The Walrus invites writers to submit brief query letters about prospective story ideas, and artists and photographers to submit their work for consideration. Potential contributors are encouraged to review the magazine’s submission guidelines before sending queries, stories, or art.

Detailed guidelines, including tips for writers and a Walrus section guide, can be downloaded in pdf format here. If you cannot open PDFs, please email us at info@walrusmagazine.com to request the guidelines in another format.

Non-fiction queries should be sent to pitch@walrusmagazine.com. Please place the contents of the pitch in the body of the email. Writing samples may be sent as Microsoft Word attachments.

Short fiction and poetry should be sent to fiction@walrusmagazine.com and poetry@walrusmagazine.com, respectively. Please place the contents of the story or poem in the body of the email.

Photography and illustration queries should be sent to art@walrusmagazine.com. If you are including samples, please send them as jpg attachments, or provide us with a link to your web portfolio.

Queries can also be sent by mail, addressed to editorial or art, as appropriate, to:

The Walrus
19 Duncan Street, Suite 101
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5H 3H1

Writers’ queries can also be sent by fax to 416-971-8768.

Please note that due to volume we will not consider more than one submission per month. We ask that writers not send completed/on-spec submissions unless specifically invited to do so.

Finally, no phone queries, please.