The Polyglot

TODAY we launch ᜑᜒᜎᜓᜋ᜔ HILOM, Issue 17 of The Polyglot at the Edmonton Poetry Festival!!

Co-edited by and , with support from The Polyglot founder .39, our Managing Editor and designer extraordinaire , and created in collaboration with at PHIDEAS , this special edition explores the profound intersections of Grief, Gratitude, and Glory.

Congratulations and many thanks to the published artists who have chosen The Polyglot as one home for their art.

Contributors:

✨ Adrienne Adams
✨ Janet Adebayo
✨ alex carreon
✨ Diana Crețu
✨ Francesca Elena Dabdoub
✨ Renato Gandia
✨ Kelly Kaur
✨ Hoho Kuo
✨ Abbie Langmead
✨ Sandy Lubuguin
✨ Metalhead Melankolis
✨ Khin Ohiman
✨ Orevaoghene Jenkins Okpokpor
✨ Eunju Park
✨ Ting Pimentel-Elger
✨ Hajer Requiq
✨ Jesiebelle Salcedo
✨ Trisha Mae Tolentino
✨ Janvic Victorio
✨ BuffNa Vũ

At the ᜑᜒᜎᜓᜋ᜔ HILOM showcase, we’ll be hearing from .art, , , .adams, Khin Ohiman, Jesiebelle Salcedo, alex carreon, , with special words from and

And of course, no coincidence that this takes place during ✨ — we’re excited to be part of the festivities.

We’ll also have the new issues available for sale for those interested 😍 (thanks for coordinating!)

Join us for an evening of art, collective healing, and connection.

🗓️ Saturday, April 25
🕓 Doors: 6:30pm, Program: 7-8:30pm
📍Stanley Milner Library (in the Muttart Theatre)
🎟️ Free to attend.

🔗RSVP at the link in bio. Digital issues may now be purchased on our website.

Magsama tayo sa paghilom. Let us come together in healing and restoration.

Cover Artist: Eunju Park

Grief can be a solitary path, but when shared through the power of poetry, prose, and art, it transforms into a celebration of life.

Join us for the launch of The Polyglot’s 17th Issue: ᜑᜒᜎᜓᜋ᜔ (HILOM). Co-edited by and , with support from The Polyglot founder .39, our Managing Editor and designer extraordinaire , and created in collaboration with PHIDEAS , this special edition explores the profound intersections of Grief, Gratitude, and Glory. Congratulations and many thanks to the published artists who have chosen The Polyglot has one home for their art.

At the ᜑᜒᜎᜓᜋ᜔ HILOM showcase, we’ll be hearing from .art .adams Khin Ohiman, Jesiebelle Salcedo, alex carreon, , with special words from and

And of course, no coincidence that this takes place during — we’re excited to be part of the festivities.

Join us for an evening of art, collective healing, and connection.

🗓️Saturday, April 25
🕓Doors: 6:30pm, Program: 7-8:30pm
📍Stanley Milner Library (in the Muttart Theatre)
🎟️Free to attend.

🔗Save the date, LINK IN BIO.

PHIDEAS partnered with The Polyglot and Edmonton Poetry Festival for HILOM - 1 year after the incident at Vancouver Lapu-Lapu festival, let us heal together - Saturday, April 25 at the Stanley Milner Muttart Theater (downtown). Free and open to public

Community is key to cultural, communal healing

Call for Submissions: Grief, Gratitude, & Glory.
Share your work with The Polyglot x PHIDEAS.
Deadline: Jan 16. Submit your poetry, literature, and art for free.
https://mailchi.mp/79f846b5f84a/issue-15-litfest-purge-call-6748509

✨ Call for Submissions: Issue 17: Grief, Gratitude, Glory ✨

https://www.thepolyglotmagazine.com/submit

In partnership with the Philippine Edmonton Events and Arts Society (PHIDEAS), The Polyglot is thrilled to open submissions for a special joint issue exploring collective intercultural understandings of grief, gratitude, and glory.

📅 Deadline: January 16, 2026
💰 Honorarium: $100 CAD
🎨 Guest Editors: Candice Joy Oliva & April Angeles
🌏 Open to: Alberta-based & international multicultural writers and artists

We welcome:

📝 Poetry (up to 3 pieces)
📚 Prose (up to 2000 words)
🌐 Translations (with source text & rights letter)
🎨 Visual art (up to 5 pieces)
🎧 Multimedia & hybrid works

Submissions can be in any language or mix of languages, and we especially encourage work in, or featuring, underrepresented and endangered languages.

You’ll also submit:
🖋️ A short artist statement (200 words)
👤 A brief bio (200 words)

💡 Accessibility: Writers and artists living with disabilities and/or for whom English is difficult are welcome to contact us for submission support.
✉️ [email protected]

📍 Alberta-based contributors will be invited to an in-person launch in Spring 2026.
🎉 Funding for this issue comes from the Alberta Ethnocultural Grant as part of PHIDEAS’s LIFT: Let us Imagine a Future Together.

Art Credit: Puno ng Pag-Ibig (Full of Love/Tree of Love) — Ting Pimentel-Elger & attendees of “HILOM: Healing Together,” August 2025.

Edmonton Filipino Fiesta Read Alberta Alberta Magazine Publishers Association Candice Joy Oliva

Last day to submit, youth! 👀

Our launch today at may be sold out, but you can still enjoy The Polyglot Issue 15: Daaira today.

Head to our website (thepolyglotmagazine.com) to download a digital copy ($12) and enjoy instant access to these beautiful stories, poems, artworks, and essays.

Stay tuned for more options to purchase your print copy in Edmonton and beyond!

✨ Guest edited by Aaima Azhar and Zainab Azhar, founders of , this issue has been lovingly curated to capture what is well and unwell within us all.

🌀 Meaning "circle" in Urdu and Arabic, 𝑫𝒂𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 embodies the cyclical nature of healing through ritual and remembrance.

Contributors:
April Angeles
Tamara Aschenbrenner
Muhammad Azhar
The Calamansi Club
Leilei Chen 莫譯
Luciana Erregue-Sacchi
Ohona Anjum Jui
Niabi Kapoor .k
Maryam Lary
Yannis Lobaina
Khashayar Kess Mohammadi
Qudus Olanrewaju Ojikutu
Siham Salah
Silly (Illyana Cardinal)
Angeline Teoh Simon .teohsimon

Layout & Design: Brett Boyd
Managing Editor: Lauren Carter
Cover Image: Zainab Azhar .azh

We asked four publishers championing multilingual, multicultural, and hyphenated voices — The Polyglot, Laberinto Press, Living Hyphen, and Hungry Zine — to share one thing they wish everyone understood about multilingual writing and publishing.

Visit our blog, Pensieri, to read what they said!

www.thepolyglotmagazine.com/pensieri/2025/publishing-multilingual-hyphenated-authors

Join us TODAY for the 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹: 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹, 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 & 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 - Saturday, October 18, at 12:00p.m. at the Stanley A. Milner branch of the Edmonton Public Library.

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹: https://secure.citadeltheatre.com/10128/10144

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹:
✨ Justine Abigail Yu /
✨ Maria Teodora Barbu
✨ Luciana Erregue-Sacchi
✨ Kathryn Lennon
🎙️ Moderated by Edmonton’s 11th Poet Laureate, Medgine Mathurin

📅 Tickets: $5 (student/low income) | $15 (regular)
Use promo code LITFEST2025 to access the student rate.

Background art: Cedric Usman

We're excited to have some of our Issue 15 contributors share their works at our launch event on Saturday, October 18! Come enjoy powerful readings, music, and visual art. Event starts at 5 pm at The Green Room. 

See you there! 

Readers:
Tamara Aschenbrenner
Muhammad Azhar
Luciana Erregue-Sacchi

Music:
The Calamansi Club

Visual art: 
April Angeles
Maryam Lary
Niabi Kapoor .k