Not Quite Right Literary Magazine
Writing Somewhere in Between
Not Quite Right Literary Magazine Editor’s Note We are honored to name “ZARAH” by Samantha Lucia as the Best in Issue selection for Issue 01, (unlabeled). From the first line, “ZARAH” announces itself as a work of rupture and disruption. What begins with a pen resisting the word salt becomes something stranger, older, and more embodied: a descent into language, … Read more
At Not Quite Right, we pride ourselves in fostering and featuring a wide variety of themes, voices, and personalities across prose and poetry. In this feature poetry spotlight on the Not Quite Right blog, we’re spending some time with Poet MJ Weerts, dissecting some of his life and poetry. About MJ Weerts MJ Weerts teaches … Read more
We are thrilled to officially announce the contributors for the first issue of Not Quite Right Literary Magazine. Issue 1, titled (unlabeled), will be released in June 2026. This issue gathers work that explores identity, visibility, fluidity, self-recognition, and the complicated beauty of existing just outside the lines. These pieces resist easy categorization. They move … Read more
Submissions for Issue 2 of Not Quite Right Literary Magazine will open on July 1, 2026, and we’re excited to announce the theme: fixed forms (loosely) For our second issue, we’re looking for work that begins with a recognizable form . . . and then misbehaves. A villanelle that refuses to circle back cleanly. A … Read more
Just a reminder that submissions (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art) are closing April 30th, 2026. If you haven’t gotten them in yet, be sure to check out the submission guidelines, and submit ASAP. If you have any questions, you can use the contact form to get in touch with us!
i keep trying on versions of myselflike shirts in a dressing room half-litmirrors angledjust enoughto make certainty impossible this one almost fits if i don’t move too much if i don’t raise my armsif i don’t breathe too deep there’s always something a seam that pullsa label scratchinga feeling like this was madewith someone else … Read more
There’s a natural question that sits behind almost every submission: what makes a piece stand out? It’s an understandable thing to wonder. When you’re sending your work into a publication, especially one you care about, you want to know how to give it the best possible chance of being read, remembered, and ultimately accepted. The … Read more
There are certain pieces that stay with you long after you’ve finished reading them. Not because they were perfect, or neatly resolved, or technically flawless, but because they shifted something—quietly, almost imperceptibly—in the way you see yourself or the world around you. They don’t announce themselves as important. They don’t insist on their meaning. They … Read more
There Isn’t One Kind of Person This Is For There isn’t one kind of person this magazine is for. It isn’t built for a single identity, a single aesthetic, or a single way of seeing the world. It doesn’t belong to one voice or one lane or one definition of what “good” or “important” writing … Read more