• We accept previously unpublished fiction and creative nonfiction (minimum 1,000 words, maximum 5,000 words). In your submission, please indicate that it wasn’t published previously in print or online, including on personal blogs or social media.
• Works originally written in another language and translated into English are exempt from the above requirement.
• Reviews (books, films, artwork) and features (event or award news) may be shorter than 1,000 words.
• Submissions may be sent as Word Documents only (.doc files).
• We will respond to submissions in 2-3 weeks.

Our Focus

• Ashram is committed to promoting Canadian writers of South Asian background as well as providing a space for writers from all communities across Canada. We also accept international submissions, whether written in or translated into English.

Our Values

• Ashram believes in the creative freedom of writers, but we do not accept works that intentionally or unintentionally support discrimination based on race, gender, age or cultural identity. We welcome critical writing that challenges systemic discrimination and exclusion.

Rights and Reprint

• Authors retain all rights to their work. If it is reprinted in any form, we ask that the authors acknowledge that it first appeared in Ashram.