''Bards and Sages Quarterly'' is a quarterly fantasy, horror, and science fiction

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

published by Bards and Sages, and edited by

Julie Ann Dawson Julie Ann Dawson (born August 1971) is an American horror fiction writer, role-playing game designer, and publisher. Early life Dawson was born in Millville, New Jersey. Her parents are Michael and Ellie Dacy and she has two younger sisters, Cryst ...

. Its first issue was released in January 2009. It is a semi-professional paying market and publishes

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and

flash fiction Flash fiction is a fictional work of extreme brevity that still offers character and plot development. Identified varieties, many of them defined by word count, include the six-word story; the 280-character story (also known as " twitterature"); ...

. The Magazine holds an annual Readers Choice Author or the Year contest. Past winners have included

Eugie Foster Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor. Her stories were published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including '' Fantasy Magazine'', ''Realms of Fantasy'', ' ...

(2009), Kurt Bachard (2010), Julia Martins (2015) and Deborah Cher (2016).

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