We are now accepting submissions for The Lyre's 15th edition, 'On the Record'. The Lyre is accepting submissions in a wide range of formats: from poetry, translation, short stories, visual art, and more.

Submission Deadline: April 8th, 2024

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Print copies of The Lyre’s Hindsight issue are now available for pick-up from SFU’s Burnaby campus. The Department of World Languages and Literatures is located on the fifth floor of the AQ (Academic Quadrangle) in the corner closest to the Trottier Observatory. Prints are stored in the display case outside of AQ 5121. 

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We are now accepting submissions for The Lyre's 12th edition, 'New Normal'. We accept submissions in a wide range of formats: from poetry, translation, short stories, visual art, and more.

Early-Bird Deadline: February 28th, 2021

Final Submission Deadline: March 21st, 2021

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Writers! Poets! Artists! Creatives alike! We are now accepting submissions to The Lyre's 2020 edition. 

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We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) will be giving a $100 prize to the best translation into English from any of the languages listed below:

- Persian

- Arabic

- Turkish

- Kurdish

- Urdu

- Bengali

- Punjabi 

- Malay

Submit to The Lyre's issue ten: (dis)connection for a chance to win!

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