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Lucky 13? BrainStorm Poetry Contest opens January 2, 2026

FIRST PRIZE $250 • SECOND PRIZE $150 • THIRD PRIZE $75

OMQ Writer: Beth Brown Preston

Meet OMQ’s Writer: Beth Brown Preston

Meet Beth Brown Preston, a poet and two-time published author in our Fall 2014 issue.

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Check out Open Minds Quarterly’s New Digs!

Get an inside look at the beautiful new office space that Open Minds Quarterly is residing in.

Call for Interest - Memoir Workshops for Northern Ontario MH Organizations

Call for Interest 2015 Memoir Writing Workshops for People with Lived Experience ATTENTION NORTHERN ONTARIO MENTAL HEALTH ORGA

Call for Interest - Writer in Residence

Call for Interest - Writer-in-Residence at NISA

Calling for interest from Northern Ontario writers to be considered for a one-year part-time position.

OMQ's Magnetic Poetry Contest

Magnetic Poetry Contest - We now have a winner!

Voting in our magnetic poetry contest has closed. Congratulations to Haley Swanson for her winning poem "Where did I go?"

12th Annual Poetry Contest Winners

Meet the Winners of the BrainStorm Poetry Contest

Learn the stories behind the 12 Annual BrainStorm Poetry contest winning poems, and the people behind the words.

7 ways you can use Open Minds Quarterly in your organization

Once your office subscribes to OMQ, the magazines can become a useful tool in meeting the needs of your staff and clients. Find out how.

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Open Minds Quarterly is a publication of The Writer's Circle, a project of NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action. Open Minds Quarterly is dedicated to writers worldwide who have survived depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

Discover fiction, book reviews, poems and first-person narrative accounts. Be inspired. Be moved. Be part of the change.

"As someone with a couple of debilitating mental illnesses, it is always both a comfort and an encouragement to read the work of other writers and patients who go through similar things. I learn from their experiences and insights, and also take heart in knowing that I'm not the only one fighting this. "

"After all these years I have yet to find another quality mental health zine like Open Minds Quarterly"

NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action 2014

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