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What’s Veronika Gorlova Reading?
For the past few years, I’ve been reading a series of novels called “On the Calculation of Volume” by Solvej Balle. I read the first, second and third one in quick succession last year then had to wait for the fourth instalment to come out (in English) in April. Each book is less than 200 […]
K.D. Miller: the Very Speakable Delights of A Literary Life
There is no more unsettling tense shift than the one so often encountered in a Wikipedia entry when it introduces an author with the verb is one day and then was a few days later. But that’s exactly how I learned that K.D. Miller had died at the age of 75 (my age). Before reading […]
The 2026 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Contest Winners
The New Quarterly is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award! Winner “Vanishing Point” Peter Ball Runner-up “The Salt Crust” Simon R Gadke Honourable Mentions “At the Waist” Morgan Beck “The Dinner Guest” Rachel Huh Congratulations to the winners, and we look forward to publishing these stories in […]
The 2026 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award Longlist
The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award. “Ocean of Emptiness” by Karen Armstrong “Vanishing Point” by Peter Ball “At the Waist” by Morgan Beck “Lorraine’s Secret” by Joey Bongiorno “A Bend in the Road” by Martin Borden “Thaw” by Paige Churchill “The Yellow Kitchen” by […]
Under Review: The Life of a Creature by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard
Years ago, I read a review of the singer-songwriter Cat Power’s album You Are Free that described it as “beautiful, uneasy listening.” This feels apt for Nadja Lubiw-Hazard’s The Life of a Creature, which is a deeply affecting, at times devastating, but remarkable debut short story collection. From its opening pages, the collection draws on […]
Finding the Form: A Beauty in Silence
Why the glosa? It’s a tricky form: pick four consecutive lines from a poem and write four stanzas, each one ending with a line of the epigraph; rhyme lines six, nine, and ten; and, most importantly, pay homage to the source but also weave in new images and ideas. Like many poets, I was introduced […]
Paul McKeague’s Writing Space
My writing space was created by a design error. After our twins Sam and Sarah were born, expanding our family from three to five, we renovated our house and created an additional bedroom. When our renovation drawings morphed into construction, however, it became clear that my wife and I had a made a mistake. One […]
What’s John Morris Reading?
This past winter and spring, I have tended to read novels that are connected to other works of art, especially film and poetry, and to works of literary criticism. For instance, I read the novel “Train Dreams” after seeing the Netflix film starring Joel Edgerton, with a soundtrack by Bryce Dessner of The National, one […]
The 2026 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Results
Winner “God Made Butterflies”by Dami Adebajo Runner Up “What I’ve Left Under a Rock”by Lilita Tannis Honourable Mentions “Exchanges with Neighbours”by Carla Braidek “Thirteen Nights at the Thunderbird Motel”by Jordan Kawchuk “Wildhood”by Sophie Kohn “Homecoming”by Nicky Taylor Congratulation to all of the winners and honourable mentions. We look forward to […]
The 2026 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Longlist
After thorough consideration, The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. The long listed writers and their essays are as follows: “God Made Butterflies” by Damilola Adebajo “Exchanges with Neighbours” by Carla Braidek “Trapped in the Bottleneck” by Emily Cann “A Mon Seul Desir: Breaking the Thread” […]