When to Submit:
Here are our submission windows for Issue 56, which we anticipate publishing in late spring/early summer of 2024. 

Fiction general submissions: Friday, September 22, 2023 – Saturday, December 16, 2023

Nonfiction general submissions: Friday, September 22, 2023 – Tuesday, January 16, 2024

2024 fiction contest: Saturday, December 17, 2023 – Sunday, March 3, 2024

Purchasing Older Issues: 

If you are looking for an older issue of StoryQuarterly (published prior to 2015), we do have a limited inventory of issues 33-46/47 available, priced at $10-15. Please contact us at storyquarterlyeditors@gmail.com to place an order. 

$5.00

General fiction submissions open September 22, 2023 and close December 16, 2023. We are looking for previously unpublished short fiction, short-shorts, and novel excerpts. (Novel excerpts must be readable as stand-alone pieces.) Length: ~6,250 words or under. Please double-space submissions. Accepted work will be published in StoryQuarterly 56, with an anticipated spring/summer 2024 release. (Note: this is separate submission category from our annual fiction prize.)

$5.00

General nonfiction submissions open September 22, 2023 and close January 16, 2024. We are looking for previously unpublished work of about 6,250 words or under. We are open to excerpts of longer works, but they must be readable as stand-alone pieces. Please double-space submissions. Accepted work will be published in StoryQuarterly 56, with an anticipated spring/summer 2024 release. (Note: this is separate submission category from our annual fiction prize.)

$15.00

Issue 54 was published online at storyquarterly.org in late 2022 and is now also available in a print edition. This issue features new work by Elaine Kim, Chris Stuck, Rebecca Hannigan, and many more. It also includes the winners of the ninth annual Fiction Prize, judged by Edward Carey.

$15.00

Use this form to order back issues 46/47 through 53. To complete your order, please make sure you email us at storyquarterlyeditors@gmail.com with the issue number you are ordering. ** NOTE: Orders that do not include this follow-up email cannot be filled. **

$10.00

Use this form to order back issues 33 through 38 and 40 through 45. Issue 39 is unavailable due to low inventory.

To complete your order, please make sure you email us at storyquarterlyeditors@gmail.com with the issue number you are ordering. 

** NOTE: Orders that do not include this follow-up email cannot be filled. **

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