The Artisanal Writer

About

The Artisanal Writer is an online journal and literary arts collective exploring, inquiring and celebrating the craft and practice of writing. It explores what makes great writing, how it happens and how writers we love to read, watch, or listen to, make it happen.
Featuring previously unpublished interviews, reviews and essays about craft in poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction the journal aims to address the forever open question of how best to read, reveal and refine what is meaningful in our world universally and in the place and time we particularly belong. It seeks to find a way into the writer’s unique aesthetic in the context of what we understand as shared principles.

Voluntary Fees: This project accepts voluntary fees for "tip jar" submissions.

Country of Publication

Canada

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Regular Speed: The Artisanal Writer's overall average response time is within a normal range for magazines.

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Nonfiction Open

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Review: No specific word count limits known.
Essay: 1,000 - 1,200 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Literature/Books: General, Writing, See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pays occasionally, up to Professional payment. Details: CAD $55 for essays.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Accuracy

We have received 7 reports from 7 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

4 min | 62.0 mean avg | 64.0 median | 117 max days (49.3 std dev)

Pending

4 responses are pending (16 min | 20.3 mean avg | 19.0 median | 27 max days waiting | 5.3 std dev) from 4 different members

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 90 days. (42.9 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 90 days.)
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Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 31 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 26 Jul 2026.
Date compiled: 17 Sep 2026 20:32 UTC (5 hours, 47 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 03 Jul 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.