Legal / Terms
Last updated: February 2026
By accessing or using the Excision Magazine website (“Excision,” “we,” “us”), you agree to the following terms and policies. If you do not agree, please do not use the site or submit work.
Terms of Use
The Excision Magazine website is provided for informational and submission purposes only. We make no guarantees regarding uninterrupted access, accuracy, or availability of the site. Content may be updated, modified, or removed at any time without notice.
You agree not to misuse the site, including but not limited to attempting to interfere with its operation, scraping content, or engaging in abusive or harassing behavior.
Excision Magazine is not responsible for the content or practices of third-party websites linked from this site.
Submissions, Fees, and Refunds
Excision Magazine charges a submission fee for consideration of work. All submission fees are non-refundable, regardless of outcome.
Submission fees support administrative, editorial, and operational costs. Payment of a submission fee does not guarantee acceptance, publication, personalized feedback, or that a submission will be read in full.
Editorial decisions are final.
Editorial Discretion
All submissions are evaluated at the sole discretion of Excision Magazine. We reserve the right to decline any submission for any reason and are not obligated to provide feedback or justification.
Excision Magazine may revise submission guidelines, reading periods, and editorial policies at any time.
Intellectual Property
Authors retain full copyright to their submitted work.
By submitting work to Excision Magazine, authors grant us the non-exclusive right to review the submission and, if accepted, to publish it in accordance with the rights outlined on our Submissions page.
No rights are transferred unless a piece is accepted for publication.
Privacy
We collect only the information necessary to process submissions and communicate with authors, such as names, email addresses, and submission materials.
We do not sell or share personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. Payment processing and sensitive financial information are handled by third-party services (e.g., Submittable, PayPal), and we do not store payment details directly.
Governing Law
These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Canada.