Call for Submissions

 

Vol II deadline: August 20, 2023

Breathe is a new literary magazine that aims to discuss mental health and wellness in medicine. This magazine highlights visual art, poetry, and prose poetry from health care trainees (eg. medical student/resident/fellow, nursing student, PA student, PT/OT student, pharmacy student, etc) across Canada. Any form of literature/art from health care trainees related to mental health and wellness is welcome.

Submission Criteria:

Health care learner (e.g. medical student/resident/fellow, nursing student, PA student, PT/OT student, pharmacy student, etc.) at an accredited Canadian post-secondary.

  1. Submission must discuss topics within mental health and wellness in medicine. Examples may include: personal struggles with mental health as a student, experiences in the clinical setting or classroom, a discussion about mental health stigma and the “hidden curriculum”, strategies for improving and maintaining mental wellness as a health care trainee. This is not an exhaustive list of topics we will accept, please use your discretion when submitting.

  2. The piece must be original work and all contributors should be listed. Work should not be previously published. You will retain the copyright for your piece(s). You may wish to publish your work anonymously should you desire.

  3. If submitting more than one piece, please submit each piece as a separate file.

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Categories of Accepted Work:

Creative Writing:

  • Poetry, prose, short stories, reflections, essays, etc.

  • Maximum word count of 1000 words

  • All written pieces should be submitted in word document format, typed

Visual Art:

  • Drawings, paintings, sketches, digital art, photography

  • All visual art pieces must be submitted in high-resolution PDF, TIF, or PNG files

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Submitting Work

Submissions for Issue II are now open! Please submit here: https://forms.gle/JGXisAthp8i6WD957

If your submission has been approved for publication, we will contact you through the email address you provide in this form. All submissions will be confidential prior to publication. Submissions will be initially screened by the Editors-in-Chief (Keerthana Pasumarthi and Jim Xie). If accepted, they will be passed to our content editors and graphic designers for providing more detailed edits, suggestions, and feedback. Please ensure you regularly check your email for any communication from the Breathe editorial team once you have submitted your piece. We will not publish your piece without final approval from you.
If you have any questions or concerns at all, please do not hesitate to email: breathe.artsmagazine@gmail.com