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JMWW Journal
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jmww (https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/), a weekly journal of writing publishing the best in fiction, poetry, flash, essays, and interviews. Our stories have appeared in Best American Essays, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, BIFFY, and Best of Net.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Jan 16
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jmww is a literary journal publishing fiction, flash, poetry, essays, interviews, book reviews, and other miscellany weekly. We are happy you found us!We want to see your work, but don't be all stalke...
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 2d
Welcome Our Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Megan Doney!

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Welcome Our Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Megan Doney
Welcome Our Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Megan Doney!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 5d
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 6d
"I do not know the time or day but I can still count backwards from one-hundred."

Creative Nonfiction: The Fourth Trimester by Kelley Dundas

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Creative Nonfiction: The Fourth Trimester by Kelley Dundas
I do not know the time or day but I can still count backwards from one-hundred.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 9d
Blended & Beyond is now a regular feature at JMWW and is open for submissions alongside our other categories on October 1st!

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Crafting the “Other”: On Hybrid & Beyond-Genre by Bradley David Waters
Blended & Beyond is now a regular feature at JMWW and is open for submissions alongside our other categories on October 1st!
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Congratulations to our 2026 Best of Net nominees!
Congratulations to our 2026 Best of Net nominees!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 12d
"The river is rushing through —
stones upholding negative space."

Poetry: Where It Opened I Filled With the East River by Rachel Mikita

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Poetry: Where It Opened I Filled With the East River by Rachel Mikita
The river is rushing through — stones upholding negative space.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 13d
"The scene runs like a video loop in my head, three seconds long."

Creative Nonfiction: My Earliest Memory, but Not Really by John Janelle Backman

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Creative Nonfiction: My Earliest Memory, but Not Really by John Janelle Backman
The scene runs like a video loop in my head, three seconds long.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 15d
Introducing Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Keene Short!

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Welcome Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Keene Short
Introducing Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Keene Short!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 16d
"I tell my students that the poet’s mind is never happy with just one thing—it has to be ready to see 18 things in every one thing."
The Ebb and Flow: An Interview with Grant Clausner by Curtis Smith
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The Ebb and Flow: An Interview with Grant Clausner by Curtis Smith
I tell my students that the poet’s mind is never happy with just one thing—it has to be ready to see 18 things in every one thing.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 19d
"something is shifting and I don’t know if it is that point or those moments or that line after which we are no longer amused by our stumbling and become concerned"

Poetry: we time travel all the time and it isn’t great by Nathaniel Calhoun

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Poetry: we time travel all the time and it isn’t great by Nathaniel Calhoun
something is shifting and I don’t know if it is that point or those moments or that line after which we are no longer amused by our stumbling and become concerned.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 20d
"I stared at the thunderstorm rolling in and wondered if that was the last time I would get to speak to my mother."

Creative Nonfiction: Is This Abuse? by Ashton Russell

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Creative Nonfiction: Is This Abuse? by Ashton Russell
I stared at the thunderstorm rolling in and wondered if that was the last time I would get to speak to my mother.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 22d
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Welcome our Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, K Roberts
Introducing Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, K Roberts!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 23d
"I use the writing to help me figure it out, to come to some understanding, and perhaps some resolution."

One Poem at a Time: An Interview with Bill Hollands by Diane Gottlieb
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One Poem at a Time: An Interview with Bill Hollands by Diane Gottlieb
I use the writing to help me figure it out, to come to some understanding, and perhaps some resolution.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 25d
jmww is looking for a Senior Fiction Editor! 

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We are looking for a senior fiction editor!
jmww is currently looking for a Senior Fiction Editor!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 26d
Creative Nonfiction Editors Wanted!

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Creative Nonfiction Editors Wanted!
We’re growing again, and we’d like to add another associate creative nonfiction editor!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 27d
"Because even the alarm clock felt like a cage. It didn’t wake me up. It caught me."

Creative Nonfiction: Sign With Love, Not Fear by Xavion Davis

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Creative Nonfiction: Sign With Love, Not Fear by Xavion Davis
Because even the alarm clock felt like a cage. It didn’t wake me up. It caught me.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8
'“I have slowly come to realize that a family is composed of people who are teaching one another.” ~ Anne Truitt, Prospect (1996)"

Editorial Team Announcements
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Editorial Team Announcements
We have some exciting editorial changes to announce at jmww! Olga Katsovskiy has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief. Jen Michalski, Founding Editor, will stay on as our Interviews Editor.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Sep 5
Introducing Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Heather Harris!

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Welcome our Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Heather Harris
Introducing Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Heather Harris!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Sep 4
"Uncle Henry. His obsession with Elvis and bowling and twinkies."

Creative Nonfiction: Dead Sea by Allison Field Bell

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Creative Nonfiction: Dead Sea by Allison Field Bell
I understood that being who he was meant he would likely die young. I didn’t understand what young meant.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3
We are thrilled to welcome our newest Associate Flash Fiction Editor, Jason Lee Norman!

Jason Lee Norman is the co-founder of Funicular Magazine. He lives, writes, and eats in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Welcome Our Newest Associate Flash Fiction Editor, Jason Lee Norman!
Introducing New Associate Flash Fiction Editor, Jason Lee Norman!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3
"I think of Percussing the Thinking Jar as having more of a sprawling, all-over feel."

Thinking Outside the Box: A Conversation with Maw Shein Win by Swetha Amit

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Thinking Outside the Box: A Conversation with Maw Shein Win by Swetha Amit
My previous poetry collection … was more conceptual, focusing on poems as containers and containers as poems. I think of Percussing the Thinking Jar as having more of a sprawling, all-over fe…
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25
We can feel unseen in our experiences if we don’t see them represented in popular culture, which is so often saturated with simplified or sanitized versions of female life.

Woman of the Hour: An Interview with Claire Polders by Claire Ibarra

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Woman of the Hour: An Interview with Claire Polders by Claire Ibarra
We can feel unseen in our experiences if we don’t see them represented in popular culture, which is so often saturated with simplified or sanitized versions of female life.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Aug 22
Introducing Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor Charlotte Van Schaack!

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Welcome Our Newest Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor, Charlotte Van Schaack!
Introducing New Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor Charlotte Van Schaack!
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · Aug 21
We need a few good folks!

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We are seeking an Associate Flash Fiction Editor!
jmww is currently looking for an Associate Flash Fiction Editor!
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