Shape of Love
Drinking the Ocean explores the rewards and complexities of various kinds of love—romantic, familial, spiritual, and self.
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Enter the Dreamers Flash Contest – Due Sept. 30
Submit a fiction or nonfiction story of between 300 and 1000 words for your chance to win! The winner will receive $150 CAD and a copy of the Dreamers magazine.
Dreamers Magazine Issue 20 Now Available
We’re pleased to announce the release of Issue 20 of the Dreamers Magazine, featuring our Place & Home winners. Get your copy now!
2025 Micro Nonfiction Story Writing Contest Results
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Dreamers Micro Nonfiction Story Writing Contest, for nonfiction stories between 100-300 words.
2025 Place and Home Contest Results
Congratulations to the winners of the Dreamers 2025 Place and Home Contest, based on the theme of migration, place & home.
My Mother’s Eyes
I pick up this morning’s newspaper and read another article about displaced Ukrainians, whose lives have been upended by a war instigated by Russia.
The Vanishing Sky
The bus stopped in the middle of nowhere. The doors wheezed open, spilling cold air inside. Vani gripped Vinita’s shawl tighter. She had been warm, curled against her mother’s side, but now the wind nipped at her nose.
Fragility and Resilience
The Dutch Orphan is a novel by Ellen Keith about Jewish children who are threatened by deportation from The Netherlands and who are separated from their parents and placed in temporary and precarious housing within Dutch orphanages.
There is Always a Price to Pay for Survival: A Review of Ellen Keith’s The Dutch Orphan
The Dutch Orphan is a novel by Ellen Keith about Jewish children who are threatened by deportation from The Netherlands and who are separated from their parents and placed in temporary and precarious housing within Dutch orphanages.