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
The Fall 2023 issue is currently in production and will be published by early December.
Thank you to everyone who submitted work. We received more than 270 pieces of poetry, prose, and artwork for consideration. If you received a letter of regret, please know that the selection process was both thorough and challenging. We received many excellent pieces; unfortunately, we could not publish them all.
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Thank you again for your submissions. We are grateful for the opportunity to consider your work.
The Editors
Thank you to everyone who submitted work to Smoky Quartz for the Fall 2023 online issue! We received more than 270 pieces of poetry, prose, and artwork for consideration!
Smoky Quartz is now closed to submissions while the editors, Deni Dickler, Brian Evans-Jones, Fred Gerhard, Ginny Masters, and Deborah Murphy, continue to review all work. We expect that effort to continue into October/November. We will email regrets/acceptances in November.
The Fall 2023 Online Issue is tentatively scheduled for publication in late November/early December 2023.
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