Attention writers: Descant is pleased to announce a call for submissions on the theme of renovations — both the physical and the metaphorical kind! We are seeking any and all poetry and fiction that explores the reconstructive process of making the old into the new.

The deadline for submissions to this themed issue is March 15, 2011. With the guidance of guest editors Scott McIntyre and Rebecca Payne, Renovations will be the 158th issue of Descant. It is planned for release in the Fall of 2012.

For more information, read on…

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Rewriting Pride and Prejudice as a zombie novel. A DJ layering Led Zeppelin overtop Frank Sinatra’s crooning. Or Peter Mayle struggling against faulty plumbing, stripping a Provencal farmhouse to its joists and studs to create something new — all are renovations. Descant wants to create a space where Holmes on Homes can meet Oulipo lipograms. We want to read about new kitchens and bathrooms. Explore those spaces which exist both on the page and off. We want stories and poems that renovate what literature can do. Reuse. Recycle. Renovate.

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For submission guidelines, visit: descant.ca/submit.html

Any question about submissions can be directed to: info@descant.ca