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Recent Issues

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May 2023 / June 2023
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March 2023 / April 2023
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January 2023 / February 2023

Archive Issues

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November 2018 / December 2018
Magazine cover with image of hungry child and playground
September 2018 / October 2018
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July 2018 / August 2018
Magazine cover with image of spacecraft in front of the sun
May 2018 / June 2018
Magazine cover with image of a woman playing the cello
March 2018 / April 2018
Magazine cover with image of a immigration detention center
January 2018 / February 2018

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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

Magazine articles: Click on "contact us" above to contribute ideas, writing, art, or photography for an upcoming issue of Western Friend, which will be organized around the following themes:

  • 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*)
  • Jan/Feb 2024 – On Division  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 11/15/2023*)
  • Mar/Apr 2024 – On Prayer  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 2/1/2024*)
  • May/June 2024 – On Innocence  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 4/1/2024*)
  • July/Aug 2024 – On Tech (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 6/1/2024*)
  • Sept/Oct 2024 – On Legacy (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 8/1/2024*)
  • Nov/Dec 2024 – On Compassion (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 10/1/2024*)
  • Jan/Feb 2025 – On Solidarity  (Manuscript deadline for print publication: 11/15/2024*)
  • 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.

Newsletter news items: Visit the webpage for our weekly email newsletter, Extra Extre Western Friend, where you will find a form for submitting news items.

Click here for Extra Extra Western Friend.

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