This Magazine

This Magazine is an independent Toronto alternative magazine with current Canadian music reporting and a direct editorial story-pitch inbox for Canadian residents.

This Magazine is an independent Canadian alternative magazine founded in 1966. Its official About page describes it as one of Canada’s oldest alternative journals and says it publishes progressive reporting and commentary on Canadian politics, pop culture, social issues and the arts. Its live homepage carries dated publication activity through July 2026. Current first-party music reporting includes an April 6, 2026 feature on the East Coast Music Association and Atlantic Canadian artists, a March 16 profile about an Indigenous woman creating space for other Indigenous women in music and a January 19 essay about gender and a Canadian musician’s work. A current Canadian Heritage disclosure records the Red Maple Foundation’s 2025–2026 Canada Periodical Fund agreement for This Magazine in Toronto, Ontario. The official Contact page explicitly designates editor@thismagazine.ca for story pitches and directs prospective contributors to the writers’ guidelines. Those guidelines accept queries from Canadian residents, not unsolicited completed manuscripts, previously published work or queries under simultaneous consideration. Arts & Ideas covers Canadian independent artists and arts projects overlooked by mainstream media, including music, and asks a pitch to include or link at least one writing sample and identify the artist or group’s location. Each assigned arts piece should include an interview. No pitch fee is stated, and the magazine cannot guarantee a response. MusicList publishes only the general story-pitch role inbox and does not represent it as blanket acceptance of artist releases, tracks, press releases, review requests or event-coverage requests. Named staff and bylines, section-specific and all other inboxes, telephone and postal details, advertising and sponsorship, subscriptions, donations, fiction, poetry, reviews, online-exclusive and internship routes, newsletter and social routes, private pitches, writing samples, manuscripts, attachments, contact details, responses and correspondence remain excluded.

Editorial profile

Outlet type

Publication

Editorial languages

English

Editorial formats

Independent alternative magazine, print and online publication, arts and culture reporting, music features, profiles and essays

Coverage

Canadian independent artists and arts projects, music and musicians, politics, pop culture and social issues, regional and underreported Canadian stories

Genres

Multi-genre independent music

Coverage region

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Community focus

Canadian independent artists, underrepresented Canadian communities, regional and social-justice perspectives, Canadian resident writers

Services

independent alternative magazine, print and online publication, arts and culture reporting, music features, profiles and essays

Service territory

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Submissions

Open to submissions ↗· Last checked July 27, 2026Designated role inbox · Direct, no-fee routeRequested materials: An editorial query rather than a completed manuscript, a timely Canadian story angle that fits the magazine’s mandate, for an Arts & Ideas pitch, at least one writing sample and the artist or group’s location

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