Painted Bride Quarterly Lifts the Veil at the National Liberty Museum at the Philly Podfest! Join us as we discuss what the show has taught us about our editorial process, speak with a poet who allowed us to place under the microscope, and JOIN OUR EDITORIAL TEAM for a round of flipping thumbs! PBQ celebrates […]
News & Events
Congrats Samantha Neugebauer and Amna Alharmoodi
This spring, the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) awarded Abu Dhabi Editorial Board members Samantha Neugebauer and Amna Alharmoodi 2nd place in their quadrennial Creativity Award in Literature for their short story “Transit عبر الحياة”. Congratulations!
PBQ Editor Tim Fitts Is on a Roll!
Congrats to PBQ Editor Tim Fitts for winning a micro-fiction contest in the A3 Review with “Aerosol!” His new piece, “Sea Balloon,” has been published in the Baltimore Review. Two flash fiction pieces are upcoming in New South! Tim—we are so proud to work with you!!!
Whitman at 200 PBQ Event
As a run-up to Drexel Celebrates Whitman at 200, the PBQ Reading Series will dedicate its Monday, April 8, 2019 poetry reading to Walt Whitman. Featured readers are Leonard Gontarek and Don Riggs. An open mic will follow. The event takes place at The Black Sheep Pub. For more information, contact pbq@drexel.edu. DATE AND TIME-Monday, April […]
Emily Hughes’ Sugar Factory
Author Emily Hughes’ first book of poems, Sugar Factory, was released on January 1st by legendary small press Spuyten Duyvil. Check it Out! It consists of, among scattered poems, a series of twelve paintings (printed in full color!) in response to the poems generated from the recent collaboration with Sarah Riggs. Sugar Factory is available […]
PBQ Black Sheep 1/14/19
The reading at Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant was a success. Audiences from various literary backgrounds poured in just 30 minutes before the opening act chatting and mangling. The event consisted of four incredibly talented poets and an intrigued audience. During readings the room was pindrop silent as the intensity of reader’s voices set the […]
Congrats PBQ Editor Tim Fitts!
Congratulations PBQ Editor Tim Fitts for having your piece translated into Spanish and being republished in Instantáneas de ficción: Selección de microcuentos
Congrats Alumni Dora Malech
Congrats PBQ alumni Dora Malech on her new book of poems “Stet”
First Reading of 2018 at the Black Sheep Pub!
Painted Bride Quarterly hosts a reading at the Black Sheep Pub, 247 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, January 8 at 7:30PM! For our first reading this year, we’ll hear from Trapeta Mayson, Faye Chevalier, Lynn Levin, and Tim Fitts. Read more about it and let us know if you’re coming via Facebook. Hope to […]
Poets For Puerto Rico (Philadelphia)
Free on Sunday, 12/10? Come to the Institute of Contemporary Art in University City for a benefit reading for hurricane relief. Doors open at 2:30 PM with the event running from 3-5 PM, and a reception following. Check out the event on facebook for details regarding the cause, donations, and the readers.