The Lemonwood Quarterly, founded in 2024, is an online literary magazine that exclusively publishes short stories and plays. We are an associate member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. Our magazine never charges a subscription fee nor imposes a membership hurdle; it is freely accessible online. All of our contributors receive an honorarium for their work.
Our Mission
At The Lemonwood Quarterly we strive to offer readers exquisite, well-crafted, stories and plays that illuminate underexplored regions of the human condition. In particular, we seek to highlight fresh and authentic portrayals of individuals that, as a group, hold up half the sky, and yet in popular culture have often been marginalized into one-dimensional stereotypes.
Our magazine clings to the belief that the written word is one of the best tools available for cultivating empathy. Experiencing the world through a fictional protagonist, the reader can feel a surprised stab of recognition, or the dawning of a new understanding. The stories and plays of The Lemonwood Quarterly will delight you and move you in unexpected ways.