QWERTY Quarterly is the Official Publication of QWERTYFEST MKE
Each issue features informative articles, poetry, fiction, columns, fun pages, and news on QWERTYFEST MKE.
You can get a single issue or four-issue subscription (summer, fall, winter, spring 2023/24) to QWERTY Quarterly and get it delivered straight to your door via our Etsy page: https://www.etsy.com/shop/qwertyquarterly
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Milwaukee: Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E. Locust St.)
Milwaukee: Lion's Tooth (2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.)
Kenosha: Studio Moonfall (5031 7th Ave.)
Chicago: Quimby's Bookstore (1854 W. North Ave.)
Interested in contributing? We are open to submissions. We recommend reading a copy of a back issue to be more familiar with our publication. Email us with SUBMISSION QUERY in the subject line to: [email protected]
Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qwertyquarterly
X: twitter.com/QWERTYQuarterly
Stores that carry QQ
Milwaukee: Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E. Locust St.)
Milwaukee: Lion's Tooth (2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.)
Kenosha: Studio Moonfall (5031 7th Ave.)
Chicago: Quimby's Bookstore (1854 W. North Ave.)
Interested in contributing? We are open to submissions. We recommend reading a copy of a back issue to be more familiar with our publication. Email us with SUBMISSION QUERY in the subject line to: [email protected]
Number 1, Summer 2023: SOLD OUT. Our inaugural issue includes articles on drum-and-cello duo Nineteen Thirteen and women's history with the typewriter by Molly Snyder; a profile on Christopher Sholes and Forest Home Cemetery by Ed Makowski; poems by Bryon Cherry, Ae Hee Lee, Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez, and Chelsea Tadeyeske; "My Type" column by Kay Kro; a full QWERTYFEST MKE 2023 schedule (and official proclamation from the Mayor's office!); fiction by Becky Franzel; fun page crossword puzzle by Tea Krulos and coloring page by Alicia Krupsky; plus art by featured artist Celeste Contreras, Anna Rodriguez, and Tim Demeter, and more!
Number 2, Fall 2023: SOLD OUT. Includes articles by Molly Snyder (on author Christina Ward and zine maker Zoe Darling) and Tea Krulos (on author Robert Bloch); an unpublished letter from typewriter godfather Christopher Latham Sholes (and an analysis of the letter by Professor Jason Puskar); a recap of QWERTYFEST MKE's Clackathon; "The Keys," a short fiction by Rita Mae Moore; poems by Ed Werstein, Monica Thomas, Kelsey Marie Harris, and Elias Sepulveda; "My Type" column by Noah Witt and "Ask Anja" by Anja Notanja Sieger; plus "Top Ten Reasons to Love a Typewriter," Fun Pages, results of Cthulhu Station type prompt, and art by Alicia Krupsky, dwellephant, Tim Demeter, and Brian Strack!
Number 3, Winter 2023/24: This issue has a theme of "hygge" and features a telegram from poetry editor Peter Burzynski, "My Type" column by Becky Franzel, poetry (by Sean Enfield, Franklin K.R. Cline, Kristen Tetzmann, and Ana Božičević), articles by Molly Snyder and Tea Krulos, a special warm recipe section (with contributions from Jeanette Hurt, Kathryn Conrad, Christina Ward, and Frenchie Renard), short fiction and illustration by Andrew Tyra, "Ask Anja" column by Anja Notanja Sieger, Fun Pages paper dolls and winter check list by Alicia Krupsky, and additional art by Nick Berg.
Number 4, Spring 2024: "Shift Into Spring" features poetry by special guest Slovakian and Ukranian poets Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková, Lucia Vargová, Milana Hrachova, and Natália Čižmárová, "My Type" column by Ed Makowski, articles by Tea Krulos and Molly Snyder, "Useful Stuff," a short fiction by Kathryn Humphreys, "Tips to Spring Clean Your Typer" by Lisa Floading, the "Ask Anja" column, art and fun page by Alicia Krupsky, and more!
Number 5, Summer 2024: "QWERTYFEST Preview issue." Features poetry by Seth Copeland, Amanda Reavey, Angela Voras-Hills, and Brenda Cardenas. articles by Tea Krulos and Molly Snyder, "My Type" column by Carolyn Wynnack, "The Changeless Place," a fiction by Julia Williams. "Ask Anja" column, QWERTYFEST news, art by Nick Berg, and Fun Pages with a typewriter word scramble and the debut of Addo Workman's comic strip "The Kerning Life with Penny and Wryder." Cover art by MalVy Clark Westbrook.