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Send us your writing!
By Melissa Krone
Posted: 08/13/2012
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The deadline for submissions in our fall reading period is August 31
The 3-day novel contest
By Melissa Krone
Posted: 07/24/2012
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If you're the kind of writer who needs the pressure of a painful binge of bad writing, have I got a contest for you!
Lessons from the Personal Essay Contest Meeting
By Charlotte Harrison
Posted: 07/16/2012
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The Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest judges met at TNQ headquarters today to pick a winner. I was lucky enough to be nearby, and overheard some interesting discussions that took place, particularly on the subject of what is and what is not a personal essay.
Tips for New Writers
By Kim Jernigan
Posted: 07/03/2012
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Editor Kim Jernigan offers a few tips and tricks for submitting to literary magazines.
Retreat! Retreat!
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted: 05/07/2012
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Ahh, the familiar battle cry of an army under siege, you say. Wrong. This is the battle cry of a writer under siege. A writer’s desperate plea for silence, no distractions, a time to step off the grid for days, a week, or longer. To think, write, and maybe get some sleep.
Great Expectations
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted: 03/19/2012
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After a public lecture Joseph Boyden gave at Wilfrid Laurier University last week, he was asked some tough questions. As a matter of fact, his answer to many who came to the microphone (often beginning with a lengthy preface detailing their own experience), was “Tough question.”
Thank You to everyone who has made our first 30 years possible
By Kim Jernigan
Posted: 12/16/2011
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Thank you to all who have made our first 30 years possible. They say it takes a village to raise a child, and the same can be said of a literary magazine.
East and West: A Conversation with Sara Heinonen
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted: 11/10/2011
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Sara Heinonen’s wonderfully evocative story, ‘The Blue Dress’ (TNQ 120) is the tale of an expat couple in Hong Kong, he a successful businessman embracing the rapidly expanding money culture, she a teacher of English, who accompanies him.
Harry Potter and the Nerd who is Catherine
By Catherine Muss
Posted: 07/24/2011
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TNQ <3s Alternatives Journal
By Melissa Krone
Posted: 06/21/2011
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Rae Crossman (a former TNQ fiction Editor) doesn't know this, but he changed my fate many years ago, simply by visiting my university for a "what the heck can I do with an English degree" panel, where, incidentally, he discussed "The Wolf Project" and how great it is to work with TNQ...
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