Updated: | 4 Feb. 2024 |
Preface
MacQ-22: 4 February 2024 MacQ-21: 1 January 2024 |
2023 Stats: Issues 16 thru 20 2022 Stats: Issues 11 thru 15 2021 Stats: Issues 6 thru 10 2020 Stats: Issues 1 thru 5 |
Re the usage of “new” and “reprints” in these stats: New works are those that are previously uncurated. That is, those which have not appeared in any curated collection, whether in print or online—such as anthologies, books, chapbooks, journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. In other words, MacQueen’s Quinterly is the first curator of the works.
Reprints are works that were previously curated. As publisher of MacQ, I solicit reprints on a limited basis by contacting authors and artists directly. When publishing reprints, I also include a note to credit the previous curator or publishing venue.
This concept of curation “leaves open the ability to self-publish on social media or blogs or message boards. It allows the work to be shared on podcasts and open mics,” as Rattle editor Timothy Green writes in Uncurated: The Case for a New Term of Art (Lit Mag News, 16 March 2023). “Tweet your poems and flash fiction. Tag the person it was written for on Facebook. Workshop stories online. Blog chapters from your novel-in-progress. This is how a literary culture thrives.”
1. Content: The total of 141 pieces published in Issue 22 includes 116 written works and 25 visual artworks. Of the 116 written works, 104 (or ~90%) are new, aka previously uncurated.
2. Submissions: were considered for two issues combined, 21 and 22. Eleven hundred works were considered, representing a total of 155 submissions, and 243 pieces were selected for publication, which is 22% of the total number considered. Of the 243 pieces selected, Issue 21 contains 102 and Issue 22 contains 141.
Across the first 20 issues, MacQ’s acceptance rate averages just below 20 percent. The highest rate was 29% in the first issue and the lowest was 8.6% for the Cheribun Challenge in Issue 12. Discounting the Challenge, MacQ-12’s acceptance rate was 21.5 percent.
3. VIDA Stats: MacQ-22 contains works by a total of 59 contributors: 32 women (54.2%) and 27 men (45.8%).
Of the 59 contributors, 11 (or 18.7%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in MacQueen’s Quinterly nor in KYSO Flash, MacQ’s predecessor. Of the 11 “new” contributors, 6 are women (58.4%) and 5 are men (41.6%).
Spanning MacQ’s 22 issues, the number of “new” contributors published therein averages ~35 percent, ranging from a low of 18.7% here in Issue 22 (February 2024) to a high of 58% in Issue 10 (October 2021).
With MacQ, as it was with KYSO Flash, my goal as publisher is to balance the overall ratio of women to men authors and artists whenever possible—which has happened only twice: Issue 14 of MacQ contains works by 70 contributors, exactly half of whom are women. And Issue 7 of KYSO Flash contains works by 32 contributors, 16 of whom are women.
Across the first 20 issues of MacQ, the number of women authors and artists published therein averages 52.1 percent, ranging from a low of 40% in Issue 1 (January 2020) to a high of 62.5% in Issue 12 (March 2022).
(Across 12 issues of KYSO Flash, from Fall 2014 thru Summer 2019, the number of women published therein averages 52 percent, ranging from a low of 44% in Issue 3 [Spring 2015] to a high of 59% in Issue 11 [Spring 2019]. For additional KYSO Flash data, see Historical VIDA stats.)
1. Content: The total of 102 pieces published in Issue 21 includes 90 written works and 12 visual artworks. Of the 90 written works, 87 (or ~97%) are new, aka previously uncurated.
2. Submissions: were considered for two issues combined, 21 and 22. Specific data re total number of submissions and acceptances will be available with the publication of Issue 22 in early February.
3. VIDA Stats: MacQ-21 contains works by a total of 61 contributors: 29 women (~48%) and 32 men (~51%).
Of the 61 contributors, 26 (or ~43%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in MacQueen’s Quinterly nor in KYSO Flash, MacQ’s predecessor. Of the 26 “new” contributors, 14 are women (~54%) and 12 are men (~46%).
With MacQueen’s Quinterly, as it was with KYSO Flash, our publisher’s goal is to balance the ratio of women to men authors and artists whenever possible—which has happened twice now: Issue 14 of MacQ contains works by 70 contributors, exactly half of whom are women, and Issue 7 of KYSO Flash contains works by 32 contributors, 16 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.
Details about each of those issues follow below.
Issue | Total Contributors |
Women | Men | Non-binary | ||||||
1 | KF-12 2019 |
74 | 43 (58.5%) |
30 (40%) |
1 (1.5%) |
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2 | KF-11 2019 |
71 | 42 (59%) |
29 (41%) |
N/A | |||||
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3 | KF-10 2018 |
44 | 24 (54%) |
20 (46%) |
N/A | |||||
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4 | KF-9 2018 |
56 | 27 (48%) |
29 (52%) |
N/A | |||||
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Issue | Total Contributors |
Women | Men | Non-binary | ||||||
5 | KF-8 2017 |
65 | 32 (49%) |
33 (51%) |
N/A | |||||
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6 | KF-7 2017 |
32 | 16 (50%) |
16 (50%) |
N/A | |||||
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7 | KF-6 2016 |
75 | 43 (57%) |
32 (43%) |
N/A | |||||
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8 | KF-5 2016 |
52 | 24 (46%) |
28 (54%) |
N/A | |||||
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Issue | Total Contributors |
Women | Men | Non-binary | ||||||
9 | KF-4 2015 |
41 | 21 (51%) |
20 (49%) |
N/A | |||||
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10 | KF-3 2015 |
46 | 20 (44%) |
26 (56%) |
N/A | |||||
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11 | KF-2 2015 |
58 | 26 (45%) |
32 (55%) |
N/A | |||||
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12 | KF-1 2014 |
53 | 28 (53%) |
25 (47%) |
N/A | |||||
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