New Voices in Fiction

A Storied Future: VQR Emerging Writers

Join us in Washington, DC, for a collaborative event between VQR and the PEN/Faulkner Foundation that will feature a moderated conversation by Ann Beattie and short readings by four gifted writers at the start of their careers: Tope Folarin, Onyinhe Ihezukwu, Greg Jackson, and Brendan McKennedy.

Friday, Oct. 17
7:30 PM
Lutheran Church of the Reformation
(Across the street from the Folger Shakespeare Library)

You can purchase tickets here. And you can read the fall issue’s fiction lineup by clicking on the stories below:

“The Summer of Ice Cream” by Tope Folarin
“Now, Let’s Consider This Case” by Onyinhe Ihezukwu
“Serve-and-Volley, Near Vichy” by Greg Jackson
“Kitty Hawk” by Brendan McKennedy
“What Liesl Thinks of Horses” by Emily Ruskovitch

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