Submissions for the Winter 2027 issue will open on May 15, 2026 and remain open until August 15, 2026.
Payment Upon Publication: $100 per prose piece or visual art, $50 per poem, plus a copy of the magazine. Alternatively, contributors may opt to receive five copies of the magazine.
We do not accept previously published work or work generated with AI. While we gladly accept international submissions, we are unable to pay international contributors or send complimentary copies of the magazine internationally at this time.
Rights: Qu requires First North American Serial Rights to publication (electronic and print). All rights revert back to authors upon publication. We do, however, post everything we publish on the archive section of the website after print publication, and so require Nonexclusive Electronic Rights.
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.