"Bebenek’s choice of structure for the book makes for an honest and open portrayal of how we grow and evolve through grief" @manahil.bsky.social reviews No One Knows Us There by Jessica Bebenek for @arcpoetry.bsky.social.
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A HUGE 🙏to Colin Quin and @arcpoetry.bsky.social cpoetry.bsky.social for the thoughtful review of Carol Krause's debut collection "A Bouquet of Glass."
Pleased to have my review of Kyo Lee's I cut my tongue on a broken country published on @arcpoetry.bsky.social 's site.
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“It feels like Lee writes in a state of emergency.” In i cut my tongue on a broken country, Kyo Lee's language is tied to the narrator’s heritage, queerness, and survival. Amanda Earl’s review defines how Lee’s language moves beyond the real without avoiding the terror of pain: buff.ly/tIbK7Lb
“The objective of her collection is the reframing of disability into an imaginative superpower.” In Carol Krause's A Bouquet of Glass, language moving through altered consciousness is a new voice. Read Colin Quin review to understand the psyche behind the poetry: buff.ly/nUYoVlR
We're halfway through the first month of 2026, and the deadline for Arc's Poem of the Year Contest is coming up fast! With a $40 entry fee, submitters can send in up to two poems and receive a 1-year subscription to Arc. Plus there's the chance of taking home the $5000 grand prize! buff.ly/5D7G08l
Everyone at Arc Poetry Magazine was saddened to learn of the passing of Carol A. Stephen in late November 2025. The Arc Poetry team extends our sympathies to her family and loved ones. Carol's obituary, along with information on how to pay respects, can be found here: buff.ly/Wbt0uoe
“The eyes of the future are looking back to us.” In No One Knows Us There, Jessica Bebenek reflects on the relationship between poems and death using language that transforms the sense of loss into a tender memory for the future-self. Read Manahil Bandukwala’s full review here: buff.ly/ziuh6DO
Graphic with a photo of Jenna Butler and text introducing Butler as the new Poetry Editor at Arc Poetry Magazine.
Join us in extending a warm welcome to Dr. Jenna Butler, Arc’s new Poetry Editor! Jenna is an experienced poet, essayist, professor and ecological writer bringing a new and exciting voice to Arc's pages.
Subscribe to Arc today to see how Jenna Butler will be shaping the magazine's future!
Graphic with a photo of Margaryta Golovchenko and text introducing her as the new Associate Reviews Editor at Arc Poetry Magazine.
Please join us in welcoming Margaryta Golovchenko as our new Associate Reviews Editor! A poet, critic, and scholar, Margaryta has been a longstanding contributor of reviews to Arc. We’re so excited for the insight and artistic voice she’ll bring to our reviews section.
Graphic with a photo of KB Thors and text introducing Thors as the new Translation Editor at Arc Poetry Magazine.
Please join us in welcoming Arc's new Translations Editor to the team! KB Thors's work explores diverse language and storytelling across cultures. There couldn't be an editor more suited for the Translations Editor role, and we couldn’t be more excited for the vision KB brings to Arc!
Graphic with a photo of Dessa Bayrock and text, introducing Bayrock as the new Prose Editor at Arc Poetry Magazine.
Making a move from her role as Associate Reviews Editor, Dessa Bayrock is Arc's new Prose Editor. In this capacity, Dessa will be curating essays, interviews, and How Poems Work articles for Arc, and we are thrilled to have her literary voice guide Arc’s pages. Welcome to this new role, Dessa!
Graphic with a photo of Nancy Jo Cullen and text thanking Cullen for her tenure as Prose Editor at Arc Poetry Magazine.
Arc's Fall 2026 issue is the last with our Prose Editor since 2020, so we wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to Nancy Jo Cullen! Her talent and dedication shaped Arc’s pages and defined our prose for the past five years. We are so grateful, Nancy, for everything you have brought to Arc! Thank you!
“To what extent do we create these stories, and to what extent do they create us?” In Death of Persephone: A Murder, Yvonne Blomer reframes the myth of Persephone as a detective murder mystery set in a modern city. Discover this gripping mystery in verse reviewed by Kate Rogers here: buff.ly/QiIXpeJ
If anyone is looking to learn more about Tom Henighan, his obituary is a wonderful way to remember this talented poet: www.hpmcgarry.ca/obituaries/T...
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Tom Henighan, one of Arc's founding editors. Tom recounted the founding of Arc alongside Christopher Levenson and Michael Gnarowski in an editorial available here: buff.ly/phTJ6MX
Our condolences to all of Tom's friends and family. Rest in peace.
Submissions to Arc's Poem of the Year Contest are open, and all poets are welcome to submit an extra poem before the Early Bird Deadline on December 31, 2025. All entries include a 1-year subscription to Arc Poetry Magazine! Don't sleep on this opportunity!
More details here: buff.ly/ofdnZTd
GivingTuesday was yesterday, but the chance to give isn't over! Make a donation this month to help Arc continue to publish and share the finest poetry through 2026. With your end-of-year giving we can keep your beloved Arc as a vital space for poets and readers for years to come. buff.ly/hm21E7r
