The Left Atrium, that gracious and accommodating space, deigns to point out to poets, writers, photographers and artists with an interest in illness and healing that they will soon have an additional forum for their creative productions. ARS MEDICA, a quarterly literary journal to be launched this year, will examine the art of medicine and explore the interface between medicine and the arts. Content will include narratives from patients and health care workers, medical history, fiction, poetry, illustrations and photography. Editors Allan Peterkin, Ronald Ruskin and Rex Kay, all of the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, invite submissions by mail or email (arsmedica{at}mtsinai.on.ca) of unpublished work. Poetry should be typed single-spaced up to two pages and prose double-spaced to a maximum of 3000 words. For mail submissions, three hard copies and an electronic copy on diskette are requested. (MS Word preferred.) And, oh yes, don't forget your SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope). The mailing address is: ARS MEDICA, Department of Psychiatry, 9th Floor, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5. More detailed guidelines are available at www.mtsinai.on.ca/arsmedica — CMAJ