Online Exclusives
A Conversation with Dagne Forrest, Winner of the 2023 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest
Kim Jernigan, former TNQ editor, interviews Dagne Forrest whose poem “Abecedarian with Sharpened Vision” won first prize in the 2023 Occasional Verse Contest. KJ: Which came first, the form or the subject matter? DF: For me, the subject matter always comes first. I’m usually pulling on several threads of thought and find my way to […]
A Conversation with Linda Hatfield, Runner-Up of the 2023 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest
Barb Carter, Consulting Editor of The New Quarterly, sat down with Linda Hatfield, who’s poem “Mondays with My Dad” was the runner-up of the 2023 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. Barb: As a former Lead Poetry Editor of The New Quarterly, now a Consulting Editor, I continue to act as a poetry editor and help select […]
A Conversation with Simon Peter Eggertsen, Second Runner-Up of the 2023 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest
The New Quarterly’s Lead Poetry Editor, John Vardon, sat down with Simon Peter Eggertsen, whose poem “Ah see it all wit’ mih own two eyes” was the second runner-up of the 2023 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. John Vardon: You could legitimately be called an emerging writer, now that efforts to purge the term of […]
2023 Wild Writers Festival Reading List
LISA ALWARD – Cocktail Cocktail by Lisa Alward is a collection of twelve pristine stories. Set in the swinging sixties and each decade since, Cocktail reveals the schism between the lives we build up around us and our deepest hidden selves. The writing is crisp and assured, and the characters are vividly drawn as they […]
What’s Ronna Bloom Reading?
Usually I have a novel, a few poetry books, and some nonfiction around my bed. I like to move between them. The novel: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. This is a novel about five Indigenous children who were sent to a residential school, what happens to them when they are little, and when they […]
The 2023 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award Winners
The New Quarterly is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award! Winner “Bruise and Shine”by Alex Kitt Runners-up “Prepper”by Meagan Callahan “Singing to the Gods”by Deepa Rajagopalan Honourable Mentions “Harold”by Daryl Bruce “Ms. P’s 5Ds”by Heather Debling “Soap”by Nedda Sarshar “Lemon Print Scarf”by Mina Sharif “Paulina”by Pamela Hensley “In the Western […]
What Pauline Holdstock’s Reading
I’ve just finished writing the final short story for a new collection so it feels as if I’ve stepped out into a wide-open space —no need to spend valuable reading minutes researching the price of chicken, or who was in power in Belarus at the time. I can read like a reader—for pleasure. The luxury! […]
The 2023 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award Longlist
The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2023 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award. After thorough consideration, we are excited to announce this year’s longlisted writers and their phenomenal stories. The 2023 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award Longlist “Harold” by Daryl Bruce “Prepper” by Megan Callahan “Ms P’s 5Ds” by Heather Debling […]
Finding the Form with Brenda Sciberras
Back in 2013 a dear friend, artist, art teacher, and colleague gifted me a book. “The Art of Mary Pratt: The Substance of Light,” by Tom Smart. It was a beautiful hardcover with colour prints and the story of a talented female artists’ creative life. This planted the seed for my manuscript, “Riddled with Red.” […]
Joshua Levy’s Writing Space
My writing space is full of old things. I have a heavy antique desk rescued from a vintage clothing store in my neighbourhood in exchange for $100 and a bad back. On top of my writing desk sit framed photos that I inherited from my grandmother after she died. The photos used to remind her […]
