Founded in 1975, StoryQuarterly has been publishing emerging and established writers for over 30 years. Originally an independent quarterly based in Illinois, its contributors’ work has been selected for inclusion in the annual collections The Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize: The Best of the Small Presses, and The Best American Non-Required Reading. Among the acclaimed writers who have published in the journal are Margaret Atwood, Bryan Washington, Jhumpa Lahiri, Garth Greenwell, Lydia Davis, Elizabeth McCracken, Melissa Febos, Alyssa Songsiridej, Claire Vaye Watkins, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Derek Palacio, Jung Hae Chae, and Joyce Carol Oates.

In the summer of 2008, Rutgers University–Camden acquired StoryQuarterly. Writer Paul Lisicky, Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Rutgers University–Camden, is the editor. M.M.M. Hayes, who edited StoryQuarterly for a decade prior to 2008, remains the senior contributing editor.

More information about Rutgers–Camden’s MFA program in creative writing is available at mfa.camden.rutgers.edu. The Camden Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, offers 34 undergraduate and 17 masters and PhD programs. Located in the heart of the vibrant Camden Waterfront, Rutgers-Camden is home to 250 faculty whose research, teaching, and service endeavors are represented worldwide.