VIDA Stats, MacQ-12:

Although links to 61 bios are included above, this issue contains works by a total of 64 contributors: 40 women (~62.5%) and 24 men (~37.5%).

Of the 64 contributors, 24 (or 37.5%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in MacQueen’s Quinterly nor in KYSO Flash.

Of the 24 “new” contributors, 14 are women (~58%) and 10 are men (~42%).

With MacQueen’s Quinterly, as it was with KYSO Flash, my goal is to balance the ratio of women to men authors and artists whenever possible—which has happened only once: Issue 7 of KYSO Flash contains works by 32 contributors, exactly half of whom are women.

However, in each of 12 issues, from Fall 2014 thru Summer 2019, KYSO Flash consistently published a minimum of 44% women authors and artists. Fifty-nine percent was the highest percentage of women published, which occurred in Issue 11, Spring 2019.

For details about those issues, see Historical VIDA stats.

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts