Misunderstandings Magazine is a Toronto based small press literary journal. We are a quarterly publication that was founded in January 2005. We publish both new and experienced writers and artists, and maintain a strong interest in publishing Canadian writers. We are always looking for innovative work and new voices.

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Poetry Editors:
Jim Johnstone's first full length poetry collection, the velocity of escape, is forthcoming from Guernica Editions in 2008. He is a two time winner of the E. J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry and his work has recently been published in periodicals such as The Antigonish Review, Canadian Literature, Descant, The Fiddlehead, Grain, The Malahat Review and Prairie Fire.

Ian Williams is a professor of American Literature at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. He completed his PhD in English Literature at the University of Toronto in 2005.  His poetry and fiction have appeared in Callaloo, Carousel, CV2, Dalhousie Review, Descant, MARGIE, and Pebble Lake Review.  Last year, he held a residency from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska.

Visual Editor:
Vicki Sloot recently completed her Bachelor of Design in Advertising at the Ontario College of Art and Design and graduated with distinction. She is currently unemployed and has $10 in her bank account.

Webmaster:
Joseph Yau is a graphic designer, web designer, and aspiring architect.  He is currently submerged in the M.ARCH program at the University of Toronto where he tries to find time to freelance design projects all the while searching for himself on the web, and in various buildings around the world. 

Cover Artist:
Julie Lottering is an artist who travels through life like a message in a bottle. At the moment she is floating in Toronto trying to plant moments of beauty, grace and freedom. If you see a sunflower in the city, a poem in a tree or drawing on a table, then you know you've met her.

Contributing Editors:
Julie Cameron Gray writes a weekly column for the Sudbury Star. Her chapbook, The Distance Between Two Bodies (2006) is available from Cactus Press and her work has been published in The Windsor Review, The Amethyst Review, Harpweaver, and Lichen .

Leigh Nash is pursuing her MFA in creative writing and divides her time between scratching out poems and dreaming of her next vacation. Her work has previously appeared in The Grist Mill, existere and Verses Magazine.

Distribution:
Devon Gallant operates Cactus Press and is the founder of Lantern Magazine. His poetry has appeared in periodicals such as Bleach, Carousel, and Misunderstandings Magazine.