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Fifth Wednesday Journal

P.O. Box 4033

Lisle, IL 60532-9033

E-mail: editors <at> fifthwednesdayjournal <dot> org

ISSN: 1939-733X Founded: Jan. 2007 Issues per year: 2

Distributors: Baker & Taylor Copy price: $10 Average pages: 200 Sample price: Free to Libraries & Booksellers Subscription - 1 year: $17

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:

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.

4, Spring 2009 issue of Fifth Wednesday Journal, edited by J. C. Hallman and Nina Corwin, features new poetry, fiction and photography by Marge Piercy, Allison Joseph, Arielle Greenberg, Tom Grimes, Edie Meidav, Andrew Coburn, Leigh Wells, and many more. The new Book Reviews feature includes a look at work by Paul Yoon, Sharon Mesmer, and C. E. Perry.