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NEW WORLD WRITING QUARTERLY began life as Mississippi Review Online. We invite submissions the first two weeks of January, April, July and October, and publish in those same months. Read more at https://newworldwriting.net/

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Apr 29

We are thrilled to congratulate our Pushcart Prize winners!

Dave Newman has won a Pushcart Prize for "The Last Thing That Happened Before I Became a Med Tech."
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Francine Witte has won a Pushcart Prize for "Plate Spinner." newworldwriting.net/francine-wit...

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · 6h

Excited to share this piece by Francine Witte!

Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · 8h

“The truth tells him he is a bird’s nest of hair and cheeks that are pouched with all the lonely years waiting ahead.”

Don’t miss @francinewitte.bsky.social @newworldwriting.bsky.social! ❤️

Francinewitte @francinewitte.bsky.social · 8h

Flash up at New World Writing. Thank you, Kim Chinquee, editor.

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for sharing this new story from Michelle Ross! We love it!

Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · 10h

“People in elevators are anxious. This is partly because people in elevators are going somewhere, and the elevators are not that somewhere. But it is also because people in elevators are often alone in these elevators”

Michelle Ross | @newworldwriting.bsky.social
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Michelle Ross ~ People in Elevators - New World Writing Quarterly

People in elevators are anxious. This is partly because people in elevators are going somewhere, and the elevators are not that somewhere. But it is also

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · 15h

Excited to share these stories from Tadd Adcox!

Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · 1d

"She’d had a dream the night before, or perhaps just before awakening, in which she was attempting to extract, without puncturing herself, a long needle from her throat."

"Three Stories about Loss," new in @newworldwriting.bsky.social

James Tadd Adcox ~ Three Stories About Loss - New World Writing Quarterly

Unable to Sleep For several nights now he had believed himself unable to sleep. Each morning he would rise remembering having spent the previous eight hours

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · 13d

We are open for submissions through October 15th! newworldwriting.net/submissions/

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · 15d

We'll be accepting submissions from October 1st through October 15th, and we hope you'll consider submitting.
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Submissions - New World Writing Quarterly

New World Writing Quarterly invites submissions in the first fourteen days of January, April, July and October, and publishes in those same months. Submissions

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · 23d

New work from Sheldon Lee Compton!!!
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Sheldon Lee Compton ~ The Dress - New World Writing Quarterly

The daughter took care of her mother, as daughters are good to do. She had tended to her well-being for many years, driving her to doctor appointments, buying

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Sep 14

New work from SE Wilson! newworldwriting.net/se-wilson-th...

New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Sep 9

New work from Martin Perez in our July 2025 issue! ❤️
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Martin Perez ~ Pareidolia (Par-i-DOH-lee‑a) - New World Writing Quarterly

My father's heavy boot crunched down onto the cheap, plastic hood of the RC police car, shattering the red and blue lights, splintering the black and white

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Sep 6

Enjoy this story by @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social from our July 2025 issue!
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Wilson Koewing ~ Lounging by the Pool - New World Writing Quarterly

I sat melting into a lounge chair by the community pool watching my wife and young daughter splash around in the shallow end. We didn’t live in Swaying Pines,

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Sep 3

New work from Michael Czyzniejewski in our July 2025 issue!! newworldwriting.net/michael-czyz...

Michael Czyzniejewski ~ Demons - New World Writing Quarterly

Mom was selling her house, the house we’d grown up in, me and my five siblings. Dad had recently passed; property taxes were going up. At that point, it was

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Sep 1

Please enjoy this lovely piece from Mathieu Parsy: newworldwriting.net/mathieu-pars...

Mathieu Parsy ~ Paper Tigers - New World Writing Quarterly

I fold orange construction paper along the lines the teacher drew in Sharpie. My son beside me—six, gap-toothed, entirely absorbed—creases his own with

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Aug 23

We love this new story by John Holman, up now in our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/john-holman-...

New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Aug 13

A beautiful poem from Julie Benesh in our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/julie-benesh...

New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Aug 5

Here are eight fabulous short shorts by Peter Krumbach from our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/peter-krumba...

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 24

We hope it might help to take a break and read this lovely piece from Naomi Hsu in our July issue:
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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

@mehpoeting.bsky.social Excited about this new piece in our July 2025 issue!

Dr. Matthew E. Henry (MEH) @mehpoeting.bsky.social · Jul 11

“There Is No God-Damned Metaphor Here” now appears in @newworldwriting.bsky.social

Ripping poetry, Sinners, the Duvalier regime in Haiti, The Cleaning Lady, and more wrapped into this small package creative nonfiction.

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Matthew E. Henry ~ There Is No God-Damned Metaphor Here

I often destroy the printed drafts of my writing. In part, it’s paranoia—an unrealistic and egotistical worry that someone might steal my ideas. Or, far worse, someone might read them. It’s the fea…

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

@thorntonforreal.bsky.social Thanks, Lisa! We're glad we could give this story a home.

Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · Jul 11

This story has been incubating for 15 years. Thanks to @newworldwriting.bsky.social for giving it the perfect home at the perfect time.

Meet “Fancy Thompson” here ⬇️

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A clip from my new story “Fancy Thompson” that reads “Kudzu comes from someplace else, he explained as she stared out the window at the valley covered in green leaves, ivy-like tendrils scaling brick walls, wrapping entire trees, rising into the air like it would search and search for what it needed all the way to outer space. Like it would climb to the moon to find it.”

New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

@michelealouf.bsky.social Thanks, Michele! We're honored to publish it.

MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · Jul 11

So honored to have my story, "Lani," published in New World Writing Quarterly! @newworldwriting.bsky.social, @storystreetwriters.com

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Michele Alouf ~ Lani

The baby girl is called Lani because her mother, Nell, feels the name escape from her mouth like a child’s laugh when she says it aloud. She first saw the name in the issue of Seventeen, which she …

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

@adampeterson.net We hope you'll enjoy this new piece in our July 2025 issue!

A. Peterson @adampeterson.net · Jul 10

New story up at @newworldwriting.bsky.social. It's about kids and science and kid science. newworldwriting.net/adam-peterso...

Adam Peterson ~ Argonne Youth

How the children lived before they filled the sky— Wailing underneath lab tables. Grabbing for the scientists’ wingtips. Getting their grubby little mitts into all the atoms. There’s slobber on the…

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social Thanks, Michael! Our pleasure!

Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks to @kimchinquee.bsky.social and everyone at @newworldwriting.bsky.social for publishing this new story!

Thanks, too, to @kimmagowan.bsky.social and @courtneyb77.bsky.social for early eyes.

Happy to share space with writers like Pablo Piñero Stillmann.

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Michael Czyzniejewski ~ Demons

Mom was selling her house, the house we’d grown up in, me and my five siblings. Dad had recently passed; property taxes were going up. At that point, it was just Mom and my brother, Kent, and too m…

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

@kiptain.bsky.social Three new pieces by Kip Knott in our July 2025 issue!

Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · Jul 10

Here’s the first of 3 new stories that just dropped today in @newworldwriting.bsky.social. Click the link to check out the other two:
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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 12

@wilsonkoewing.bsky.social We're excited to include this piece in our July 2025 issue!

Wilson Koewing @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social · Jul 10

New story up over @newworldwriting.bsky.social about the summer doldrums. I hope you will check it out. 🕶️
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Wilson Koewing ~ Lounging by the Pool

I sat melting into a lounge chair by the community pool watching my wife and young daughter splash around in the shallow end. We didn’t live in Swaying Pines, but we’d joined the pool as friends of…

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 1

We are open for submissions through July 14th: newworldwriting.net/submissions/. We look forward to reading your work!

New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations also to George Singleton (“Gerald’s Last Girlfriend”) and Francine Witte (“Niblets”) whose NWWQ stories were longlisted for the Top 50: wigleaf.com/2025longlist...!

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New World Writing Quarterly @newworldwriting.bsky.social · Jun 29

Congratulations to @pamelapainter.bsky.social ("When Flashers Meet") and Nora Wagner ("A Sky Full of Clouds") whose NWWQ stories have been chosen for the Wigleaf Top 50!

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