Welcome to QT! Queer Toronto Literary Magazine is a non-profit dedicated to elevating and celebrating queer voices in Canada.

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Enter the Dream State! At our upcoming launch party for digital issue no.16, “Dream State.”

Friday November 22nd at 7pm est at Black Sheep located at 165 E Liberty St 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON M6K 3K4

Issue no. 14 Dyke is now out!

This issue is for the Dykes. We asked artists to consider the history and meaning of the word and how they fit into that history. What we got back was a wide range of differing perspectives on Dyke. We saw quickly that the word does not mean the same thing to anyone. Everyone’s relationship with their Dyke-ness is different. It is individual. But, it is also communal.

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Call for Submissions

Dream State

QT Literary Magazine is seeking performance, interactive, or immersive art pieces that explore the theme of Dream State for our upcoming show in Toronto on November 22nd 2024. Pieces will also be featured in a hybrid zine that will include recordings from the event.

We are specifically seeking submissions from trans and non-binary artists for this issue.

Enter the Dream State.

The Dream State is a realm released from linear timelines and physical constraints. As fluid as people themselves. In the dreamworld we are disembodied, unbound by the restraints of the waking world. How do we define the boundaries of ourselves within a space defined only by possibility? Outside of time, the dream state is the world in transition: when do you feel outside of time? Show us yourself in transition.

Dreams are both known and unknown, happening and not, real and unreal. For queer and trans people, the dream state is a place of freedom, repose and safety. A place where we dream ourselves into being. Who are you when you dream? What do you dream of?

Dream State is a fluid meeting ground for the past, present and future, unmoored from rigid rules of knowing and suspended in pure potential. Before something can become, it is an idea, a thought, a dream. Who are you before you become? What do you look like when you are just an idea?

QT wants you to come unbound in a dimension of otherworldly visions and vivid sensations, an in-between space where you can float, fall, fly, and dissolve through space and time. What do you find in the Dream State? What finds you?

The deadline to submit is October 15th, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Please email submissions and questions to submissions@qtmag.ca.

In order to be published in the digital zine, pitches for performance, interactive, or immersive art pieces (max 500 words) must be accompanied by a written or visual component, such as an artist’s statement, photo or poem (500 words max).

What if my work doesn’t match the Issue theme?

We are also accepting works to be featured in the Gallery that do not fit the criteria for specific issues. Submissions for the Gallery are accepted on a rolling basis. In other words, submit, submit, submit!

Call for Volunteers

We're looking for cool people to join the team! Become part of a dynamic group of volunteers committed to community building and art making.

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Gay Merch!

Fundraising for a small non-profit is hard, but thankfully gay Jesus invented gay merch. Most of our stuff is available in the 3 traditional genders of black, white, and baby pink. So go ahead and support local grassroots organizing and look cute doing it!