The Tapestry — Curated Voices of Migration invites writers from around the world to submit their migration stories for the 2026 edition of the Gallery’s Migration Literary Award.
This is not a competition. There is no single winner. Instead, we are curating a collection of voices that together form a living archive of human migration. Every selected story is honoured equally through publication, a curatorial note, and lasting visibility in our public archive.
Your story — personal or ancestral, lyrical or grounded — has a place here.
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Submission Deadline: August 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM (EST)
Submission Fee: $25 CAD (non-refundable). Payment instructions will be sent after you submit this form.
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Stories arrived from every corner of the world, stories of leaving, of staying, of being changed by who walks through the door. That door is closed now. What comes next belongs to the readers.
A curatorial jury begins its work now, reading closely, discussing carefully, choosing not to rank but to weave. The Tapestry takes shape from here. Results arrive November 1, 2026.
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