The Quarterly Quill is a quarterly magazine brought to you by Story Studios Australia. At the Quarterly Quill or The Quill for short, we give voice to budding writers with an itch for the imaginative. A space where young scribes can hear from other young creatives in the Story Studios community and have their words published! We’re looking for pieces that inspire, inform or entertain. If it excites, amazes or even frightens us, we want to read it.
Issue One
Issue Two
Issue Three
Issue Four
Issue Five
Want to Be Featured in the Next Edition?
We’d love to include your work in our upcoming edition of the Quarterly Quill! Below are the sections where your creativity can shine:
- FEATURED FANCIES: For non-fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir, and more (500-word limit)
- THE WRITE STUFF: For any and all reviews (500-word limit)
- MUDDLING MYSTERIES: For investigation and crime reportage (500-word limit)
- MUDDLING MYSTERIES: For investigation and crime reportage (500-word limit)
- POETS OF THE QUILL: For poems of any kind (12-line limit)
- FLASH FICTION: For super short stories (100-word limit)
- CURIOSITY CORNER: For advertisements of any kind—weird or otherwise (200-word limit)
- RECIPE REVOLUTION: For recipes of any kind—tasty or otherwise (500-word limit)
- SUPER SPORT SECTION: For fictional sports coverage (500-word limit)
- RECIPE REVOLUTION: For recipes of any kind—tasty or otherwise (500-word limit)
- SUPER SPORT SECTION: For fictional sports coverage (500-word limit)
- WHACKY WEATHER: For fictional weather reports (200-word limit)
- WHIMSY WIT & QUIRKY QUIPS: For jokes (5 jokes max)
- OWLBURT’S ADVICE COLUMN: For questions to our wise Studio Owl and Assistant Editor (200-word limit)
What We’re After
We’re looking for pieces of real or imagined journalism—think of what you’d find in a newspaper. If it excites, amazes, or even frightens us, we want to read it.
Tone
Quarterly Quill is the home of all things quirky, whimsical, and sincere. It’s for the distant travelers from far-off places and the cozy truths close to home. If it can make us laugh, cry, smile, or hide underneath a doona—or all three at the same time—send it in.
Rules & Guidelines
- We only accept submissions from currently enrolled Story Studios writers.
- All submissions must be new and original (unpublished elsewhere).
- Submissions containing strong themes, violence, or gore will not be published.
- Minor edits may be made to submissions to fit the Quarterly Quill’s style.
- Writers may submit as many pieces as they like!
Submissions for Issue 6 of the Quarterly Quill are officially open! You’ve got until the bewitching hour (11:59pm) on Monday, 28 October 2024 to dazzle us with your creativity.