@ceeeejohnson.bsky.social
he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : profile photo by Curtis Perry
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Attention poets! The deadline for our annual Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest has been extended to March 10, 2026! Submit today: tnq.ca/contests/
#poetsofbluesky #writingcontest #submit #litmags&publishers #writingcommunity
the schedule for the sixteenth annual edition of VERSeFest : Ottawa's International Poetry Festival is now online! / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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upcoming really soon!
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Our Spring 2026 books are almost here 🔥 All titles are available for preorder NOW from your local independent bookstore, major retailers and on our website.
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I've waited more than a decade to be able to say this: hell yeah, new Elizabeth Bachinsky!!!
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i’ll take credit for that!
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Warm holiday wishes to our authors and readers, with gratitude for a year filled with wonderful books!
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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!
woo-hoo! a new poem from @helendestroy.bsky.social!
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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!
15.12.2025 21:04 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1those losers!
12.12.2025 13:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0who ISN'T reading at this thing?!
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Tomorrow (Dec 12th) is the last day to submit your claim regarding Loblaws’ bread price-fixing scheme.
You could get $50 or more. Get that “bread!”
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i’ve been working at Arc Poetry Magazine now for over 10 years, and it’s weird to think that i would never have had this job if it wasn’t for a couple ambitious poets (and academics) almost 50 years ago trying out something new. rest in peace, Tom Henighan, and thank you!
09.12.2025 21:42 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Christina Shah, author of the new collection if: prey, then: huntress, answers a series of questions and poses others, such as: Why are there still places and networks in which women’s participation and access to opportunity is limited?
08.12.2025 19:38 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0submit 3 poems for the price of 2 before Arc's Poem of the Year Contest early bird deadline! the entry fee includes a 1-year subscription to the best poetry-focused literary magazine in Canada (note: I may be biased)
06.12.2025 18:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Canadian poetry in the 20s is a bit earlier than my knowledge reaches, but I'm very interested in learning about Florence Wyle and any other queer women Canadian poets if you find any!
04.12.2025 17:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0if you didn't know, I was recently a writer-in-residence at the Al & Eurithe Purdy A-frame. after the fact I wrote almost 2000 words about the highs and lows of living and writing in that cottage for 4 weeks and now @robmclennan.bsky.social graciously published these words on periodicities. thanks!
04.12.2025 14:26 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0if you have the means and enjoy the work that Arc Poetry Magazine is doing, please consider sending them a donation today. they can offer tax receipts!
02.12.2025 15:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Didn't get a chance to listen yesterday morning? The interview is now live—tune in here! www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
01.12.2025 19:48 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
26.11.2025 19:33 — 👍 4422 🔁 851 💬 13 📌 406haven’t got to that yet. i just keep rereading “i’ve tasted my fart”
17.11.2025 02:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0who could i possibly be talking about here?
17.11.2025 02:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0just trying to be a poet for the people
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The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, / @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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some of my friends are like “my poetry engages with the racism of Canada’s immigration policies over the past 150 years” while i’m like “my poetry is about how weird it is that we all fart”
14.11.2025 13:04 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 2i like soup and share recipes with friends. need a soup recipe? hmu!
30.10.2025 13:19 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0rob remembered I had a new poem published recently! (note: rob was the one who published the poem)
18.10.2025 17:20 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0WOO-HOO for @manahil.bsky.social!! 🥳
15.10.2025 15:29 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0the last title of Nightwood Editions' Fall 2025 season! it's still very cool to have a small role in the release of novels and poetry collections after working for a magazine for years. I'm looking forward to the Spring 2026 books now... which feels far away and right around the corner!
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