Since 2010, each issue of The Carolina Quarterly has contained a unique tag line, appearing on the title page at the front and subscription form at the back of the journal. Now we want your help to come up with the next . . . → Read More: Issue 62.1 Tag Line Contest]]> Help The Carolina Quarterly come up with a tag line for issue 62.1 and win a FREE 1-year subscription!

Since 2010, each issue of The Carolina Quarterly has contained a unique tag line, appearing on the title page at the front and subscription form at the back of the journal. Now we want your help to come up with the next one.

Recent tag lines include:
Punctilious Whimsy Since 1948
Obdurate Effervescence Since 1948
Habitually Nascent Since 1948
Prurient Scripturience Since 1948
Comfortably Eclectic Since 1948

And the winner of our last tag line contest:
Quizzical Syzygy Since 1948, provided by Dyson Shultz

Guidelines: Tag lines must be 22 characters or less, and ideally two words, in keeping with precedent. The tag line should make sense as a descriptor of The Carolina Quarterly and should indicate something we’ve been/been doing “Since 1948.” Submit an entry by posting it in the comments section below. Contest closes at 12:01am on March 20th, 2012. The winner will be selected by The Carolina Quarterly editorial staff and receive a one year subscription, beginning with issue 62.1. The winner will be contacted via e-mail, so please use a valid e-mail address when posting your submission.

January’s winner, selected at random by our intrepid interns, is the poetically named Pepper Trail of Ashland, Oregon. Pepper’s subscription will begin with issue . . . → Read More: January “Submit It Slant” Winner]]> In 2012, to promote our second year utilizing the online submission manager Tell It Slant, The Carolina Quarterly has pledged to give away a free one-year subscription EVERY MONTH to one lucky online submitter.

January’s winner, selected at random by our intrepid interns, is the poetically named Pepper Trail of Ashland, Oregon. Pepper’s subscription will begin with issue 62.1, due out in April of 2012.

Congratulations to Pepper! And remember to submit using Tell It Slant for your chance to win!

Poster design by Assistant Editor Heather Van Wallendael

The fine people over at NewPages have us blushing with Sarah Gorman’s glowing review of CQ 61:1.

We’re down to about 6 copies of this issue left in the office, but as Gorman reminds us: “Chapel Hill scholars are indeed fortunate that, as the back cover states, the publication is ‘Free to UNC . . . → Read More: NewPages Review of Issue of CQ 61:1]]> Aww shucks. You shouldn’t have.

The fine people over at NewPages have us blushing with Sarah Gorman’s glowing review of CQ 61:1.

We’re down to about 6 copies of this issue left in the office, but as Gorman reminds us: “Chapel Hill scholars are indeed fortunate that, as the back cover states, the publication is ‘Free to UNC Students.’” So, Tar Heels, take a gander here: https://cqarchives.web.unc.edu/

In 2012, we’d like to thank all of our . . . → Read More: Submit It Slant in 2012]]> In 2011, The Carolina Quarterly partnered with Tell It Slant to offer streamlined online submissions. Thanks in part to the help of Tell It Slant, our response times have been cut in half, and our lost/missing submissions dropped from 30% (which was inexcusable) to 0%, according to Duotrope.com.

In 2012, we’d like to thank all of our submitters who use Tell It Slant, and encourage those who don’t to give it a try. Each month in 2012, we will select one person who submitted via Tell It Slant during that month to receive a FREE one-year subscription to The Carolina Quarterly.

Happy New Year – may it be full of good reading, productive writing, and successful submitting!

If you subscribe to The Carolina Quarterly via Tell it Slant between now and January 1st, we’ll throw in a FREE 1-year . . . → Read More: 'Tis the Season]]>

It hasn’t yet snowed in North Carolina and the holiday season is shaping up to be a rather green affair. So we here at CQ are going above and beyond to spread some holiday cheer.

If you subscribe to The Carolina Quarterly via Tell it Slant between now and January 1st, we’ll throw in a FREE 1-year gift subscription for a friend or family member. Put that under your tree and read it.

We had a number of wonderful submissions, which caused some consternation among the selection committee. After much debate, however, we finally reached a consensus.

Dyson Shultz’s “Quizzical Syzygy Since 1948″ will appear as the tagline for CQ issue 61.3, due out in late December 2011. As a prize, Dyson . . . → Read More: November Tagline Contest Winner]]> Thanks to everyone who entered our November Tagline Contest.

We had a number of wonderful submissions, which caused some consternation among the selection committee. After much debate, however, we finally reached a consensus.

Dyson Shultz’s “Quizzical Syzygy Since 1948″ will appear as the tagline for CQ issue 61.3, due out in late December 2011. As a prize, Dyson will receive a one-year subscription to the journal.

This contest was such a success, that we’ve decided to run it again in the future. Visit the CQ website in February 2012 to give it another shot.