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QW is looking for writing that is: Exciting. Challenging. Risky. Unpredictable. And Different.
We could say what different means, but then we might receive a slew of submissions that are all different in the same way. Different will be victim to form—to the “fragment sentence,” “non-linear plot,” and “hybrid genre.” Different will be beholden to space, time, story, and moment. This does not seem the way to open the door for Different.
We think Different doesn’t open a door, actually. Different doesn’t know doors or windows. Different stomps in. Maybe it seeps in. Sometimes, and in our favorite works, different is always already there and it strikes flint and blazes. This is what we look for.
Send us your work. Seep in. Stomp in. Strike us. Set the familiar voice on fire.
Market Type: Magazine
Contact: Amy Sailer, editor
Accepts: Avant-garde, Free Verse
Web Address: www.quarterlywest.com
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Updated October 8, 2020
