MISSION
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The Rusty Toque was an online literary and arts journal from Canada that operated from 2011-2017.
The Rusty Toque is no longer in operation and is not accepting submissions. From 2011-2017 we published innovative literary writing, film, comics, reviews, and visual art in the spring and fall of each year where we were proud to publish, review, and support the work of new and established writers, artists, and filmmakers from diverse communities, writers and artists engaged in experimentation, and small press writers and publishers. Some of our past contributors include Roxane Gay, Kathy Acker, Amelia Gray, Lee Henderson, Roddy Doyle, Louise Noguchi, Sheila Heti, Drew Hayden Taylor, Kim Fu, Lisa Robertson, Hoa Nguyen, Stuart Ross, Jason McLean, Aisha Sasha John, Danis Goulet, Caroline Bergvall, Daniel MacIvor, Carl Wilson, Jennifer L. Knox, Mitchell Akiyama, Kaie Kellough, Jane Eaton Hamilton, and many more. The Rusty Toque is an independent publication. From 2012-2013, Western University provided us with funds to pay writers. And from 2014-2017, we operated with funding from The Canada Council. We are grateful for this support. |
HISTORY
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The Rusty Toque was founded in July 2011 and was initially conceived as a university journal. Our first issue featured writing from Western University students.
From Issue 2 forward, The Rusty Toque changed direction and no longer published writing from Western students. Submissions were open to emerging and established writers nationally and internationally. In the spring of 2012, Kathryn Mockler took on the roles of Publisher and Senior Literary Editor, and Aaron Schneider took on the roles of Senior Editor and Reviews Editor. Western University generously funded The Rusty Toque between 2012 to 2013. In 2014 the journal became an independent publication and was financially supported by the Canada Council for the Arts from 2014-2017. In 2012, we were listed on The MIllions' The Great Taxonomy of Literary Tumblrs: Round Two by Nick Moran, and a year later Poetry Magazine featured Issue 3 on Harriet Blog. On the editorial side, visual artist David Poolman joined the team as Arts Editor in 2012, and in 2013 filmmakers Sara Galea-Davis and Michael Vass became the Film Editors, in 2014 Jamie Q became the Comics Editor, and in 2015, we welcomed Senior Literary Editor Jacqueline Valencia, Interviews Editor Adèle Barclay, and Social Media Editor Geoff Nilson. In 2016 Geoff Nilson stepped down and Joshua P'ng and Sanchari Sur took over as our social media editors. In 2016 Vancouver poet Billeh Nickerson began curating a spoken word artist each issue, and Toronto poet Kate Sutherland created a poetry podcast for The Rusty Toque called On the Line: Conversations About Poetry which she hosts and produces on a monthly basis. Each episode she invites three guests to discuss a contemporary book of poetry. 2016 was also an exciting year for award nominations. Alex Leslie's short story "The Person You Want to See" was shortlisted for the 2016 Journey Prize and included in the anthology and Julie Bruck received a National Magazine Award Nomination for poetry and her poem "Flipped" was included in the Best Canadian Poetry 2016 Anthology. Poetry Foundation's Harriet Blog gave us another nod when it featured Klara du Plessis' review of Lisa Robertson’s latest book, 3 Summers (Coach House). |
