Month: May 2025

Four TNQ Pieces to be Published in 2026 Best Canadian Anthology Series

The New Quarterly is delighted to announce that two poems and two essays will be featured in the 2026 Best Canadian Series Anthologies, published by Biblioasis.

The following poems were selected to be included in the 2026 “Best Canadian Poetry” anthology:

  • Susan Glickman, “What I Learned From Living Abroad” (Featured in Issue 170) 
  • Kevin Irie, “How to Pack for Internment” (Featured in Issue 172)

The following essays were selected to be included in the 2026 “Best Canadian Essays” anthology:

  • Chris Banks, “Black Hammers Falling” (Featured in Issue 169)
  • Ian Roy, “Have a Good Life” (Featured in Issue 171)

Congratulations to the seventy-six contributors who were selected! The 2026 anthologies will be published on November 15, 2025. You can preorder your copy from your local bookstore or through the Biblioasis website.

TNQ is a Top Nominee at The 2025 National Magazine Awards

The New Quarterly is a top nominee for the 2025 National Magazine Awards, garnering 6 award nominations.

TNQ is especially proud to annouce that its industrious Editor-In-Chief, Pamela Mulloy, has been nominated for the Editor Grand Prix Award. Pamela has expanded the edges of what a Canadian literary magazine can be and has taken TNQ to new heights during her tenure.

Pamela Mulloy announced as Nominee for the Editor Grand Prix Award at the 2025 National Magazine Awards.

Other TNQ nominees include:

  • “Black Hammers Falling” by Chris Banks for Personal Journalism
  • “Beautiful Like the Moon” by Pacinthe Mattar for Essays
  • “You Will Not Kill Our Imagination” by Saeed Teebi for Essays
  • “When Words Fail Us” by Ayelet Tsabari for Essays.
  • “Three Poems” by Robyn Sarah for Poetry.

The New Quarterly congratulates all the nominees and looks forward to learning the results at the Awards Gala on Friday, June 13, 2025.