Magazine

Recent Issues

On Cliques

Cover of magazine showing young woman pointing
September 2021 / October 2021

On Debt

Image of magazine cover showing vigil on one-year anniversary of George Floyd murder
July 2021 / August 2021

On Tricks

Image of magazine cover showing a man performing yo-yo tricks
May 2021 / June 2021

Archive Issues

On Insight

Magazine cover with image of an abstract, light-filled sculpture
March 2017 / April 2017

On Competition

Magazine cover with image of two kids with snowballs
January 2017 / February 2017

On Flesh

Magazine cover with image of pig in mud
November 2016 / December 2016

On Media

Magazine cover with image of a stack of computer servers
September 2016 / October 2016

On Heritage

Poster at a public event - Moses parting the sea
July 2016 / August 2016

On Limits

Picture of tree house on magazine cover
May 2016 / June 2016

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.

View Deep Archive

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:

  • Nov / Dec 2021 – On Words  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 10/1/2021*)
  • Jan / Feb 2022 – On Freedom  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 11/15/2021*)
  • Mar / Apr 2022 – On Alternatives  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 2/1/2022*)
  • May / June 2022 – On Place  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 4/1/2022)
  • July / Aug 2022 – On Normality  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 6/1/2022*)
  • 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*)
  • 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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