Author: Monadnock Writers' Group

The Spring 2024 issue is in production and will be published by early June.
Thank you to everyone who submitted work! We received more than 350 pieces of poetry, prose, and artwork for consideration; we are grateful for the opportunity to consider your work. for the Spring Issue. Once again, the selection process was both thorough and challenging: we spent many hours carefully reviewing each submission before making our final decisions. We regret we could not publish all of the excellent work we received.

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The Editors

We’re pleased to announce two upcoming events featuring Smoky Quartz contributors. We hope you’ll join us!

Monadnock Writers’ Group Meetings: 10-Minute Readers

Smoky Quartz contributors will be the10-minute reader for the January-April meetings.

The monthly meetings, held at the Peterborough Town Library, begin with social time at 9:45 a.m., followed by the meeting at 10:00 a.m.

April 20 – Bill Chretien

The meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit the Monadnock Writers’ Group at https://www.monadnockwriters.org.

A Conversation with Jimmy and Friends: Smoky Quartz Artists

We’re pleased to announce that five Smoky Quartz artists will be featured at an online event hosted by Jimmy Pappas on Thursday, May 2nd, at 7:00 p.m.

Alison Deland Scott, Lew Holzman, Amber Rose Crowtree, Frank Gorga, and Barbara Danser will discuss their art.

If you’d like to join the event, please email Jimmy (jpappas235@gmail.com), and he will send you the link for the event.

Smoky Quartz – Updates

Submissions are currently closed while we finalize the Spring 2024 Online Issue.

Please visit our website (https://smokyquartz.org) for updates about our progress and the next open submissions period. You can also find our most recent issue, past issues, and information about the SMOKY QUARTZ Tenth Anniversary Anthology.

SMOKY QUARTZ

An online journal of literature and art

Please submit poetry, prose, and artwork by March 15^th

Peterborough NH Post Office Waterfall
Photograph by Alison Deland Scott

Poetry ~ Prose ~ Art ~ Photography

Smoky Quartz is published by the Monadnock Writers’ Group and welcomes submissions from new, emerging, and established writers and artists with ties to New Hampshire.

For complete submission guidelines, go to: http://www.smokyquartz.org/submissions