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Congratulations to Marie Goyette, who won a Pushcart Prize (as well as the SQ Fiction Prize) for her story "Freefall" from Issue 56!
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Congratulations to Marie Goyette, who won a Pushcart Prize (as well as the SQ Fiction Prize) for her story "Freefall" from Issue 56!
BIG NEWS TWO-PARTER:
1. Elizabeth McCracken will judge our Issue 58 contest! Contest opens Nov. 27, though we are currently open for both general submissions (fic + NF).
2. Issue 57 is out in print and looking great.
To order a copy or send us your work, find us on Submittable.
1. Elizabeth McCracken will judge our Issue 58 contest! Contest opens Nov. 27, though we are currently open for both general submissions (fic + NF).
2. Issue 57 is out in print and looking great.
To order a copy or send us your work, find us on Submittable.
September 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
BIG NEWS TWO-PARTER:
1. Elizabeth McCracken will judge our Issue 58 contest! Contest opens Nov. 27, though we are currently open for both general submissions (fic + NF).
2. Issue 57 is out in print and looking great.
To order a copy or send us your work, find us on Submittable.
1. Elizabeth McCracken will judge our Issue 58 contest! Contest opens Nov. 27, though we are currently open for both general submissions (fic + NF).
2. Issue 57 is out in print and looking great.
To order a copy or send us your work, find us on Submittable.
Two news items this week.
Our Issue 58 submissions windows are:
Fiction: 8/23 – 11/23/25
Nonfiction: 8/23 – 12/13/25
Fiction contest: 11/27/25 – 3/8/26
Second, congrats to Michelle Huneven (SQ 55) on the launch of BUG HOLLOW!
Here’s a free link to the NYT review: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b...
Our Issue 58 submissions windows are:
Fiction: 8/23 – 11/23/25
Nonfiction: 8/23 – 12/13/25
Fiction contest: 11/27/25 – 3/8/26
Second, congrats to Michelle Huneven (SQ 55) on the launch of BUG HOLLOW!
Here’s a free link to the NYT review: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b...
July 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Two news items this week.
Our Issue 58 submissions windows are:
Fiction: 8/23 – 11/23/25
Nonfiction: 8/23 – 12/13/25
Fiction contest: 11/27/25 – 3/8/26
Second, congrats to Michelle Huneven (SQ 55) on the launch of BUG HOLLOW!
Here’s a free link to the NYT review: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b...
Our Issue 58 submissions windows are:
Fiction: 8/23 – 11/23/25
Nonfiction: 8/23 – 12/13/25
Fiction contest: 11/27/25 – 3/8/26
Second, congrats to Michelle Huneven (SQ 55) on the launch of BUG HOLLOW!
Here’s a free link to the NYT review: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b...
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Third: The images in these posts are tiny snippets from the new issue’s cover. We think the full image is going to look fantastic, both online and in print!
Third: The images in these posts are tiny snippets from the new issue’s cover. We think the full image is going to look fantastic, both online and in print!
May 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BIG NEWS item 3 (3)
Third: The images in these posts are tiny snippets from the new issue’s cover. We think the full image is going to look fantastic, both online and in print!
Third: The images in these posts are tiny snippets from the new issue’s cover. We think the full image is going to look fantastic, both online and in print!
BIG NEWS item 2 (2/3)
SQ 57 is coming out VERY SOON. As in, *tomorrow*. The next time we post, it’ll be with a link to our new online edition.
SQ 57 is coming out VERY SOON. As in, *tomorrow*. The next time we post, it’ll be with a link to our new online edition.
May 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
BIG NEWS item 2 (2/3)
SQ 57 is coming out VERY SOON. As in, *tomorrow*. The next time we post, it’ll be with a link to our new online edition.
SQ 57 is coming out VERY SOON. As in, *tomorrow*. The next time we post, it’ll be with a link to our new online edition.
BIG NEWS TRIFECTA! (1/3)
First: The results are in from Rachel Heng, our Fiction Contest judge.
Winner: Randolph Thomas, “Voces Immortalis.”
First Runner-Up: Anthony Otten, “Image & Likeness.”
Second Runner-Up: Catalina Bode, “A House with Cannons.”
We're excited to share their work in SQ 57!
First: The results are in from Rachel Heng, our Fiction Contest judge.
Winner: Randolph Thomas, “Voces Immortalis.”
First Runner-Up: Anthony Otten, “Image & Likeness.”
Second Runner-Up: Catalina Bode, “A House with Cannons.”
We're excited to share their work in SQ 57!
May 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BIG NEWS TRIFECTA! (1/3)
First: The results are in from Rachel Heng, our Fiction Contest judge.
Winner: Randolph Thomas, “Voces Immortalis.”
First Runner-Up: Anthony Otten, “Image & Likeness.”
Second Runner-Up: Catalina Bode, “A House with Cannons.”
We're excited to share their work in SQ 57!
First: The results are in from Rachel Heng, our Fiction Contest judge.
Winner: Randolph Thomas, “Voces Immortalis.”
First Runner-Up: Anthony Otten, “Image & Likeness.”
Second Runner-Up: Catalina Bode, “A House with Cannons.”
We're excited to share their work in SQ 57!
CONGRATULATIONS to Michael Deagler (SQ 51, 57) and Garth Greenwell (SQ 49)! On Thursday Michael won the PEN/Hemingway award for his debut, EARLY SOBRIETIES, and last month Garth won the PEN/Faulkner for SMALL RAIN!
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
2025 PEN America Literary Awards Honor 13 Authors and Translators at NYC Ceremony - PEN America
Last night the 61st annual PEN America Literary Awards celebrated literary excellence, honoring 13 authors and translators for books written in 2024 in a ceremony dubbed “the Oscars for Books,” hosted...
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May 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to Michael Deagler (SQ 51, 57) and Garth Greenwell (SQ 49)! On Thursday Michael won the PEN/Hemingway award for his debut, EARLY SOBRIETIES, and last month Garth won the PEN/Faulkner for SMALL RAIN!
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
We are thrilled for Jessie Li and Zhenglong Yang, who *both* won the PEN/Dau prize for debut short story! There are 12 winners, so we are wowed that 2 of them were in SQ 56. Their stories will be anthologized by Catapult later this year. In the meantime, you can read them here:
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May 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We are thrilled for Jessie Li and Zhenglong Yang, who *both* won the PEN/Dau prize for debut short story! There are 12 winners, so we are wowed that 2 of them were in SQ 56. Their stories will be anthologized by Catapult later this year. In the meantime, you can read them here:
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Congratulations to past (SQ 51) and future (SQ 57) contributor Michael Deagler — EARLY SOBRIETIES made the longlist for the PEN/Hemingway award for debut novel!
pen.org/announcing-t...
pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing The 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists - PEN America
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2025 Literary Awards, which will confer over $350,000 to writers and translators.
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March 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Congratulations to past (SQ 51) and future (SQ 57) contributor Michael Deagler — EARLY SOBRIETIES made the longlist for the PEN/Hemingway award for debut novel!
pen.org/announcing-t...
pen.org/announcing-t...
The Assistant to the Managing Editor (pictured) thinks we should extend the contest deadline to March 23, so that’s what we’re doing. You can enter here: storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
March 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Assistant to the Managing Editor (pictured) thinks we should extend the contest deadline to March 23, so that’s what we’re doing. You can enter here: storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
We’re extending our fiction contest deadline to next Sunday! You can enter here:
storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
March 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We’re extending our fiction contest deadline to next Sunday! You can enter here:
storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
We are delighted to announce Rachel Heng as our 2025 fiction contest judge! Her novels include Suicide Club (2018) and The Great Reclamation (2023), which is the winner of the New American Voices Award and a Best Book of 2023 (TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, Amazon Books, and Kirkus Reviews).
December 16, 2024 at 6:11 PM
We are delighted to announce Rachel Heng as our 2025 fiction contest judge! Her novels include Suicide Club (2018) and The Great Reclamation (2023), which is the winner of the New American Voices Award and a Best Book of 2023 (TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, Amazon Books, and Kirkus Reviews).