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.

The Faces We Wear

Grain Volume 54.1, Fall 2026

CONTRIBUTORS:

Poetry: L.R Anderson, Jessica Kinuyo Bakar, Mekhala Chaubal, dee Hobsbawn-Smith, Bill Howell, Connor Lafortune, Kayla MacInnis, George Murray, Colin Quin, Cole Roulain, Leah Schnurr, Gillian Sze, Matthew Zhao

Fiction: Zach Docter, J.J. House, Jason Pearce, Annabel Moir Smith, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Ben Van Voorhis, Christina Wells

Creeative Nonfiction: Michael Lee de Vries, Maryam Gowralli

From the Field: 
"Excavating the Body's Grammar: Anna Veprinska's Wound Archive" by Leesa Dean
"Walking Toward the Noise: On Writing in Discomfort" by Avi Silberstein
"Fifty Years of Fiction: An Interview with Guy Vanderhaeghe" by Brandon Fick

2026 Short Grain Contest Winners: (Fiction) Josh Goudie, Lauren Griffin, Kailash Srinivasan; (Poetry) Claire Gordon, David Ehmcke, Lisa Bird-Wilson

Cover Image: "Self-Portrait (Three Years Later)" Haley Bassett