As I prepared this issue, I couldn’t help but notice that both our featured artist and photographer independently chose to include owls in their work. Two creators, working separately, drawn to the same powerful symbol. In a magazine built on recognizing meaningful patterns and authentic voices, this felt less like coincidence and more like a message.

The complete table of contents as it appears in the June 2025 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that six writers have made the shortlist for our March 2025 Write Prompt Challenge.

When Joni Mitchell sang of living in a box of paints, of a love that could serve her memory full, I like to think she was singing about more than a lover. Perhaps she was singing about this vast canvas of a country that both contains and releases us, that fills us up with its stories and still leaves us room to create our own.

We are thrilled to announce that Blank Spaces has been honored with the title of Best Canadian Literary Arts Magazine 2025 in the prestigious Canadian Business Awards presented by Corporate Vision magazine.

The complete table of contents for the December 2025 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that five writers have made the shortlist for our December 2024 Write Prompt Challenge.

In a memorable virtual gathering held on Wednesday, October 11, eight talented writers came together to share excerpts from their shortlisted stories for the upcoming anthology Sticks and Stones.

Some seasons are for abundant growth, and some are for gentle preservation. Both are equally sacred.

The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is one of the most honoured literary projects in America. They welcome up to six nominations (print or online) from little magazine and small book press editors throughout the world, and selected winners will appear in their annual publication.

The complete table of contents for the December 2024 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that five writers have made the shortlist for our September 2024 Write Prompt Challenge.

The thing you create today has potential to inspire someone generations down the road. Art is legacy. Story is holy. If you’re called to share, don’t stop pushing until you are heard.

The complete table of contents for the September 2024 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that four writers have made the shortlist for our June 2024 Write Prompt Challenge.

Sorche Paterson joins the Blank Spaces team as the new proofreader.

Pauline Shen joined the Blank Spaces volunteer team as a proofreader for the June 2022 issue and has been a consistent and reliable source of insight, encouragement, and wisdom in the two years that followed.

I work with authors every day who are second-guessing their work, walking that uncomfortable line of being really pleased with what they’ve created, but terrified that it’s not good enough. My response is always the same: creation is vulnerable work.

The complete table of contents for the June 2024 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that six writers have made the shortlist for our March 2024 Write Prompt Challenge.