When I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was an obscure little indie film called The Wizard of Oz.  In it, a girl named Dorothy is transported out…

Surrender, Dorothy | NNoTW September 9, 2021

Kyle and I are tour people.  We love tours.  We will attend basically any tour that is offered to us.  You could say, “Hey, listen, I’m giving a tour…

Ghost Tour | NNoTW September 16, 2021

Fall has officially…fallen; and with it millions of pumpkin spiced Pinterest boards have sprung up featuring porches and front doors and lawns …

Pumpkin spice and everything nice | NNoTW September 30, 2021

October 11 is Canadian Thanksgiving.  Or, as they call it in Canada, Thanksgiving.  Canadian Thanksgiving is the exact same thing as American …

Canadian Thanksgiving and Back-Up Beef | NNoTW October 5, 2021

This spring, the passing of our former poetry editor Donald Junkins saddened the NDQ community. Junkins was a poet, educator, and editor both for the…

Donald Junkins Red Point Journal: Swan’s Island, Summer 2001

In 2023, NDQ will publish its 90th volume. This milestone is made all more significant because it’ll be my (Bill Caraher’s) fifth volume as editor …

The NDQ Reader and Looking Ahead to Our 90th Volume

As editor of NDQ, I have the privilege of publishing a wide range of authors from undergraduates to grizzled veterans of the writing business. While …

Colie Hoffman Poetry Prize

One of the pleasures of editing North Dakota Quarterly is seeing authors return to our pages. In our next volume, we’ll have a couple of returning …

Short Fiction: Through the Window

With any luck the next issue of NDQ is off to the publisher this afternoon. It’s almost ready and I’m just waiting on a couple of pieces of stray …

Table of Contents for NDQ 88.3/4

American forward David Backes, who has seen limited playing time over the past two seasons due to recurring injuries, today officially signed with St…

🇺🇸 American Forward David Backes Retires As Blue At Age 37