Hello Readers and Writers,
We received a triple-digit number of submissions of sample essays in our search for new columnists. Most of them were very good as usual (with the normal number of incomprehensible and some even insane pieces thrown in just to test our sanity, I suppose) and it was hard deciding whom to accept and whom not to. So hard, in fact, that we ended up deciding that we will once again dramatically expand the number of 3QD columns on Mondays, which have withered by attrition in the last couple of years. Hence today we welcome to 3QD the top 32 people (in the combined ratings of the editors). Without further ado, here they are, in alphabetical order by last name:
Hari Balasubramanian
- Bill Benzon
- Grace Boey
- Eric Byrd
- Alexander B. Fry
- Dwight Furrow
- Kathleen Goodwin
- Paul Gowder
- Charlie Huenemann
- Ahmed Humayun
- Tasneem Zehra Husain
- Yohan John
- Tara Kaushal
- Madhu Kaza
- Mathangi Krishnamurthy
- Jon Kujawa
- Lisa Lieberman
- Michael Anthony Lopresto
- Katherine Blake McFarland
- Matt McKenna
- Debra Morris
- George Myerson
- Mara Naselli
- Fausto Ribeiro
- Alexander Richey
- Tamuira Reid
- Ben Schreckinger
- Ryan Seals
- Thomas Wells
- Emrys Westacott
- Monica Westin
- Joshua Yarden
I will be in touch with all of you to schedule a start date. The “About Us” page will be updated with short bios and photographs of the new writers no later than the day they start.
The following people also sent in columns which we really liked a lot and I would like to give them an honorable mention here and also let them know that we will keep them in mind for the future:
- Michel Chaouli
- Shoaib Daniyal
- Jason Friedman
- Filipe Gracio
- Brian Hanson
- Robert Hunter
- Lancelot Kirby
- Andrew Lloyd
- Beatrice Marovich
- Ben Oren
- Ashok Pannikar
- Carl Pierer
- Basharat Hussain Qizalbash
- Adnan Ahmad Qureishi
- John Sainsbury
- Klaus M. Stiefel
- Thomas Vozar
- John Washington
Thanks to all of the people who sent samples of writing to us. It was sometimes tiring, but still a pleasure to read them all. Congratulations to the new columnists!
Best wishes,
Abbas