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Overheard at TNQ: May/June edition

By Melissa Krone

Posted06/28/2012

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True Confessions, Overheard

The following are honest accounts of conversations overheard in the TNQ office. By the rest of the folks in the TNQ office. That's right, we spy on each other.

Another award for Alice Major!

By Melissa Krone

Posted06/20/2012

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TNQ Writers in the News, Essays

Alice Major was unable to attend the National Magazine Awards gala at which she was awarded a Gold Medal for her essay, "The Ultraviolet Catastrophe," from The QuArc Issue. That's because she was nominated for another award on the other side of the country!

Investigating the small mag business

By Charlotte Harrison

Posted06/15/2012

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Small Magazine Matters

I think it’s fair to say that the greatest woe of the small magazine business in Canada is that the newsstands throw away more than half of our beloved issues. That’s right—any unsold copies in bookstores are mercilessly pulped, despite the high cost of printing and the time and care put into their content. It’s terrible stuff, but that’s just how...

TNQ cleaned up at the 35th annual National Magazine Awards

By Melissa Krone

Posted06/13/2012

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TNQ Writers in the News

The New Quarterly was nominated for 5 National Magazine Awards this year, in the categories of Personal Journalism, Essay, and Poetry. I am very pleased to announce that we took two Gold and a Silver in these categories!

An award-winning journal with a sense of fun, The New Quarterly has been publishing the best of new Canadian writing for 31 years. We offer a lively mix of fiction, poetry, author interviews, and talk about writing. Each issue will introduce you to a new generation of Canadian writers, share our delight in the sound and sense of a story well-told, and take you inside great writing.

TNQ writers have been nominated for Giller prizes, Governor General’s Awards, Griffin Poetry Prizes, Writer’s Trust Notable Author awards, Journey prizes, Commonwealth prizes, National Magazine Awards, and more.