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It Was Fun Until It Wasn’t: Broken Pencil, 1995-2024

It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]

BP is Closed, But You Can Still Access Our Archives

Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]

Review: Nothing Without Us Too

With many of these speculative stories rooted in sci-fi, the line between reality and metaphor nearly disappears, playing with a reader’s inability to clearly differentiate between fact and fiction when it comes to the realities of disability.

Review: Beat The Rust

Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.

Poster Boy: Dril On Art, Philosophy, Life Beyond Twitter, All That Garbage

"People will beg for AI-free content like they do for water that isn’t tainted with lead. And when AI becomes synonymous with ‘Shit,’ it will die like every other Silicon Valley Clown Show and nobody will miss it."

Call for Submissions: Urban Legends

Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]

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Latest Reviews

Review: Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There

The human brain and its capacity to love have never been simple. Jade Wallace’s poetry incites a lot of introspection into how we are connected to our environments in intimate ways, but not necessarily made loving by them.

Review: Feminism for a Genderqueer Generation

The way Melendez mixes theory with personal anecdotes is a graceful way to deliver intellectual critique with relatable humour. This is a strong, accessible read that even someone who might be hearing about “agender” for the first time can understand.

Review: People Collide

Unfolding like a thriller, People Collide is as much about marriage and what draws people together (and apart) as it is about gender or art.
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Art Holes: Lee Lai

Lee Lai

While I’ve lived and worked in Montreal, I’ve had the ridiculous luck to work in a pottery studio on the […]

Online Exclusive Fiction: Johnny

Grace Bowness

“DID IT HURT?” The coffee shop is quiet. Muscles across her belly wound tight. “Not much.” Her fingers twitch, resisting […]

Profiles in Courage: Brooklyn Edition

Chris Gilmore

Melanie Macintosh, 28 Part-time life coach and full-time vegan activist, Melanie, recently finished, after two months of steadfast reading, Thomas […]

Canzine Poster Released!

Broken Pencil

We’ve finally released the poster for Canzine 2018!   Designs  by the amazing Juli Majer, who is part DDOOGG! Let […]

July Zine Awards Entries

DanielaBarrera

With the extension for the Zine Awards, you now have 10 more days left to submit your very own zine […]