Preface MacQ-5: Oct 2020 MacQ-4: Jul 2020 MacQ-3: May 2020 MacQ-2: Mar 2020 MacQ-1: Jan 2020

Stats: Main Page 2023 Stats: Issues 16 thru 20 2022 Stats: Issues 11 thru 15 2021 Stats: Issues 6 thru 10

 

Preface

Re the usage of “new” and “reprints” in these 2022 stats: New works are those that were published here in MacQueen’s Quinterly for the first time anywhere. Reprints are those which were previously published elsewhere, whether online, in print, or as spoken-word readings (such as those that appear on Rattlecasts, social media, YouTube, etc.).

Prior to 19 March 2023, MacQ considered most works that appeared online to be previously published, whether they appeared at author and artist websites, on public-access sites such as Fictionaut, and/or on social-media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, since they may have been read, viewed, and shared by hundreds or even thousands of folks.

Which also meant that, when republished in MacQ or elsewhere, they would not be eligible for nomination for certain annual anthology awards, such as Best Microfiction, The Best Small Fictions, and the Red Moon Anthologies, among others.

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MacQ-5, October 2020:

1. Content: The total of 101 pieces published in Issue 5 includes 74 written works and 27 visual artworks. Of the written works, 65 are new (or 88%).

Of the 27 visual artworks, only three are previously unpublished: By the Rockets’ Red Glare; Charge of the Demon Sperm; and Pochade à Neptune (Sketch of Neptune) by MaRco Elliott.

2. Submissions: Including entries for the RESQ (aka, “the Qualmish”) Writing Challenge, we considered 930 works, representing a total of 167 submissions. We selected 101 pieces, which is ~11% of the total number of works considered.

3. VIDA Stats: MacQ-5 contains works by a total of 57 contributors, of whom 27 are women (47%) and 30 are men (53%).

Of the 57 total contributors, 26 (or ~45.5%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in MacQueen’s Quinterly, nor in KYSO Flash, MacQ’s predecessor. Of the 26 “new” contributors, 12 are women (46.5%) and 14 are men (53.5%).

[Across 12 issues of KYSO Flash, from Fall 2014 thru Summer 2019, the number of women published therein averages 52 percent, ranging from a low of 44% in Issue 3 (Spring 2015) to a high of 59% in Issue 11 (Spring 2019). For additional KYSO Flash data, see Historical VIDA stats.]

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

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MacQ-4, July 2020:

1. Content: The total of 90 pieces published in Issue 4 includes 74 written works and 16 visual artworks. Of the written works, 65 are new (or 88%).

Eight of the visual artworks are previously unpublished.

2. Submissions: Including the entries for the “Quink” Writing Challenge, we considered 235 works, representing a total of 79 submissions, and accepted 58 pieces (or 24.5% of the total number of works considered via submissions).

3. VIDA Stats: MacQ-4 contains works by a total of 48 contributors, of whom 27 are women (56%) and 21 are men (44%).

Of the 48 total contributors, 17 (or 36%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in MacQueen’s Quinterly, nor in KYSO Flash. Of the 17 “new” contributors, 11 are women (65%) and 6 are men (35%).

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

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MacQ-3, May 2020:

1. Content: The total of 116 pieces published in Issue 3 includes 94 written works and 22 visual artworks. Of the 94 written works, 56 are new (or 60%).

Of the 22 artworks, only four are previously unpublished:

not my gay son [photo-poem] by Roberta Beary

Waiting for the Future [photo-poem] by Neil Hulme and Gary S. Rosin

Sky Spoof [photo-poem] by Ellaraine Lockie and Alexis Rhone Fancher

Mother’s Day [photo-poem] by Alexis Rhone Fancher

2. Submissions: MacQ’s publisher considered 357 works, representing a total of 132 submissions, and accepted 64 pieces (which is 18% of the total number of works submitted).

3. VIDA Stats: MacQ-3 contains works by a total of 65 contributors, of whom 36 are women (56%) and 29 are men (44%).

Of the 65 total contributors, 32 (or 49.5%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in MacQueen’s Quinterly, nor in KYSO Flash, MacQ’s predecessor. Of the 32 “new” contributors, 21 are women (66%) and 11 are men (34%).

[Across 12 issues of KYSO Flash, from Fall 2014 thru Summer 2019, the number of women published therein averages 52 percent, ranging from a low of 44% in Issue 3 (Spring 2015) to a high of 59% in Issue 11 (Spring 2019). For additional KYSO Flash data, see Historical VIDA stats.]

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

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MacQ-2, March 2020:

1. Content: The total of 97 pieces published in Issue 2 includes 84 written works and 13 visual artworks. Of the written works, 71% are new.

Of the artworks, only one is previously unpublished: Star Trails [haiga] by Gary S. Rosin and Grace Evans.

2. Submissions: MacQ’s publisher considered 321 works, representing a total of 76 submissions, and accepted 61 pieces (that is, 19% of the total number of works submitted).

3. VIDA Stats: MacQ-2 contains works by a total of 59 contributors, of whom 31 are women (53%) and 28 are men (47%).

Of those 59 contributors, 33 (or ~56%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in MacQueen’s Quinterly, nor in KYSO Flash, MacQ’s predecessor. Of the 33 “new” contributors, 20 are women (~61%) and 13 are men (~39%).

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

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MacQ-1, January 2020:

1. Content: The total of 116 pieces in MacQ’s debut issue includes 80 written works and 36 visual artworks. Of the written works, 80% are new.

Of the artworks, only four are previously unpublished:

Pollage Number 92 by Ellaraine Lockie and Phyllis Ross

soft rains on Lesbos [felting haiga] by Stella Pierides

Early Riser [photograph] by Alexis Rhone Fancher

Somewhere between [haiga] by Gary S. Rosin and Richard Hunter

2. Submissions: MacQ’s publisher, Clare MacQueen, considered 187 works, representing a total of 43 submissions, and she accepted 55 pieces (that is, 29% of the total number of works submitted).

3. VIDA Stats: MacQ-1 contains works by a total of 54 contributors: 22 women (40%) and 32 men (60%).

[Update, 19 January 2023: Of those 54 contributors, 18 (or ~33.4%) are “new to MacQ”—that is, their works do not appear previously in KYSO Flash, MacQ’s predecessor. Of the 18 “new” contributors, 5 are women (28%) and 13 are men (72%).]

Across 12 issues of KYSO Flash, from Fall 2014 thru Summer 2019, the number of women published therein averages 52 percent, ranging from a low of 44% in Issue 3 (Spring 2015) to a high of 59% in Issue 11 (Spring 2019). For additional KYSO Flash data, see Historical VIDA stats.

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts