Portal Blog
Writing Prompts: The Snowflake Method
October 16, 2018
Portal magazine is currently accepting submissions for both our national non-fiction writing contest called Portent ($500 prize, $25 entry fee, deadline November 1st) and our annual issue out in April (fiction/non-fiction/poetry/script, VIU students only, no submission fee, deadline November 30th, ). We’re looking…
Read MorePortent Contest: Deadline Extended to November 1st
October 4, 2018
Did you know this is the first year Portal is running a contest open to all non-fiction writers across Canada? Portal magazine is Canada’s only full-colour nationally distributed literary magazine and invites Canadian authors to submit their best work to its premiere competition…
Read MoreIt’s Hard to be Canadian
April 18, 2018
Traditionally, it’s been hard to be a Canadian literary magazine. Spill over from the American market has caused Canadian literary magazines to exist in their shadow. However, according to statistics on magazine trends published by Magazines Canada American spill over is on…
Read MorePortal Team Welcomes Launch Keynote Grant Buday
April 17, 2018
In addition to the talented young VIU writers featured at our Portal 2018 Launch last Friday at the Grand Hotel, the team was happy to welcome Grant Buday as our keynote speaker to offer a seasoned author’s perspective on the evening….
Read MorePortal 2018: Lucky Launch
April 6, 2018
Each year Portal launches new talented fiction, non-fiction, and script writers, poets, and artists from Vancouver Island University, giving them a platform to share their work and gain a publishing credit, sometimes for the first time. Our magazine team, consisting of fourth-year Creative…
Read MoreFostering Creative Community
March 20, 2018
If there’s one thing I took away from the art careers class I took in third year, it’s that you need to leave your house and interact with other creative people. Some call it networking, but it doesn’t need to be as formal…
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