Fifth Wednesday Journal
Defining literature. In real context.
Issue 13 Is Here!
Issue 13 features new work selected
by Guest Poetry Editor Jackie K. White
Guest Fiction Editor Christine Sneed
and Guest Photography Editor Candice Cusic
Coming Next Spring
Issue 14
Don't miss new work selected by
Guest Fiction Editor Alice Mattison and
Guest Poetry Editor Jeffery R. Allen
Exclusive Interviews
Fiction & Poetry
FWJ talks with Stuart Dybek
and Laurence Lieberman
Daniel Libman interviews
Stuart Dybek >
James Ballowe
interviews Laurence Lieberman >
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DEFINING LITERATURE.
IN REAL CONTEXT.
Fifth Wednesday Journal is a nonprofit, independent literary journal published twice a year in print. Our mission is to bring the finest fiction, poetry, essays, photography, interviews, and book reviews into your everyday life. We're defining literature. In real context.
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Submissions for Spring 2014 are open
Poetry Reading December 7
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Fifth Wednesday Journal is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois
Arts Council, a state agency, and a grant from The MacArthur Fund for Arts
and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.