Submissions for Edition 4 are currently closed!

Stay tuned for future edition submissions opening.

Submission guidelines:

We accept poetry, prose, excerpts, lyrics, hybrid/experimental writings, personal essays, opinion pieces, book/movie/art reviews, multilingual works, interdisciplinary works, typography, comics, graphic novels, visual art, video & audio works, spoken word, slam, music and original lyrics, video essays, animation, podcasts

Content rating: mature

• We allow foul language, violence, sex, drugs, etc.

• Please include content warnings at the beginning of your submission

Content maximums:

• 1-5 poems

  • 5 pages maximum

• 1-2 pieces of prose

  • 2500 words maximum

• 5 minutes of video/ audio

• Please submit a maximum of 5 works!

Please include a short author biography (written in third person) in your submission, with your name and/or pen name, preferred pronouns, the genre of your work(s), and all appropriate trigger warnings. This should be 2-3 sentences.

Please also provide contact information, preferably your OCAD email address, so you can be alerted if your piece is accepted. This is also to ensure you take proper steps forward with the editing team to finalize the piece before publication. 

Please email your submissions to ocadupulse@gmail.com