The Boring, Archival Bits

We nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories.

Unpublished writers and professional folks, all ages, from all walks of life were considered here.

Rights: We requested one-time, first publishing rights in print and digital PDF forms. All rights are retained by the creator. We simply ask that when / if published elsewhere, acknowledgment is given to its appearance within The Quarter(ly).

Vol. 1 ~ Other Voices - (Order Here!)

Vol. 2 ~ Myths, Fables, and Folklore - (Order Here!)

Vol. 3 ~ Let’s Get Weird - (Order Here!)

Vol. 4 ~ ENDS - (Order Here!)

Vol. 5 ~ Burn This Fucker Down (Order Here)

Vol. 6 ~ Let’s Go to the Movies -(Order Here!)

Vol. 7 ~ Weirder Still - (Order Here!)

Vol. 8 ~ Laughter and Tears - (Order Here!)

Vol. 9 ~ In the Dark (Order Here)

Vol. 10 ~ WET (Order Here)

Vol. 11 ~ W3IRD (Order Here)

Vol. 12 ~ ; (Order Here)

Vol. 13 ~ This is Where We are Now (Order Here)

Vol. 14 ~ What We Do With the Ashes (Order Here)

Vol. 15 - Animate Me (Order Here)

Vol. 16 - Mood : Stark (Order Here)

2025 Overall Stats: Total Submissions, 1,431; 136 Acceptances; ~9.5% Acceptance Rate

Vol. 13 - This is Where We are Now - 343 Submissions, 34 Acceptances, 30 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~ 10%

Vol 14 - What We Do With the Ashes - 476 Submissions, 39 Acceptances, 27 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~ 8%

Vol. 15 - Animate Me - 215 Submissions, 26 Acceptances, 26 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~ 12%

Vol. 16 - Mood : Stark - 397 Submissions, 37 Acceptances, 37 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~ 9% (Please Note: For this issue, 8 authors from our Poetry Chapbook Contest were “accepted”, skewing the data, as they didn’t officially “submit,” and it clouds that a few folks included were only offered a PDF as payment.)

2024 Overall Stats: 1980 Submissions, 170 Acceptances, Acceptance Rate ~ 11%

Vol 9 - In the Dark - 709 Submissions, 49 Acceptances, 27 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~7%

Vol 10 - WET - 357 Submissions, 35 Acceptances, 25 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~ 10%

Vol. 11 - W3IRD - 595 Submissions, 55 Acceptances, 29 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~ 9%

Vol. 12 - ; - 319 Submissions, 31 Acceptances, 25 Offered Payment, Acceptance Rate ~ 10%

In 2023, The Quarter(ly) received a total of 1,775 submissions.

Of those, 200 were accepted, for an approximate rate of 11%.*

90 Submissions were offered the option of payment, and 110 accepted a PDF as payment.

*Note that acceptance rates were higher / lower for different themes, as our lowest themed submission had around 300 subs, while our highest almost hit 650.

We, unfortunately, did not actively track our 2022 submissions, since it was before we moved to Submittable.