Pivot is a literary journal founded and operated by the English Graduate Student Association at York University.
Our goal is to provide a space of critical and creative discussion for those who read and write literature. See our "News" tab for our 2026 Call for Papers on the theme of "Adaptation."
Pivot is extending our submission deadline for our 2026 issue on the theme of "Adaptation" to March 13, 2026. Please see the fall Call for Papers below for more details.
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In the call for papers for our 2023 issue, Pivot invited critical and creative work which approaches white space in an infinite variety of ways. Topics which deal with “Voyages: Traversing the White Space” could range from addressing the utilisation of white space as an experimental tool in creative writing to critical reflections on race in the literary canon.
The pieces in this issue confront the concept of traversing white space through representations and recreations of race, voyages, immigration, diversity, inclusion, and much, much more. Some authors approached the topic and corresponding themes directly, taking on white space and traversing it without deviation, while others adopted a meandering attitude to it.
