Back for 2025, With YOUR Help
The Lupine Review seeks submissions for its 2025 edition as we continue to develop and grow the Sea-to-Sky corridor’s only magazine showcasing the written and visual works of local budding talent.
Entries open on February 1, here on the Whistler Writers Festival website, and will close on March 31. Please use the form below to enter.
We’ve changed things up a bit this year, so please read the requirements.
We’re looking for work in three categories:
- Creative writing to a maximum of 500 words
- Poetry, two pieces maximum, 400 words in total
- Visual art in any form
- We are keen for works that reflect on the lighter side of life
Further details:
- Submit only once in each category
- Submissions must be anonymous. Please do not put your name or identifying features in your submission document/files.
- Works must be original, created without the use of artificial intelligence and previously unpublished
- Submitters must have a connection to the Sea-to-Sky corridor
- Submissions are open to those 18 years and older
- Submitters will retain the rights to their works
- Written submissions should be double-spaced in Times New Roman with Canadian spellings and uploaded as a Word document
- Style-wise, we prefer an “em” dash, spacing before and after the use of ellipsis and the avoidance of serial commas.
- Visual submissions should be uploaded as high-res jpg, gif or png files
- Please provide a title for your work
- Submissions will be anonymized for independent judging
- There is no fee to submit
As a small volunteer team, we appreciate you following the above guidelines. We may edit submissions for style, length, clarity and accuracy. The creator of the work will have the opportunity to review changes before publication.
Only successful submitters will be contacted by June 15. Look for an email from lupinereview@gmail.com (and check your junk folders).
Those published will receive one free copy of The Lupine Review and an opportunity to present their work at the magazine’s event during the Whistler Writers Festival in the autumn. For other benefits, watch this space!
We look forward to your submissions.
Colleen MacDonald and Abby Deveney, founders, The Lupine Review
The 2024 Lupine Review Launches at the Whistler Writers Festival
“Heading north I spotted off to my left a field of dew-sprinkled live jewellery glowing in the morning light,” says Tom Thomson, who painted the work entitled Pink Sky Lupines, of his training ride that day through the Meadows. “Retracing the road south, I had to stop and sketch the lupines as the sky above Mount Currie in the distance was bathed in shades of pink.”
Thomson is among 25 local artists and writers who feature in this year’s edition of The Lupine Review, a magazine launched by the volunteering duo Colleen MacDonald and Abby Deveney last year. This year marks the second edition of the magazine, which showcases emerging local talent from the Sea-to-Sky region across 36 pages of gloss and colour thanks to funding from the Real Estate Association of Whistler. It’s a significant bump up from the 2023 inaugural edition of the magazine, which featured 16 local creatives over 28 pages.
The pair will unveil the full magazine at a free event at the Whistler Public Library on Friday, October 18 at 6pm as part of the Whistler Writers Festival. This year’s Lupine Review will be for sale alongside last year’s magazine at a special festival discount price. The Lupine Review can also be found in Whistler at the Whistler Museum, the Maury Young Arts Centre and Armchair Books.
Please join this celebration of local talent and collaborative energy by navigating to the event on the Whistler Writers Festival website and RSVP-ing. The publication is supported by the writers festival and The Whistler Writing Society.
“I hope the painting speaks to you,” says Thomson, who is also a teacher, athlete and volunteer once voted “Favourite Whistlerite” by readers of Pique newsmagazine.
Be sure to register for the free Lupine Review Launch Party happening Friday October 18 at 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. at the Whistler Public Library. Buy a copy and get your favourite local writer and artist to sign it!
Thank you to Real Estate Association of Whistler for your generous support.
The Lupine Review Launch 2023
