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Updated: 20 Sept. 2026

Submission Calendar


2027 (Year 1, Series 2), MacQ:

MacQ 2027.3:   to launch in mid-September
 
MacQ 2027.2:   to launch in mid-May
 
MacQ 2027.1:   to launch in mid-January


2026 (Year 7), MacQueen’s Quinterly:

MacQ-35 to launch in:   ~late November
 
2026 Reading Period #3:   for Issues 35 and 2027.1:
    11–17 October (Solicited Mss.);
    3–4 October (Folks New-to-MacQ)
 
MacQ-34 launched on:   20 September
 
MacQ-33 launched on:   15 August 2026
 
2026 Reading Period #2:   for Issues 33 and 34:
    21–27 June (Solicited Mss. + New-to-MacQ);
    11–17 June (Cheribun Challenge)
 
MacQ-32 launched on:   6 June 2026
 
2026 Reading Period #1:   for Issue 32:
    21–27 April (Call for Haibun)
 
MacQ-31 launched on:   7 January 2026


2025 (Year 6), MacQueen’s Quinterly:

MacQ-30X launched on:   1 December
 
2025 Reading Period #3:   for Issues 30X and 31:
    21–27 October
 
MacQ-30 launched on:   14 September
 
MacQ-29 launched on:   20 August
 
2025 Reading Period #2:   for Issues 29 and 30:
    21–27 June (Stage 3);
    11–17 June (Stage 2);
    1–7 June (Stage 1)
 
MacQ-28 launched on:   21 April
 
MacQ-27 launched on:   23 March
 
2025 Reading Period #1:   for Issues 27 and 28:
    11–17 February (Stage 2);
    1–7 February (Stage 1)
 
MacQ-26 launched on:   1 January 2025


2024 (Year 5), MacQueen’s Quinterly:

2024 Reading Period #3:   for Issue 26:
    21–27 November (Stage 2);
    10–16 November (Stage 1)
 
MacQ-25 launched on:   22 September 2024
 
MacQ-24 launched on:   30 August 2024
 
2024 Reading Period #2:   for Issues 24 and 25:
    24–30 July (Stage 3);
    7–13 July (Stage 2);
    23–29 June (Stage 1)
 
MacQ-23 launched on:   28 April 2024
 
2024 Reading Period #1:   for Issue 23:
    20–26 March
 
MacQ-22 launched on:   4 February 2024
 
MacQ-21 launched on:   1 January 2024


2023 (Year 4), MacQueen’s Quinterly:

2023 Reading Period #4:   for Issue 22: Special Call for fictions, prose poems, and haibun:
    7–21 December (15 days)
 
MacQ-20X launched on:   21 November (The Gratitude Issue)
 
2023 Reading Period #3:   for Issues 21 and 22:
    7–16 November (10 days)
 
MacQ-20 launched on:   15 September
 
MacQ-19 launched on:   15 August
 
2023 Reading Period #2:   for Issues 19 and 20:
    7–16 July (10 days)
 
MacQ-18 launched on:   29 April
 
2023 Reading Period #1:   for Issue 18:
    20–26 March (7 days)
 
MacQ-17 launched on:   29 January
 
MacQ-16 launched on:   1 January 2023


2022 (Year 3), MacQueen’s Quinterly:

2022 Reading Period #5:   for Issues 16 and 17:
    7–20 November (14 days)
 
MacQ-15 launched on:   18 September
 
2022 Reading Period #4:   for Issue 15:
    14–21 August (Solicited Mss. prose poems & fictions);
    1–7 August (Solicited Mss. haibun);
    23 July–21 August (Ekphrastic Challenge)
 
MacQ-14 launched on:   2 August
 
2022 Reading Period #3:   for Issue 14:
    21–30 June (10 days)
 
MacQ-13 launched on:   22 May
 
2022 Reading Period #2:   for Issue 13:
    April (Solicited Mss. only)
 
MacQ-12 launched on:   10 March
 
2022 Reading Period #1:   for Issue 12:
    10–23 February (Cheribun Challenge);
    1–7 February (general submissions)
 
MacQ-11 launched on:   1 January 2022


2021 (Year 2), MacQueen’s Quinterly:

MacQ-10X launched on:   24 December (The Christmas Eve Issue)
 
MacQ-11 reading periods:   22 Nov.–5 Dec. (Triple-Q Challenge);
    13–19 November (general submissions)
 
MacQ-10 launched on:   7 October
MacQ-10 reading period:   5–15 September
 
MacQ-9 launched on:   15 August
MacQ-9 reading period:   1–14 July
 
MacQ-8 launched on:   12 June
MacQ-8 reading period:   1–15 May
 
MacQ-7 launched on:   24 March
MacQ-7 reading period:   1–21 February
 
MacQ-6 launched on:   1 January 2021


2020 (Year 1), MacQueen’s Quinterly:

MacQ-6 reading period:   28 November–15 December
 
MacQ-5 launched on:   11 October
MacQ-5 reading periods:   16–30 September (RESQ Challenge);
    1–15 September (general submissions)
 
MacQ-4 launched on:   27 July
MacQ-4 reading period:   16–30 June
 
MacQ-3 launched on:   14 May
MacQ-3 reading period:   10–25 April
 
MacQ-2 launched on:   15 March
MacQ-2 reading period:   1–14 February
 
MacQ-1 launched on:   1 January 2020

 
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