From the Editor’s Desk

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Note that the list below includes older issues which have gone to press—and therefore, are topics for which we aren’t actively seeking submissions. We’ve kept these published as archives for Friends and aspiring writers who want to understand our publishing philosophy.

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Writing Opp: The State of Quaker Institutions (closed)

Quaker institutions: What’s working and what isn’t and which beloved institutions do we need to make sure we keep alive?… Martin Kelley

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Unnamed Quaker Creeds (closed)

Unprogrammed Friends will often tell visitors we have no creeds or set practices in worship. Martin Kelley

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Friends and Drugs (closed)

Currently looking articles on Unnamed Quaker Creeds Is there any other aspect of our modern lives… Martin Kelley

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How do you write, FELLOW QUAKER KIDS? (closed)

Calling all kid game makers, and graphic artists, and memesters and religious ed teachers: Friends Journal is doing a whole… Martin Kelley

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Writing Opp: Friends and Gambling (closed)

Is our witness against gambling a testimony that still matters or has it become outdated? Looking for 1200-2500 word submissions,… Martin Kelley

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Writing Opp: Friends in Africa (closed)

Half of the world’s Friends live in Africa; Kenya alone has almost twice as many Friends as the United States.… Martin Kelley

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Writing Opp: Five Years of QuakerSpeak (closed)

t’s been five years since Friends Publishing Corporation launched a companion project to Friends Journal: the QuakerSpeak video series. In… Martin Kelley

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Writing Opp: Food Choices (closed)

Are there any of our modern Quaker testimonies that aren’t affected by what and how and why and with whom… Martin Kelley

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Writing Opp: Friendly Competition? (closed)

Learn more about writing for our May issue on competition. Martin Kelley

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Writing Opp: Humor in Religion (closed)

Magazine ISO legit funny Quaker joke, apply here. Martin Kelley

Writing Opp Mar 2019: Outside the Meetinghouse (closed)

Information about our upcoming March 2019 issue, "Outside the Meetinghouse." Feature submissions are due December 10, 2018.

Writing Opp: A Racially Diverse Society of Friends? (closed)

For many Friends in the Friends Journal audience, there are few topics more fraught than race and racism. We look…

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