carte blanche is QWF’s online literary journal. It was founded in 2004 by members of a Quebec Writers’ Federation workshop. Since then it has grown into an internationally recognized literary magazine. It is published three times a year.
Each year, the editors select the best submissions by Quebec authors and a juror chooses the winner of the carte blanche Prize.
Submissions
carte blanche has two submission periods, from March to May, and from October to December. They accept original, previously unpublished submissions through their online submission form only. They pay a modest
The Fresh Pages Diversity Initiative: Editorial Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers
The Quebec Writers’ Federation is proud to partner with carte blanche to present the annual Fresh Pages Editorial Mentorship. A component QWF’s Fresh Pages Diversity Initiative, the editorial mentorship is designed to help an aspiring literary artist who is Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour develop skills in selecting and editing work for a literary journal.
The mentorship will go to a Quebec-based writer who shows promise and has demonstrated an interest in contemporary poetry and in the editing of a literary journal, but who has not yet had an opportunity to work as an editor. More information.