Focus and Scope

The Victoria Writers’ Society is pleased to present a collection
of articles, poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction by Vancouver
Island and Gulf Island writers.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Fiction

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Poetry

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Creattive Non-Fiction

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

The Island Writer Magazine will be published twice a year.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...