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Ars Medica A Journal of Medicine, the Arts, and Humanities 28

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Ars Medica is a literary journal, started in 2004, that explores the interface between the arts and healing, and examines what makes medicine an art. Ars Medica remains the only medical literary journal in Canada, and one of a handful of such journals in the world, in the rapidly developing international field of the humanities in healthcare. Ars Medica allows a place for dialogue, meaning-making, and the representation of experiences of the body, health, wellness, and encounters with the medical system. Content includes narratives from patients and health care workers, medical history, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. We also include sections on writing by and about children, and writing about international health. These are voices that are often silenced in healthcare.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

Canada Established in 2004

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 2 x per year.

Fiction Open
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 3,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Health/Medicine.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

Nonfiction Open
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Article ArticleUp to 3,000 words.
Essay EssayUp to 3,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction Narrative NonfictionUp to 3,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Personal.

Topics:

Health/Medicine.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

Poetry Open
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poem PoemNo line limits known.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Health/Medicine.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

Visual Art Open
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Photo Essay Photo EssayNo image limits known.
Art Media:

Photography.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Health/Medicine.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Image.

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Dates

Last Updated: 02 Mar 2024
Last Audited: 14 Dec 2023. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 02 Sep 2006

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