McSweeney's Quarterly Concern began in 1998 as a literary journal that published only works rejected by other magazines. That rule was soon abandoned, and since then McSweeney's has attracted some of the finest writers in the world, from George Saunders and Lydia Davis , to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and David Foster Wallace . Recent issues have featured work by Tommy Orange , Hanif Abdurraqib , Lisa Taddeo , Mimi Lok , and Lesley Nneka Arimah . At the same time, the journal continues to be a major home for new and unpublished writers; we're committed to publishing exciting fiction regardless of pedigree.