Upcoming Issues

Winter 2010: At the Root of Voice

Vol. 32 No. 3

Where does today’s poetry come from? What influence do our past expectations continue to have on popular verse?  Is rhyme really dead or merely resting? Is the current fascination with traditional forms pushing poetic innovation into new creative territory or are today’s poets simply repurposing the past? Where might poetry be headed in the future? These are just a few of the questions CV2 attempts to plumb in this issue. 

Submission Deadline: passed

Submissions of essays and articles on the issue’s theme are welcome. CV2 invites submissions of poetry from traditional perspectives as well as those which subvert accepted forms, language, subject, lyric or whatever conventions get in a poet’s way.

Spring 2010: Poetry Only

Vol. 32 No. 4

In this issue, we let poetry do the talking. Nothing but the poetry folks—no theme and no critical writing. Only submissions of poetry will be considered for this issue.

Submission Deadline: passed

CV2 celebrates turning 35 with two very special issues:

Summer 2010: "A Quarterly of Canadian Poetry Criticism":  The Early Years of CV2.

Vol. 33 No. 1

In celebration of CV2’s 35^th anniversary, this issue will feature writing about the original Contemporary Verse and its connection to the establishment of CVII. It will also feature a selection of critical writing published during the first ten years of the magazine—along with those who wrote, worked and published with CVII back then, and what poets think now about the importance of critical writing about poetry.

Submission Deadline: April 10, 2010

For this issue, CV2 invites submissions of essays, articles, reviews and interviews that reflect on the early years of CV2. Submissions of poetry, letters and experiences related to the first ten years (1975-1985) of CV2 will be considered for this issue, including new work by poets who were published in CV2 during those first ten years.

Fall 2010: The Keystone of Canadian Poetry Turns 35

Vol. 33 No. 2

A celebration of poets and poetry from across Canada. CV2 welcomes submissions from poets published in CV2 during the past 35 years. A section of this issue will be devoted to new work by poets never before published in CV2 as a representation of what we can expect of this little lit mag in the future. This section will feature poets from every province.

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2010

Poets previously published in CV2 and submitting work for this issue are asked to send a paragraph or two detailing when they were first published in the magazine, and how the experience of publishing in a literary magazine like CV2 impacted their writing. Poets submitting to this issue and not previously published by CV2 are asked to include in their bio their professional experience to date if any, as well a brief statement about the decision to write poetry and to submit to CV2. CV2 encourages submissions from serious poets of every level of publishing experience.