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Fifth Wednesday Journal

Publisher’s description: Fifth Wednesday Journal is an independent non-profit literary publication founded in 2007 with a goal of matching discriminating readers with poets, storytellers, and artists creating some of the best work in contemporary American culture. FWJ is committed to writing which is entertaining, intellectually stimulating, and emotionally meaningful. Each issue of FWJ introduces new guest editors of fiction and poetry who offer FWJ readers a balanced array of traditional and contemporary literature by established writers and new voices. FWJ has featured work by Elizabeth Strout, Marge Piercy, J. C. Hallman, Kim Addonizio, Ira Wood, Alberto Rios, Allison Joseph, Edie Meidav, and Molly McNett. The photography includes work by Lynn Swigart, Harry Wilson and Katrin Talbot. FWJ has introduced some compelling new voices, writers and artists whose work marks them as future leading figures in American literature.

Recent issues:

The Spring 2010 issue features work chosen by guest poetry editor Monica Berlin and guest fiction editor Edie Meidav. It includes the poetry of Reginald Gibbons and nonfiction by Greg Bathon and Celia Bland. This issue also includes work by Marge Piercy, Marianne Boruch, James Carpenter, and Michael Zapata. Black and white photography by Leigh Wells, Rob Shore, and Jessica Caamano make this an issue for collectors. Guest editors for the Fall 2010 issue are Amy Newman and Lon Otto. It will include work by John Knoepfle and Susan Hahn.

5, Fall 2009 issue of Fifth Wednesday Journal, edited by Laurence Lieberman and Bret Anthony Johnston, features new work by Elizabeth Strout (winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), Ira Wood, Michael Van Walleghen, Dave Smith, John Knoepfle, and others.