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The New Quarterly

Canadian Writers & Writing

290 Westmount Rd. N
Waterloo ON N2L 3G3
Canada
Phone: (519) 884-8111 ext. 28290 Fax: (519) 884-5759
E-mail: orders@tnq.ca
Web: http://www.tnq.ca
Simultaneous submissions: yes, (see website) Email submissions: no Payment: yes. (see website) Contests: no ISSN: 0227-0455 Founded: 1981Issues per year: 4
Distributors: Magazines Canada Copy price: $16.50
Average pages: 208 Sample price (postpaid): $16.50
Subscription (individuals) 1 year: $60 Subscription (institutions) 1 year: $60

Publisher’s description: An award-winning journal with a sense of fun, The New Quarterly opens a window into the world of writing through down-to-earth articles, profiles, and talk with writers. Our project is to celebrate Canadian writers and writing by publishing the best in new fiction and poetry: writing that reminds people why they love to read and write. Writing that’s worth it.

In a recent readership survey, we asked ‘Do you think The New Quarterly has a distinctive voice among literary magazines? How would you describe it?’ One of our favourite responses was that the magazine “often goes for things I didn’t know I would be interested in.” Since then, we have committed to bringing our readers not just what they expect (a mix of great Canadian writing that challenges, inspires or amuses them) but also a little of the unexpected – in every issue.

Recent issue:

Number 105, Winter 2008
This issue tips the scale towards poetry, new poems by TNQ National Magazine Gold Medalists Steven Heighton and Alison Pick, and an introduction to the work of two feisty young poets, Souvankham and Madhur Anand. The issue also includes new fiction loosely around the theme of accidents and close calls and on essays on writing by Douglas Glover, Patricia Robertson, Mike Barnes, and Tanis MacDonald.