Online Exclusives
Finding the Form with Molly McCarron
My stories often start from an initial image of characters. They’re already busy somewhere, doing something, and I follow them to see where they’ll take me. This time, it was the couple on the bus tour I saw first. I knew the couple was only understanding part of what was going on around them: a […]
Emmy Nordstrom Higdon’s Writing Space
Not long after my partner and I moved into our home, we had a contractor come over to help address one of the myriad logistical issues that arise when you’re newly nesting. We have set up our house with two bedrooms: the master upstairs, which my partner and I regularly share, and a basement bedroom, […]
Finding the Form with Andrea Scott
The glosa was the first poetic form that got me really excited about writing poetry, and digging into the puzzle that form poetry can be. In my first poetry course in 2020 (an introduction to poetry at Athabasca University), part of our required reading was In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry, edited […]
The 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Results
After thorough consideration, The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the results of the 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest.
Trish Sissons’ Writing Space
When I first moved into this house and started using this room, wasps would drop out of a concealed hole somewhere in the ceiling, buzz around between my face and my computer for a bit, spot the window and try to make a getaway where they’d be met with a steady stream of Raid. There’d […]
What’s Robert Bowerman Reading?
These days I read a lot of poetry, short fiction and CNF from magazines like The New Yorker, Granta, and of course TNQ. I receive a daily poem from Rattle magazine and try to take time to listen to their weekly interviews with contemporary poets. Currently I am reading the Palestinian American poet, Naomi Shihab […]
Finding the Form with Ian Roy
I had a stroke a few years ago and it changed me in such a way that I am now the kind of guy who is telling you that I had a stroke a few years ago. Before the stroke, I would have kept that kind of information to myself. I’m a private person—or, rather, […]
On Play: Stories from the TNQ Community
In July, the TNQ Community was invited to share their stories with TNQ. The catch? Each story could only be six words long. Here are their stories.
The 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Longlist
After thorough consideration, The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. The long listed writers and their essays are as follows: The 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Longlist “Ian, Luke and Rob” by Wade Bell “Midway to the Tall Grass” by Lesli Christianson-Kellow […]
The 2024 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest Results
The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest! Winner “Swan Dive” by Danielle Hubbard Runner-Up “The Root Cellars of Elliston” by Richard Brait Second Runner-Up “How to Pack for Internment” by Kevin Irie Third Runner-Up “Garbage Eve” by Diane Massam Honourable Mentions (to be published alongside our winning poems) “As a […]
