What is Painted Bride Quarterly?

Our statement can put it to you in formal terms:

Painted Bride Quarterly was established in Philadelphia in 1973.  As a community-based, independent, non-profit literary magazine published quarterly online and annually in print, PBQ’s main agenda is to maintain and grow a venue for the highest quality literature that best represents the individual voice.  PBQ does not limit itself to one particular school or genre.  We publish emerging and established regional authors in the context of their peers from across the country and around the world.  The combination of PBQ’s editorial tables and the ever-changing student staff makes its published voiced unique.

Or, you can think of it this way:

PBQ is great literature. Period. And we’re always looking for more.

You don’t have to be a Pulitzer winner. You don’t have to have a five-book contract with Random House. You just have to love writing, like we do. Now show us what you’ve got.

For rules on submissions, check here.