coddiwomple (v.) — To travel purposefully toward an undetermined location
Est. Spring 2026 ✦ Front Royal, Virginiacoddiwomple (v.) — To travel purposefully toward an undetermined location
Est. Spring 2026 ✦ Front Royal, VirginiaCover: The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, Georges de la Tour
We focus each issue around a central question or theme.
Can you guess what this one was centered around?
Responses welcome at coddiwomplingquarterly@gmail.com — under 300 words, please.
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Coddiwompling Quarterly is a small literary journal built around the belief that the daily experience of human life is best described by purposeful travel toward an undetermined destination. Each issue gathers essays, interviews, and reflections around a central question or theme — then wanders toward wherever that question honestly leads.
According to Wiktionary (which we were all told not to use in high school, but which we now use freely because we have the capacity to fact-check), there is no evidence for the word coddiwomple before the late 2010s. Since we also at one point did not exist, we see no reason to discriminate against it.
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Coddiwompling Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 1 — Spring 2026