Poetry: Submit no more than 3 poems at a time. Please group all poems in one file. Poems must be typed, either single- or double-spaced. The submission document must include your full name, home address, and email address. File names should include the title, or a portion thereof, and the author's last name (ex: carver_smallgood.doc).
Fiction: Submit no more than one prose piece at a time. Prose must be typed, double-spaced, and no longer than twenty-five pages. Include your full name, home address and email address on all pages. File names should include the title, or a portion thereof, and the author's last name (ex: carver_smallgood.doc).
Essays: Submit no more than one nonfiction prose piece at a time. Submission must be typed, double-spaced, and no longer than twenty-five pages. Include your full name, home address and email address on all pages. Our nonfiction section encompasses personal essays, travel writing, memoirs, and other forms of creative nonfiction.
Visual Art: CQ aims to feature a diverse range of contemporary artists, both established and emerging. We feature national and international work, in all printable mediums. We especially like art that is engaged with issues in the contemporary moment. Each issue typically has one color spread of up to fifteen images.
Expect six to twelve months for a decision. We do not reprint previously published work. We do accept simultaneous submissions, expecting that the author will notify us should the work be accepted by another journal. We do not publish work written by employees or students at UNC-Chapel Hill. We read all submissions. Each contributor receives a $25 honorarium through PayPal as well as one copy of the issue in which their writing appears.
Statement on AI: Carolina Quarterly has a zero-tolerance policy for AI. We do not accept submissions that have been generated, edited, or revised by AI. We believe in the brilliant capacity of human creativity and as such encourage you to submit work that is genuine and authentic to you.
Submit no more than one nonfiction prose piece at a time. Submission must be typed, double-spaced, and no longer than twenty-five pages. Include your full name, home address and email address on all pages. Our nonfiction section encompasses personal essays, travel writing, memoirs, and other forms of creative nonfiction.
Please submit no more than one story at a time. Prose must be typed, double-spaced, and no longer than twenty-five pages. Include your full name and email address. File names should include the title, or a portion thereof, and the author's last name (ex: carver_smallgood.doc).
CQ seeks out deliberate poetry: poetry that is carefully crafted, poetry that will age well, poetry that reminds and re-teaches us what a poem is. We’re always on the lookout for poems that eschew narrative, generate visceral responses, and find their grounding in the real world.
We publish established, emerging, and entry-level poets; we accept poems in all forms and we do our best to accommodate excerpts and translations. Whoever you are and whatever you write, we want to hear from you.
Please submit up to three poems at a time.
Please submit .jpgs or PDFs of visual art for consideration along with a one-page, single-spaced artist's statement. We publish up to 15 images in each issue. Images will be reproduced in their original colors and on photo matte paper in the paper journal as well as being accessible on our website through a sneak peak of the journal. Carolina Quarterly prefers art that is timely and compelling.