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Recent Issues

On Water

Magazine cover with image egret in marshy bay
March 2019 / April 2019

On Weapons

Magazine cover with image of "die-in" protest
January 2019 / February 2019

On Mixture

Magazine cover with image of rally for climate action
November 2018 / December 2018

Archive Issues

On Play

Magazine cover with picture of toys on a playground
September 2015 / October 2015

On Difference

July 2015 / August 2015

On Needs

Electronic substation equipment and fence, Palo Alto, CA
May 2015 / June 2015

On Knowing

Cover of "On Knowing" issue of Western Friend
March 2015 / April 2015

On Reconciliation

Cover of "On Reconciliation" issue of Western Friend
January 2015 / February 2015

On Temptation

November 2014 / December 2014

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:

  • March / April 2019 – On Water  (Still accepting manuscripts for online publication)
  • May / June 2019 – On Puzzles  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 4/1/19)
  • July / Aug 2019 – On Control  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 6/1/19)
  • Sept / Oct 2019 – On Neighbors  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 8/1/19)
  • Nov / Dec 2019 – On Separation  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 10/1/19)
  • Jan / Feb 2020 – On Mediation  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 11/15/19)
  • March / April 2020 – On Art  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 2/1/20)
  • May / June 2020 – On Wealth  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 4/1/20)
  • July / Aug 2020 – On Secrets  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 6/1/20)
  • Sept / Oct 2020 – On Teachers  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 8/1/20)
  • Nov / Dec 2020 – On Rules  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 10/1/20)
  • 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 1900 words.

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