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Sitting in the Silence

In the Mountains of Northern California, an Art Exhibition for Aliens

#VQRTrueStory

#VQRTrueStory is a social-media experiment in nonfiction that delivers stories across platforms—from Instagram to the website to the magazine.

#VQRTRUESTORY / Fall 2022

Sisters at the Falls

By Oona Robertson
#VQRTRUESTORY / Spring 2021

Lonely Hearts Club

By Emily Ding
#VQRTRUESTORY / Winter 2019

The High Window

By David L. Ulin

VQR Congratulates the 2023 Winners

The Emily Clark Balch Prizes and the Staige D. Blackford Prize were created to honor the best writing to appear in the pages of VQR each year. Past recipients include John Berryman, Philip Caputo, Pauline W. Chen, Carolyn Forché, Natasha Trethewey, and Kevin Young. The VQR Prize for Photography was created to recognize the best photo portfolio to appear in our pages. Each prize includes a monetary award of $1,000.

Illustration by Hanna Barczyk
FICTION / Spring/Summer 2023

Lilies for Romina

By Ximena Blanco ,  Illustration by Hanna Barczyk
Illustration by Victoria Rose Richards
ESSAYS / Fall 2023

Mother River

By J. C. Lee ,  Illustration by Victoria Rose Richards
Illustration by María Jesús Contreras
REPORTING / Fall 2023

Best Practices

By Emily Silverman ,  Illustration by María Jesús Contreras
Olly and Joey Ajluni. Visalia, CA, December 2017.
REPORTING / Winter 2023

The Taboo Medicine

By Harriet Brown ,  Photography by Lynn Johnson

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