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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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Three lovely poems from Gary Young, in our October 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/gary-young-t...
Gary Young ~ Three Poems - New World Writing Quarterly
Last night, my brother’s heart stopped beating. My brother will be dead for the rest of my life. He will be dead forever. I shuffle up the drive, stop and kick
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November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Please enjoy these new pieces from Glen Pourciau, in our October 2025 issue:
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Glen Pourciau ~ Two Flash Fictions - New World Writing Quarterly
Emanate I’d had a good week. I’d gone about my business without running into anyone I knew. No one had spoken to me or stared at me. When I returned home from
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November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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New work from Mary Grimm in our October 2025 issue!
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Mary Grimm ~ Mother Does Not Go Gentle - New World Writing Quarterly
Under the pressure of age and illness she lost her happiness, dragging herself from room to room, the house a prison now, hers and ours. One of us had to be
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November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Thanks for sharing this, Christine! We're also excited about this story! ❤️
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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82 years ago today German SS rounded up 1,200+ Roman Jews. Here’s a new poem about part of that story. Thanks to @newworldwriting.bsky.social for publishing on this painful anniversary and thanks to @yetzirahpoets.bsky.social for the inspiration and support. newworldwriting.net/judith-baume...
Judith Baumel ~ This Moment - New World Writing Quarterly
This Moment for the Piperno family 1. Blessed Is. There is no future without memory. There is no future without feeling fully the moment in which we live. At
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October 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Excited to share this piece by Francine Witte!
kelliborges2.bsky.social Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · Oct 14
“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 · Oct 14
Flash up at New World Writing. Thank you, Kim Chinquee, editor.

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October 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Thanks for sharing this new story from Michelle Ross! We love it!
avitusbcarle.bsky.social Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · Oct 14
“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”

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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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October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Excited to share these stories from Tadd Adcox!
inauthenticity.bsky.social Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · Oct 13
"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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October 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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We are open for submissions through October 15th! newworldwriting.net/submissions/
October 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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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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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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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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September 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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New work from SE Wilson! newworldwriting.net/se-wilson-th...
September 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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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September 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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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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September 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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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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September 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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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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September 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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We love this new story by John Holman, up now in our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/john-holman-...
August 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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A beautiful poem from Julie Benesh in our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/julie-benesh...
August 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Here are eight fabulous short shorts by Peter Krumbach from our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/peter-krumba...
August 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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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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July 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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@mehpoeting.bsky.social Excited about this new piece in our July 2025 issue!
July 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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@thorntonforreal.bsky.social Thanks, Lisa! We're glad we could give this story a home.
thorntonforreal.bsky.social 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.”
July 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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@michelealouf.bsky.social Thanks, Michele! We're honored to publish it.
July 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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@adampeterson.net We hope you'll enjoy this new piece in our July 2025 issue!
July 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social Thanks, Michael! Our pleasure!
July 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM