Magazine

Recent Issues

On Normality

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July 2022 / August 2022

On Place

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May 2022 / June 2022

On Alternatives

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March 2022 / April 2022

Archive Issues

On Freedom

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January 2022 / February 2022

On Words

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November 2021 / December 2021

On Cliques

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September 2021 / October 2021

On Debt

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July 2021 / August 2021

On Tricks

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May 2021 / June 2021

On Relevance

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March 2021 / April 2021

Pages

Deep Archive

Before Pacific Yearly Meeting existed, before North Pacific and Intermountain Yearly Meetings, even before the Pacific Coast Association of Friends . . . Friends in the West connected with each other through Friends Bulletin, which was founded in 1929 and transformed into Western Friend in 2008. Find a simplified chronology of past editors here, and a more detailed chronology here. Please let us know if you can help us fill in any of the “gaps” in our collection.

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Future Issues of the Magazine

Let us know if you would like to contribute writing, art, or photography to one of the upcoming issues of Western Friend, which will be organized around the following themes:

  • Sept / Oct 2022 – On Cooperation  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 8/1/2022*)
  • Nov / Dec 2022 – On Science  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 10/1/2022*)
  • Jan / Feb 2023 – On Conflict  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 11/15/2022*)
  • Mar / Apr 2023 – On Perception  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 2/1/2023*)
  • May / June 2023 – On Loss  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 4/1/2023*)
  • July / Aug 2023 – On Abundance  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 6/1/2023*)
  • Sept / Oct 2023 – On Healers  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 8/1/2023*)
  • Nov / Dec 2023 – On Seeds  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 10/1/2023*)
  • We accept manuscripts for online publication at any time.

We publish articles on topics of interest to both Quaker newcomers and "seasoned Friends." Submitted manuscripts for print publication should be somewhat longer than 600, 1300, or 2100 words.

* It is possible that enough submissions will be submitted and accepted to fill the print edition of this issue before this deadline arrives.

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