The Queen's Quarterly seeks submissions on any topic that presents a novel point of departure for thinking about our contemporary world. Whether fiction or non-fiction, a premium will be placed on singularity of voice, accessibility of ideas and relevance to issues of common concern. Honoraria are paid, editorial services are provided and the chance to kick-start a national conversation is on offer. We print essays, short stories, poetry, photography and anything else that’s interesting. Our acceptance rate is around 9%.
All submissions must be by email, should limit themselves to a maximum of six poems, two stories or their equivalent. Simultaneous submissions will be considered but anything that has been published before will not. The maximum word limit for prose pieces is around 3,000 words. Please submit MSWord documents, not PDFs.
All submissions must include the author’s name, mailing address and a statement as to whether the author is a Canadian citizen, resident or landed immigrant or a non-Canadian. The Queen’s Quarterly publishes under federal Canadian content guidelines which limit the number of non-Canadian submissions that we can publish in any given issue. Please also don’t explain your ideological perspective or enumerate how many times and where you have been published. It’s the work that matters.
Payment will be determined at time of acceptance and paid upon publication.
We aim to reply to submissions within a week of receipt but sometimes it might take two.
Please address all submissions to:
James Carson, Editor
Queen's Quarterly
Please also contact us if you have any questions regarding submitting articles, past articles or about the contributing authors.