The lack of reading fees, six-month waiting periods, and genre restrictions are what sets The Quill apart from other poetry and nonfiction journals. The independent reading journal is based in Northwest Ohio, with a focus on short fiction and poetry. “I want to help other writers like me who are just starting out, or are not on the New York Times’ Best Seller List,” said Kevin Moore, founder of The Quill, professor of history at Owens Community College, and author of historical fiction novel The Golden Merra.
The journal started in 2009 as a one-man operation, with Moore printing and delivering copies of the journal to various coffee shops and libraries throughout the region. “It grew to be very popular, I was printing 500 copies a month,” Moore said. He explained that managing the journal by himself became time-consuming and expensive, and he took a hiatus from the project in 2010.
In summer 2014, Moore and his colleague Carl Dietrich rekindled the effort. While Moore is in charge of the short fiction section of the journal, Dietrich handles poetry submissions. With the exception of erotica and fan fiction, “we’re open to really any genre out there,” Moore said. The only other requirement for short fiction submissions are that the piece must be under 10,000 words in length, while any style of poetry is accepted. “I wanted to create something that was a little more open for people,” Moore said. “A lot of writing journals are very specific . . . 'We only take science fiction,’ ‘We only take mystery,’ and if you’re outside of that specific genre then they’re not interested.”
Moore explained there is a greater diversity in Quill submissions—both in content and authorship— compared to writing journals based in academia. “We have writers who have their master’s degree in creative writing, and then writers who just do it as a hobby,” he said. The goal for Moore is to create a place where both types of work can exist harmoniously.
Submission inquiries email [email protected].
See details at facebook.com/TheQuillToledo, or follow @TheQuillToledo.
The lack of reading fees, six-month waiting periods, and genre restrictions are what sets The Quill apart from other poetry and nonfiction journals. The independent reading journal is based in Northwest Ohio, with a focus on short fiction and poetry. “I want to help other writers like me who are just starting out, or are not on the New York Times’ Best Seller List,” said Kevin Moore, founder of The Quill, professor of history at Owens Community College, and author of historical fiction novel The Golden Merra.
The journal started in 2009 as a one-man operation, with Moore printing and delivering copies of the journal to various coffee shops and libraries throughout the region. “It grew to be very popular, I was printing 500 copies a month,” Moore said. He explained that managing the journal by himself became time-consuming and expensive, and he took a hiatus from the project in 2010.
In summer 2014, Moore and his colleague Carl Dietrich rekindled the effort. While Moore is in charge of the short fiction section of the journal, Dietrich handles poetry submissions. With the exception of erotica and fan fiction, “we’re open to really any genre out there,” Moore said. The only other requirement for short fiction submissions are that the piece must be under 10,000 words in length, while any style of poetry is accepted. “I wanted to create something that was a little more open for people,” Moore said. “A lot of writing journals are very specific . . . 'We only take science fiction,’ ‘We only take mystery,’ and if you’re outside of that specific genre then they’re not interested.”
Moore explained there is a greater diversity in Quill submissions—both in content and authorship— compared to writing journals based in academia. “We have writers who have their master’s degree in creative writing, and then writers who just do it as a hobby,” he said. The goal for Moore is to create a place where both types of work can exist harmoniously.
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Submission inquiries email [email protected].
See details at facebook.com/TheQuillToledo, or follow @TheQuillToledo.