The #CarolinaQuarterly is seeking to full four volunteer positions. Our volunteers gain tangible experience throughout every stage of the publishing process. Interested applicants must be a student at the UNC-Chapel Hill. To apply, please contact us at: [email protected].

Submissions for issue 73.1 close in two weeks! Don't miss your chance to submit. Find our full submission guidelines via our website and submittable. 🥀

"You’re never really whole again if you gamble with pieces of your soul. Those are cursed markers." Read Joseph Rakowski's short story "The Stethoscope" on our website now. www.carolinaquarterly.com/online-featu....

Submissions are open until the end of the month. We accept poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and art for consideration. Accepted work will be included in our upcoming Spring/Summer special issue, 73.1 We pay an honorarium of $25 per accepted submission. For more information, please visit our website 🥀

Thank you to all who have submitted their work to us so far. We've tentatively glanced at submissions and are delighted by the level of care and craftsmanship displayed. Subs are open through February.

Submission to the Carolina Quarterly are now open! We accept submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. Please visit our new website or submittable page for full submission guidelines (via the links in our bio).

We're so excited that we can't stop talking about it. Submissions to Issue 73.1 open tomorrow! We accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art for consideration. For full submission guidelines, please visit our website (www.carolinaquarterly.com) or our submittable page. 🤎

Submissions to Issue 73.1 open in one week!!! We accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art for consideration. Will you be submitting? 🥀 🤎

CQ seeks out deliberate writing---writing that is carefully crafted, writing that will age well, writing that reminds and re-teaches us what a story is. We’re always on the lookout for writing that finds their grounding in the real world. Submissions open February 1.

We've been fortunate to publish excellent writing since 1948. Stay tuned as we continue to publish excellent writing in 2026. 🥀 Table of contents from Southern Lights (UNC Press, 2023): uncpress.org/978146967456....

If you haven't read our letter from the letter regarding our hiatus, please do so via our new website: www.carolinaquarterly.com. We're grateful for your continued support as we return in full.

Need something to read while you wait for our subs to open? Consider Southern Lights from UNC Press. Edited by Dr. Daniel Wallace (This Isn't Going to End Well, 2023) and previous staff from our editorial board, Southern Lights captures the long literary history of CQ. uncpress.org/978146967456...

We're delighted to announce that the Carolina Quarterly will open for submissions on February 1. Our hiatus is officially over! Please review submission guidelines on our new website (www.carolinaquarterly.com) or on our Submittable page. We look forward to reading your work soon. 🤎

Happy New Year from the Carolina Quarterly! We have some exciting things to announce soon. 2026 is going to be bright. 💫 In the meantime, you can read about CQ's history in Southern Lights. It is a time-capsule of our history and the stellar writing we've been privileged to publish since 1948. 🤍

Happy Halloween! Lord Byron's poem "Darkness" was published in 1816, the infamous "year without a summer." Its languid mood and despairing yet vivid tone make it a perfect read for this spooky holiday. 🍂 🌙

Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page. 🖼 Art by Justin Williams

After over a century, Oscar Wilde’s borrowing privileges have finally been restored.

Check out “Blue Morpho," a poem from Paula Bohince's latest collection A Violence in @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/blue-morpho-....

Like other women poets of my generation, writing long works on themes the world reserves for philosophy as such, I am often called ambitious. The word “desperate” would probably be more accurate: I can't accept the Tyrant's truths... - Alice Notley, "Instability in Poetry" (2001)

It's here! The latest issue of The Kenyon Review includes fiction by Madison Bakalar and Torsa Ghosa; nonfiction by Tori McCandless, Nik Chang Hoon, and Daniel Uncapher; and poetry by Sydney Mayes, Crystal AC Salas, and Clara Trippe. Cover art by Krista Franklin. kenyonreview.org/journal/summ...

Coming soon in the Yale Review: Me on Terrence Malick’s influence among a generation of filmmakers.

We've updated our LinkTree! linktr.ee/carolinaquar...

Our new website is LIVE! Our new site provides up-to-date information on our history, current staff, and submission periods. Please show it some love. 🤍

Staff applications are closed! Thank you to everyone who applied. We'll be in touch this week.

Today is the LAST day to join our editorial team! We're seeking to fill the roles of readers, managing editor, and more. Open to all #UNC students. Apply here:

So many journals close their submissions tonight! Where are you submitting your work? 🤎

The 22 new books out today include titles by Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more!

A case for the importance of literary festivals: “The time we devote to others in person has shrunk, almost without our noticing. A festival interrupts that trend.”

STAFF APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! We are seeking editors and readers for the 25-26AY. All positions are volunteer roles. Open to undergraduate and grad students at #UNC. Apply here or at the link in our bio: linktr.ee/carolinaquar....

THE CAROLINA QUARTERLY IS COMING BACK! 🤍 We are so excited to announce that, after a long hiatus, the Carolina Quarterly is coming back to life under new leadership. Our new EIC is looking forward to restoring the Carolina Quarterly to its former stellar operations.