The New Quarterly is a literary magazine based in Waterloo, Ontario that publishes short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction from emerging and established Canadian writers.
Each issue is given a loose theme; for example, "In which science becomes metaphor, poets don lab coats...", "Something About the Animal", and "Fathers, Mothers, Lovers & Others".
[7] The New Quarterly runs annual writing contests in all three genres they publish: short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest Sponsored by former The New Quarterly editor Kim Jernigan and family in celebration of her father, Nick Blatchford, this contest is for poems written in response to an existing occasion, personal or public, or poems that make an occasion of something ordinary or by virtue of the poet’s attention.
As current editor, Pamela Mulloy, explained, ""Our main interest is drawing together new, emerging and established writers in an open and inviting setting so they can discuss the craft of writing.