accepting submissions all year. Each issue features 1-3 previously unpublished original
essays, the number of which is dependent upon the volume of submissions. QME is an
online publication only, there is no print companion. Its continued existence depends upon
participation from women visiting this site. Male readers and writers should please respect
the spirit of this woman-space site, unless responding to the Open Call (April 1- July 1) for
the annual August Open Issue.
recent submissions. As one can plainly see, this is not a fiction site. The editor prefers to
read essays and academic papers. Creative non-fiction (reportage with an expanded
personal edge) is also welcome.
during the yearly reading period for the August Open Issue. As previously mentioned, that
reading period is between April 1 and June 15. (Please read the Summer Guidelines).
1) Clarity of prose is appreciated. Please proof-read your work.
2) Gratuitous profanity is not appreciated.
women's lives, health, politics, economics, etc. Essays may be academic, witty, serious, or
a combination - even personal - however, poetry and artwork (alone) are not essays.
Please, no multiple submissions. Simultaneous submissions are fine, if mentioned.
Response time at QME is about 4 weeks. Please note: Do not send your bio or a list of
publication credits with your submission, you're not pitching an article.
inexperienced writers are still genuinely welcome to contribute, the editor wishes to stress
that each writer should make sure her essay is well thought out and carefully written.
Remember, your work should make sense not only to you, but to others.
In the past, manuscripts which required significant copy editing before publishing were
either ill-conceived and/or poorly written, with glaring problems which the contributor
should have corrected in a critical re-reading of the material prior to submission. In future,
manuscripts such as these will be returned with no comment.
If you are a new writer who would like to maximize the likelihood of your essay being
accepted at QME, you should pay meticulous attention to the structure and flow of the story
you are telling. You experienced what you are writing about, your essay makes sense to you
because you know where it is going...but will anyone else? Will your readers feel as though
they are in the moment with you, or will they be lost?
Additionally, sometimes it helps to let others read your writing and offer feedback, before
you send work out for publication.
read "Submission". Don't worry about lost formatting. If your work is accepted, an
attachment will be requested, if needed. Please remember to include your full name (as you
wish it to appear in print) and email address within the body of the email. Send to :
emailed (or sent) a form wherein you will be asked to attest to the facts that you are a
woman writer and that the material you are contributing is your own original work.
rich text format, or typed, (legibly handwritten, okay, too) to :
P.O.Box 261
Scotland, S. Dakota 57059
USA
an author requests otherwise, all works are archived on the QME site. Archiving benefits the journal and the writer, allowing writers to
build an online library of their work.
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