Fifth Wednesday Journal
Defining literature. In real context.
Issue 14 Is Here!
Issue 14 features new work selected
by Guest Poetry Editor Jeffery R. Allen
Guest Fiction Editor Alice Mattison
and Guest Photography Editor Chuck Osgood
Coming Next Spring
Issue 15
Don't miss new work selected by
Guest Fiction Editor Pam Houston and
Guest Poetry Editor Ralph Hamilton
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FWJ talks with a round table of editors
and with Sterling D. Plumpp
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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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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.