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Call for Submissions

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SMOKY QUARTZ

An online journal of literature and art

Smoky Quartz will open for submissions January 15th – March 1st for the Spring 2026 Issue. We seek poetry, prose, art, and photography.

Clematis in Morning Dew
Photograph by Eileen Curran-Kondrad

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:
www.smokyquartz.org/submissions

Editorial Team

New Members of the Smoky Quartz Team

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The editors of Smoky Quartz are thrilled to announce that two new volunteers are joining our team. First, Corinne Chronopoulos is joining the editorial team as a coordinator and editor. Her writing has appeared in Aegis, University of New Hampshire’s undergraduate literary and art magazine, and Smoky Quartz. Corinne has served as a public librarian for fifteen years and counting.

Also joining the team is Layla Thomas. Layla is a creative writing student at Southern New Hampshire University where she is the Co-Editor-in Chief of her school’s newspaper. Layla will be involved with a variety of tasks in creating the next issue.

You can learn more about Corinne and Layla on our website’s Home page.

We’re fortunate to have Deborah Murphy, our current editorial manager, continue with Smoky Quartz to mentor Corinne and Layla, and to help with the next issue. Thank you, Deborah!

Please help us welcome Corinne and Layla!

We’ll be sharing more news about the next issue of Smoky Quartz later this month.

The Editors
Smoky Quartz

10th Anniversary Edition, Event, Publications

Smoky Quartz Tenth Anniversary Anthology

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We still have copies of the Smoky Quartz Tenth Anniversary Anthology for sale. Published in 2022, this print edition includes selections of work from online issues of the journal up to that year, as well as new work accepted for its publication.

Copies of the anthology will be available for sale at the Holiday Market at the Peterborough Night Market. Look for the Monadnock Writers’ Group table with books by local authors at the event:

Holiday Market
Town House auditorium
1 Grove Street
Peterborough, NH
Saturday, November 29, 2025
2 PM to 7 PM

Copies are also for sale at the Monadnock Writers’ Group meetings.