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.
Please Note: Our Guidelines have changed.
For complete submission guidelines, go to: www.smokyquartz.org/submissions
We’re pleased to announce a number of upcoming events featuring Smoky Quartz contributors. We hope you’ll join us!
Help us Celebrate the release of the Fall 2023 issue of Smoky Quartz!
The event will be held on Sunday, February 4th, 2024, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm., on Zoom. The event will feature work by Bill Chretien, Mame Ekblom Cudd, Denise Ginzler, L. Shapley Bassen, Hunter Hague, Lucia Owen, and Kelley White. Their poetry and prose can be read in advance by visiting the Smoky Quartz website, www.smokyquartz.org.
The event is free and open to the public. If you’d like to attend, please email us at mwgsmokyquartz@gmail.com, and we’ll send you the link.
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.
Hunter Hague will read his work at the February 17th meeting
The meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit the Monadnock Writers’ Group at https://www.monadnockwriters.org.
Smoky Quartz is open for submissions until March 15th. We seek poetry, prose, art, and photography from new, emerging, and established writers and artists with ties to New Hampshire.
You can find our for complete guidelines here: www.smokyquartz.org/submissions
Smoky Quartz: Upcoming Events
We’re pleased to announce a number of upcoming events featuring Smoky Quartz contributors. We hope you’ll join us!
A Conversation with Jimmy and Friends: Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz poets will be featured at an online poetry event hosted by Jimmy Pappas on Thursday, January 18, 7:00 p.m.
Kelley White, Lucia Owen, Maura MacNeil, and William Doreski will read and discuss their poetry.
The event is free. If you’d like to join the event, please email Jimmy (jpappas235@gmail.com), and he will send you the link for the event.
Please visit our website (https://smokyquartz.org), where you’ll find the latest issue, past issues, and information about the SMOKY QUARTZ Tenth Anniversary Anthology.
Help us Celebrate the release of the Fall 2023 issue of Smoky Quartz!
The event will be held on Sunday, February 4th, 2024, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm., on Zoom.
The event is free and open to the public. If you’d like to attend, please email us at mwgsmokyquartz@gmail.com, and we’ll send you the link.
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.
January 20 – Mame Ekblom Cudd
February 17 – Hunter Hague
March 16 – J. Kates
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.
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