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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 is published by the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild and appears in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.

Grain is printed and bound in Canada by Friesens in Altona, Manitoba.

Grain is a member of Magazines Canada and is indexed in the Humanities International Complete, which can be found in libraries across North America. Grain is distributed in Canada by Magazines Canada.

Grain is grateful for assistance from the Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatchewan Lotteries, and The Canada Council for the Arts.

Honours & Awards

In the last three years alone, writings published in Grain have been finalists for the Writers' Trust / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, nominated for the National Magazine Awards, singled out for inclusion in Best Canadian Poetry (2010 and 2009), Best Canadian Fiction (2011), and in numerous consecutive issues of the Journey Prize Anthology. Grain was a finalist for Magazine of the Year (SK) in the 2010 and the 2011 Western Magazine Awards, and non-fiction in Grain took home first prize in two categories (Student Writing and Gold Awards Best Article–Saskatchewan) in the 2011 Western Magazine Awards.

To view the complete list of Grain's Honours and Awards, click here.

History

To read a brief history of Grain, click here.