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Issue 110

Four Poems

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Issue 107

Steven Heighton: The Engine of his Prose

Steven Heighton is among the  few short story writers in our  Salon des Refusés who could claim a spot in a like exhibition of national poets, or novelists: he’s an amphibious writer, equally at home, it  seems, in verse and prose—able to move comfortably, yet calculatedly, between the two, and often carrying his central themes […] Read more.

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Issue 107

Cogagwee

There was a glass jar inside my window, between the glass and the torn screen. It had six sides and no lid. A long black bug flew into the jar and did not fly out. (Could not? Would not? I wonder now. But not then.) I watched it walk across the bottom of the jar and try to walk up the smooth sides. Read more.

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The Writer’s Corner

October 11, 2018

Wild Writers Literary Festival 2018

The Wild Writers Literary Festival will soon be here! Entering its seventh year, this annual festival is a celebration of the feral and free and its expression in poetry, the short story, and everything in between. Join us on Friday evening for our opening showcase with Sharon Bala and Rawi Hage, moderated by Jael Richardson. […]

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August 31, 2018

2018 Contest Winners

TNQ’s 2018 Contest Winners — Fiction, Poetry, and Personal Essay The New Quarterly editors and contest judges faced difficult decisions to determine the winners of this year’s three writing contests. TNQ congratulates and applauds the 2018 contest winners. Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award First prize ($1,000) Katie Zdybel, “The Last Thunderstorm Swim of the Summer” Runner-up […]

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August 27, 2018

2018 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest: Our Apologies

The staff and volunteers at The New Quarterly would like to issue a public apology to those who were incorrectly notified they had been included on the longlist for the Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse contest due to an administrative error. We have sent individual apologies to the affected poets and would like to assure contest entrants that we will do our best to ensure that this will not happen again. 

August 27, 2018

Writing Spaces: Tristan Tavis Marajh

The wide majority of my writing thus far I have done at a local hospital (not as a patient) and at various public libraries. At night, at the hospital; during the day, at the library.

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August 27, 2018

Rejection: A Love Story

Sometimes writing can take us to scary places, investigating dark, poorly lit basements and scary cobweb-covered attics. A caring community is the well-lit, welcoming living room that assists while you find your way there and back—that figuratively has your back.

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August 20, 2018

TNQ’s 2018 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award Longlist

The New Quarterly (TNQ) is committed to providing a space for both established and emerging writers, but the Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award is designed specifically for new writers. The Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award is sponsored by the St. Jerome’s University English Department. The contest honours the distinguished St. Jerome’s professor, Peter Hinchcliffe, who […]

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Issue 147

WHEN THE PAST IS PRESENT: in which we maneuver antlers on the bus, suffer grief through cooking, learn to write by washing dishes, and discover life by climbing mountains.

Falling in Love with Poetry

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