Grain, the journal of eclectic writing, is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists.

Grain's 200th Issue

Grain Volume 53.1, Fall 2025

CONTRIBUTORS:

Poetry: Mark Abley, Jeremy Audet, Lisa Bird-Wilson, Michael Boccardo, Norah Bowman, Jay Yair Brodbar, Lorna Crozier, Maria Giesbrecht, M. C. Jia, S.A. Leger, Amanda Merritt, Sarvin Parviz, Henar Perales, Sarina Redzinski, Gabriel Sayers, Jordan Williamson, Yuan Changming

Prose: Danielle Beaton, Courtney Bill, Scott Johnson, Dilan Qadir, Mark Sampson, Iryn Tushabe

Special Essay: Neil Besner, Grain's First Managing Editor

2025 Short Grain Contest Winners: Fiction - Katie Martí, Bibiana Tomasic, Aaron Schneider; Poetry - Jennifer B.S. Williams, Kennedy Willier, Dominique Bernier-Cormier

Cover Image: 200 Covers of Grain, 1973 to Present