The New York Quarterly was established in 1969 by the late William Packard out of a growing concern for the pure craft and technique of poetry writing. Every issue of NYQ includes the best cross-section of contemporary poetry, a Craft Interview with an outstanding poet on the general subject of style and prosody and technique, informational articles on poets and poetry � materials of lasting value to the practicing poet.
NYQ 65 is Available - ORDER NOW NYQ 65 is currently available through online stores. NYQ 65 features a craft interview with David Shapiro; an essay, "Taking the Pulse of Contemporary Poetry Today," by Melanie Lynn Moro-Huber; a very frank and thorough conversation with Barney Rosset; memorials to Dave Church, W. D. Snodgrass, and John Updike; the third and final editorial in the series "Meeting William Packard;" along with work by well over 100 of today's most prominent and emerging poets. NYQ 65 is also available at independent bookstores nationwide.
NYQ LAUNCHES NYQ BOOKS™
With the publication of Soldier in the Grass by Joanna Crispi, NYQ has fully launched its imprint, NYQ Books™. A long time vision of both William Packard and subsequently Raymond Hammond, NYQ Books™ has been made possible by both an expanding NYQ Foundation and technology.
NYQ Books™ will feature mainly poets from within the magazine's pages but will also feature a growing availablility of William Packard's writings over time. Titles that will soon be realeased include books by Ira Joe fisher, Ted Jonathan, Fred Yannantuono, Amanda J. Bradley, Tony Quagliano, Grace Zabriskie, Douglas Treem, Kevin Pilkington and many more.
Ironically we begin the program with a novel, Soldier in the Grass by Joanna Crispi. This is the last book that William Packard edited, who wrote: "What an overwhelmingly heartfelt powerful story this is—heroic episodic Saga which records the dreadful ordeal of realization of two lost and lonely souls who find each other in the blazing heat of Africa as they journey towards their ultimate destination."
NYQ Poetry Series July 2006 saw the release of Some Holy Weight in the Village Air by Ira Joe Fisher. With the publication of this book, No. 1 in the NYQ Poetry Series, by Athanata Arts, Ltd. in July of 2006, William Packard's dream of having a series of books dedicated to the poets from the pages of the New York Quarterly has been realized.
Our Web Site At the NYQ web site you can order our current issue, NYQ 62. You can also learn about NYQ and our distinguished 30-year history(past editors: please contact us). Browse through our back issues to view a searchable archive of every past issue of NYQ. Most of these back issues, as well as subscriptions for future issues, are available for purchase online. Poets and contributors should check our Poet Handbook for guidelines.
Poetscraft.com Poetscraft.com is our companion site designed for the serious reader and poet. Download all of the original classroom handouts from William Packard's classes; explore NYQ workshops, the Speaker's Bureau, and the Literary Consultancy sections of the Education Area. Search hundreds of links in our massive link database. Purchase NYQ poet's books, as well as t-shirts, mugs, pens, bags and tons of other items in the NYQ Store. Find links to NYQ Poets on the internet. Speak out in our Forum.
Poet Handbook The Poet Handbook area of this website is designed to maximize the poet's publication experience with the New York Quarterly. A companion to our Submission Guidelines, the Poet Handbook not only provides the poet with clear and concise answers to frequently asked questions and an insight into the procedures used within the editorial system of the New York Quarterly, but also explanations of services that we offer to NYQ Poets once published within our pages.
Check the Status of Your Poem A very important addition to our site, this page provides the poet with a searchable database to track their poem within our system from second tier screening to publication.
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