New World Writing Quarterly

Jerry Dennis ~ Three Prose Pieces - New World Writing Quarterly LATE NIGHT, WYOMING, 1972 Ten days out of high school I was on a Greyhound headed west with John K. It was his idea to ride buses and hitchhike to California

Three beautiful prose pieces from Jerry Dennis: newworldwriting.net/jerry-dennis...

Wanying Zhang ~ The Things She Found in Time - New World Writing Quarterly 1. Elastic Band She found a thick blue elastic band, frayed and crumbling around the edges, wrapped around a jar of hairclips. It had once wound around the

A lovely, evocative piece from Wanying Zhang in our Winter 2026 issue: newworldwriting.net/wanying-zhan...

Phebe Jewell ~ The Young Man Who Will Kill Me - New World Writing Quarterly The first day of fall quarter I meet the young man who will kill me. Dressed in black, the stone-faced boy stomps past me to the back of the classroom. He

Here's a powerful, haunting piece from Phebe Jewell @phebej.bsky.social in our Winter 2026 issue: newworldwriting.net/phebe-jewell...

David Ebenbach ~ Three Poems - New World Writing Quarterly The AI Wishes It Was a Plough or a screwdriver, a toothbrush, a spatula—anything without electricity or moving parts. Even a stapler would be too much. Even a

Three poems we love from David Ebenbach in our Winter 2026 issue: newworldwriting.net/david-ebenba...

David Raskin ~Three Untitled Ekphrastic Poems on Sugimoto, Rubins, and Dashper - New World Writing Quarterly Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photograph, Sea of Japan, Hokkaido, frames the horizon dead center – wisps of gray clouds above slate and onyx ripples. It’s neither night

❤️Three ekphrastic poems by David Raskin: newworldwriting.net/david-raskin...

Hilary Harper ~ Three Micro Memoirs - New World Writing Quarterly The Stream I am four years old, walking barefoot in a cold, clear, flowing stream. My mom holds my hand as we step around rocks, our feet sinking into the soft

Please enjoy these three micro memoirs from Hilary Harper in our Winter 2026 issue: newworldwriting.net/hilary-harpe...

Gary Fincke ~ Two Flash Fictions - New World Writing Quarterly Messes Jason’s mother opens the door to his room to tell him she has a new boyfriend. He is staying overnight now and Jason should know. “Roy doesn't want to

New work from Gary Fincke @gary79.bsky.social, up now in our Winter 2026 issue: newworldwriting.net/gary-fincke-...

Wilson Koewing ~ Mill Valley - New World Writing Quarterly They drove from San Anselmo to Mill Valley for a Christmas celebration in the town center.  Both towns were in Marin County, just north of San Francisco,

We're finishing up our Winter 2026 issue!

Here's a new piece we love from Wilson Koewing @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social:

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Thanks for featuring us, @duotrope.com!

Just a reminder that we are open for submissions through the end of the day tomorrow, Tuesday, 1/13. We look forward to reading your work!

Mikki Aronoff ~ Three Stories - New World Writing Quarterly The Prodigy Maker The man with no eyes and ears who tunes pianos tap-tap-taps at our door at the creaky-crack of dawn and plunks his satchel of tools down next

Mikki Aronoff's story, “I Keep Asking My Doctor What to Do About My Problem,” will be included in the 2026 Best Microfiction anthology: www.bestmicrofiction.com. You can read the story, from our October 2025 issue, here: newworldwriting.net/mikki-aronof.... Congratulations, Mikki!

Happy new year! We are open for submissions.

We are also thrilled!

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

Three lovely poems from Gary Young, in our October 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/gary-young-t...

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

Please enjoy these new pieces from Glen Pourciau, 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

New work from Mary Grimm in our October 2025 issue!
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Thanks for sharing this, Christine! We're also excited about this story! ❤️

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

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...

Excited to share this piece by Francine Witte!

Thanks for sharing this new story from Michelle Ross! We love it!

Excited to share these stories from Tadd Adcox!

We are open for submissions through October 15th! newworldwriting.net/submissions/

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

We'll be accepting submissions from October 1st through October 15th, and we hope you'll consider submitting.
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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

New work from Sheldon Lee Compton!!!
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New work from SE Wilson! newworldwriting.net/se-wilson-th...

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

New work from Martin Perez in 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,

Enjoy this story by @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social from our July 2025 issue!
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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

New work from Michael Czyzniejewski in our July 2025 issue!! newworldwriting.net/michael-czyz...

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

Please enjoy this lovely piece from Mathieu Parsy: newworldwriting.net/mathieu-pars...

We love this new story by John Holman, up now in our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/john-holman-...

A beautiful poem from Julie Benesh in our July 2025 issue: newworldwriting.net/julie-benesh...