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Writing, Art, Video. Since 1958. Published by Northwestern University's Litowitz MFA+MA and the SPS MA graduate creative writing programs. www.triquarterly.org
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Calling all video essay and cinepoetry creators!

TriQuarterly was one of the first literary magazines to feature this growing genre, and we’re always looking for video essays that challenge perception and storytelling.

Submit here -> triquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Calling all video essay and cinepoetry creators!

TriQuarterly was one of the first literary magazines to feature this growing genre, and we’re always looking for video essays that challenge perception and storytelling.

Submit here -> triquarterly.submittable.com/submit
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
TriQuarterly is thrilled to announce our nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology!

Head to www.triquarterly.org to read these brilliant works in Issues #166 and #167 🎉
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy first day of October! 🍂🍁 What better way to celebrate than by sending your poetry pieces to TriQuarterly?

Our Fall/Winter submissions are open from October through November.

Submit here -> triquarterly.submittable.com/submit
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Calling all undergraduate lit mag lovers! TriQuarterly is offering an 8-week remote internship to current students.

To learn more and apply, please submit a resume and a short statement of intent to triquarterly@northwestern.edu.
May 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One month left to send us your creative nonfiction work! TQ is accepting submissions until May 31st 🌟 Submit here– triquarterly.submittable.com/submit/48052...

#litmag #opensubs #nonfiction #writer
May 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
📣 Great news, writers! 🎉 TriQ is launching an open call for submissions! We're on the lookout for craft essays, book reviews, and insightful interviews for our column, The Latest Word! 👉 Submit your work at triquarterly.submittable.com/submit/48157...
March 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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"My Dad was a great father for adults, but not really for children."
"Eating Ashes"- a beautiful reflection on losing a father by Maria Fernanda Garcia Lozano in @triquarterlymag.bsky.social
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Eating Ashes — TriQuarterly
I often wonder where I was in the commuter dance when my dad died.
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February 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our newest issue (#167) is live! 💥 Featuring "Slay" by Angie Romines, an essay that's been capturing hearts and sparking conversations. 🖋️ Catch it in full at www.triquarterly.org 🌟 #SlayEssay #TriQuarterly #AngieRomines #LitMagLovers
February 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"The Art of Reading: A Conversation with Donna Seaman" is LIVE! 📚✨ Donna shares: "Writing can also benefit the body; it’s certainly good for the brain. It helps work through perplexing situations and anger." Hit the link now 👉 www.triquarterly.org/the-latest-w...
January 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
🌟✨ Contributor Spotlight! ✨🌟 Kwame Dawes’ moving poem "THE UNEASY SLEEP OF THE EXILE" is featured in Issue 167 of TriQuarterly. 🖋️🌟
🔗 www.triquarterly.org/issue-167/
#TriQuarterly #KwameDawes #ContributorSpotlight 🌟📖✨
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If you haven't yet, check out our new issue of TriQuarterly! 🎉 www.triquarterly.org/issue-167 #LiteraryMagazine #NewIssue #TriQuarterly
Issue 167 — TriQuarterly
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January 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🚨 Attention fiction fans! 🚨
TriQuarterly Magazine is looking for readers with a love for all things fiction. 📖💫 If storytelling fuels your soul, apply today and join our team! 💥🌟
📍 Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#TriQMagazine #FictionReaders #CallForReaders #LitMags #WeLoveStories 📚✨
TriQuarterly Fiction Reader Application
Thank you for your interest in reading for the Fiction section of TriQuarterly. We receive a large volume of submissions every year and need your help to spot the literary gems in our inbox! Enthusias...
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January 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I'm so stoked for my very first appearance in TriQuarterly. Two poems! My thanks to the editors and to the good folks at the Wofford College Goodall Environmental Studies Center for a residency during which the poems were written. @triquarterlymag.bsky.social
Upper Shoals, Glendale, SC — TriQuarterly
Each rivulet sounds out its own moody articulation  against the coursing melody
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January 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Always a good day when a TQ issue comes out 🎉
Issue 167 of TriQuarterly Magazine has landed! 🎉 Packed with stunning work from talented writers & poets and featuring fresh leadership from our new managing editor, Jess Masi! 🌟 Grab a coffee and check it out here: www.triquarterly.org/issue-167
#TriQuarterly #LiteraryCommunity
January 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Really loving this piece from a back issue of @triquarterlymag.bsky.social-- "Pregnancy Test" by Kendra Fortmeyer.

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Pregnancy Test — TriQuarterly
This test is open-book. This test is timed. Group work is not allowed. You are pregnant, which is a great surprise. You never expected to become pregnant, because [select one of the fol...
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December 17, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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"I wanted to see if I could write a story in which the compelling feature of the plot is not violence...but rather the act of a girl or woman becoming more herself."

Kristen Millares Young interviews Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum about Elita (@triquarterlymag.bsky.social ).

➡️ https://buff.ly/4gLeK0Q
January 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum's (MF 09) debut novel, ELITA, is finding its way to readers everywhere today via @triquarterlymag.bsky.social!

"a brooding, atmospheric tour de force of psychological suspense. " – @lauravandenberg.bsky.social (MF 16)
Elita - Northwestern University Press
An American literary take on the Nordic noir genre Unfolding during the moody Pacific Northwest winter of 1951, we follow Bernadette Baston, scholar of chil...
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January 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Issue 167 of TriQuarterly Magazine has landed! 🎉 Packed with stunning work from talented writers & poets and featuring fresh leadership from our new managing editor, Jess Masi! 🌟 Grab a coffee and check it out here: www.triquarterly.org/issue-167
#TriQuarterly #LiteraryCommunity
January 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
1 more week left to submit to TriQ! 📚✨ Send us your best poems, nonfiction, and fiction before Dec. 31st. Don’t miss your chance to be featured! #TriQMag #SubmissionsOpen
December 23, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Hello, Bluesky! We’re excited to share that TriQuarterly Magazine will post here more often! 🌟 There’s only 1 week left to send us your submissions—don’t miss this chance! Submit by December 31st. We can’t wait to read your incredible work! triquarterly.submittable.com/submit
TriQuarterly Submission Manager
TriQuarterly, the literary journal of Northwestern University and of the Litowitz MFA+MA program, welcomes submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, short drama, video essays, and hybrid wo...
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December 23, 2024 at 9:32 PM
📣 Attention nonfiction enthusiasts! 📘✨ TriQuarterly is seeking readers for our creative nonfiction section. Apply now & help shape the future of literary nonfiction. Don't miss out, deadline May 31, 2024! 🔗 [https://triquarterly.submittable.com/submit] #TriQuarterly #OpenCall #CreativeNonfiction 🌍💬💖
April 15, 2024 at 7:18 PM
📢 Submissions announcement! 📢

TriQuarterly will reopen to submissions tomorrow, 3/1, in poetry and fiction. First two weeks no fee! Prepare your words: triquarterly.org/submissions
February 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
The hottest club at AWP has everything: a reading, a screening, an afterparty, your friends from TriQuarterly and
@IowaReview... 2/9 at 8pm at the KC Public Library. Can't wait to see you!

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January 30, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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“Admittedly if you picked d, “get really crazy” has not likely been your brand up until this point. But this is a whole new you, isn’t it! Or. . . a whole new y’all?
    You are plural now.”

@kendraffe.bsky.social | @triquarterlymag.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Test
This test is open-book.This test is timed.Group work is not allowed.      You are pregnant, which is a great surprise. You never expected to become pregnant, because       [select one of the fo...
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January 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
🚨 New 🚨 issue 🚨 alert!!!

Just like in elementary school, it's time to drop everything and read: www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue...
January 15, 2024 at 4:55 PM