About
Her Royal Majesty is a quarterly publication devoted to publishing excellent new artwork. I founded it in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in September 2008 and it has grown from a zine designed to serve the local community into an international literary arts magazine. The mandate of Her Royal Majesty is this: to showcase talented emerging artists – both visual and literary – in a tightly crafted magazine. We publish writing and artwork that is engaging, surprising, eclectic, and challenging.
The magazine derives its name from a mistranslation of acronyms: when I first moved to Halifax, I thought that the signs around the city requesting that citizens keep out of the park after dark, refrain from smoking in public places, resist the temptation to swim in the harbour, et cetera, came straight from the mouth of Her Royal Majesty. I later learned that it was not the Queen, but rather the Halifax Regional Municipality that was concerned with my garbage disposal and the distribution of parking tickets.
This publication is not-for-profit and is freely available online. Hard-copies of the magazine are for sale in sealed envelopes, bound by hand. Flyers are printed to promote each new issue, and these are distributed mainly in Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver, New York City, London, and Paris, and serve to direct people to our website, where all issues can be downloaded by clicking the covers on the home page.
Please consider making a donation to help us cover our costs.
publication dates, and themes
one : september 15th, 2008 : the harvest
two: november 15th, 2008 : pespective
three: january 15th, 2009 : the body
four: april 15th, 2009 : dailiness
five: june 15th, 2009 : home
six: november 15th, 2009 : the future
seven: january 31st, 2010 : flesh
eight: may 15th, 2010: magic
We are now accepting submissions for the ninth issue, which will be published online in September. The theme is Language and the deadline is August 25th, 2010.
As of the end of May 2010, this website has over 100,000 hits.
Harriet Lye, Founder & Editor