Thank you for sharing your work with Qu: a literary magazine.
Submissions re-open May 15, 2026!
Payment Upon Publication: $100 per prose piece or visual art, $50 per poem. Contributors will also receive one copy of magazine.
We do not accept previously published work or any work created with AI. International submissions are accepted with a caveat. At this time, we cannot pay contributors who are US citizens living abroad or non-US citizens or send copies of Qu overseas.
Qu requires First North American Serial Rights to publication (electronic and print). All rights revert back to authors upon publication. We do, however, post online a number of the works we publish and they remain available on the archive section of the website after print publication, and so require Non-Exclusive Electronic Rights. Not all published pieces are posted online.
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE DONE VIA SUBMITTABLE. Manuscripts submitted via email will NOT be considered.
Qu is a literary magazine, published by the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. The Qu editorial staff is comprised of current students and recent graduates.
Excerpts or full pieces written for stage or screen. Please keep to a maximum of 4,000 words. We do not accept previously published work or any work created using AI. If we published your work in the previous issue, please wait a cycle before submitting additional work. If our $3 submission fee is a hardship for you, please write to qulitmag@queens.edu for a waiver.
Please do not submit more than 3 poems. We do not accept previously published work or any work that uses AI. If we published your work in the previous issue, please wait a cycle before submitting additional work. If our $3 submission fee is a hardship for you, please write to qulitmag@queens.edu for a waiver.
Maximum of 8,000 words. We do not accept previously published work or any work created with AI. If we published your work in the previous issue, please wait a cycle before submitting additional work. If our $3 submission fee is a hardship for you, please write to qulitmag@queens.edu for a waiver.
Maximum of 8,000 words please. We accept short stories and novel excerpts. We do not accept previously published work or any work created with AI. If we published your work in the previous issue, please wait a cycle before submitting additional work. If our $3 submission fee is a hardship for you, please write to qulitmag@queens.edu for a waiver.
Please do not submit more than 3 images at a time. We do not accept previously published work or work created with AI. If we published your work in the previous issue, please wait a cycle before submitting additional work. If our $3 submission fee is a hardship for you, please write to qulitmag@queens.edu for a waiver.