Weave Magazine at Conversations and Connections with Roxane Gay

We are pleased to announce that Weave Magazine's Managing Editor, Rachel Ann Brickner, and Fiction Editor, Sarah Shotland, will be at Barrelhouse's Conversations and Connections writing conference in Pittsburgh, PA on October 18, 2014. A little about the conference:

Conversations and Connections is a one-day writer's conference that brings together writers, editors, and publishers in a friendly, supportive environment. The conference is organized by Barrelhouse magazine, and has been held for the past 8 years in DC, and the past 2 in Philadelphia. All proceeds go to Barrelhouse and participating small presses and literary magazines.

The keynote speaker this year is New York Times bestselling author and former Weave Magazine contributor, Roxane Gay. Cost of admission is $70 and it includes a featured book, lit journal subscription, boxed wine social hour, and litmag speed dating session. 


Find out more at http://writersconnectconference.com. We hope to see you there!

Announcing Weave's September Subscription Drive!

As an independent literary journal, Weave Magazine relies on the support of our readers. Weave exists because you believe in our mission of writing, art, diversity and community. Weave exists because of our amazing contributors. Weave exists because of the support of our local arts and literary community. Weave exists because of subscribers.

Our past subscription drives have been successful, and we want to continue that success this month while celebrating our latest issue. Our goal for this drive is 50 subscriptions in 30 days, because we believe in our community, our mission, our contributors, and in YOUR support!

SUBSCRIBE through Google Checkout during the month of September to receive:

• Two copies of Weave Magazine at a sweet discount!
• A public thank you on our website, including a link to yours!
• A warm fuzzy feeling for supporting independent publishing!

Start with our latest issue buy purchasing a current issue subscription (issues 09 & 10), or get issues 08 & 09 at once by purchasing a bundle issue subscription. All subscriptions are discounted during the entire month of September!

We just reopened to submissions, so it is the perfect time to get your hands Weave. If you are sending us work, consider supporting the publications in which you envision your work. Support indie publishing by subscribing to a fantastic journal of the best in contemporary art and writing.

Issue 09 Contributor List

*Artwork*

Bruce Barton

Marina K. Caprara

Susana H. Case

Sally Deskins

Andrew Ek

Bonnie Gloris

Christian Hendricks

Jason Johns

Mette Norrie

*Fiction*

Michelle E. Crouch

Julie Day

Amy Fant

Tawnysha Greene

Geeta Kothari

Brandi Wells

Nici West

Chris Yamashita

*Nonfiction*

Alicia Barnes 

Rachael Levitt 

Ioanna Opidee

*Poetry*

Bryan Borland

Anthony Isaac Bradley

Jo Ann Clark

Jarrett Eakins

Dakota R. Garilli

RJ Gibson

Lizi Gilad

Michael Hurley

Rochelle Hurt

W. Todd Kaneko

Sarah Leavens

Christopher Leibow

Naomi Lore

Rachael Lyon

Lisa McCool-Grime

Colin Meldrum

John A. Nieves

Emily O'Neill

Matt Pasca

Jan Priddy

Ann Robinson

Jonathan H. Scott

David Shumate

Danez Smith

Virginia Smith

Emma Sovich

Christine H. Stroud

Christine Tierney

Quinn White

Wendy Wisner

Weave Magazine Issue 08 Now Available

We here at Weave Magazine are so proud to share our latest issue with you. It's been a long road to the finish line with Issue 08 and we couldn't be more pleased with out it has turned out. We're so grateful to our fabulous contributors for their work as well as their patience. We delayed this issue to make changes within the organization and we're all the stronger for it.

As always, dearest reader, this issue is packed with stunning prose, surprising verse, and compelling visual art. You'll meet Atlas, grandmothers, software engineers, and strange children. Visit a pool hall, California, a hotel bar, and Newfoundland. Read ekphrastic poems, stark realism in flash fiction, prose poetry, fantastical narratives, and everything in between. Indulge yourself on myth, madness, and myriad voices with Weave Magazine Issue 08.

Buy Issue 08 on Amazon (where you can also read a sneak preview)!

Issue Seven Arrives

Weave is proud to announce the release of our seventh issue this December.  With each issue, I am still giddy when Weave arrives from the printer on my doorstep. This new object I can hold, that I can place in someone else's hands. Before printing, the stories and poems and art were tangible through the vivid imagery of their creators, but now these pieces are a collective "thing" that marks another successful collaboration between editors, writers, and now finally, readers.

Issue 07 features incredible stories, including those selected for our first flash fiction contest, winner Kelly Baron's "White Bread" and honorable mention Andra Hibbert's "Blighted." You'll also find poems from our first poetry contest; winner Caleb Curtiss' "Dream" and honorable mentions from Noel Sloboda, Jada Ach, and Meg Cowan.

2011 is the first year Weave nominated poems and prose for the Pushcart Prize and issue seven includes three nominees: Lawrence Wray's poem "Alicante," and in nonfiction, Orman Day's "A Whimsical Current" and Eric Tran's "Lipstick Jungle."

Saturday, January 28th Weave celebrated the release of issue 07, along with issue 06, with a reading at Remedy in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. The event included readings from contributors along with musical performances. Enjoy the photos of the event below.

This issue is also our largest ever, packed with poems from Carol Berg, Nicelle Davis, Noelle Kocot, and Nicholas YB Wong, fiction from Ellen McGrath Smith, Brooks Rexroat, and Anthony Varallo, nonfiction from Hannah Karena Jones and Julie Marie Wade, and art by Shoshana Kertesz, Jeannie Lynn Paske, Lindsey Peck Scherloum, among others.

Still haven't gotten your copy of Weave issue 07? Subscribe.

A Note to Weave's Issue 07 Submitters

Dearest Issue 07 Submitters,

We're sorry we haven't been in touch sooner. The Weave staff has been busily reading submissions in our free time in preparation for our next issue. Between April and July 2011 we received more than twice the number of submissions than the previous reading period. If you still have an outstanding submission with Weave from our previous reading period, we offer our most sincere apologies. Most of our staff are writers too, so we understand what it's like to wait to hear back about a submission you sent in June. You can guarantee that many of us stare longingly at our inboxes mere moments after we hit the send button. Simply put, we empathize.

That said, we also have high standards as editors. We want to give every story or poem the thoughtful consideration it deserves. Many of you have already queried, and you still can by emailing us for a more personal update on the status of your submission. It is most likely, though, that your submission is still under consideration.

You may have also noticed that we posted the contributor list for issue 07. Where does that leave the outstanding submissions from the issue 07 reading period, you might ask? Excellent question! After careful thought, I decided it was best to consider the remaining submissions for our next issue. Our seventh issue is the biggest yet (around 120 pages!) and in order to finish the lengthy process of layout, final edits, and printing on time, I decided close the pages of lucky number seven.

We understand that this was not part of the original deal you made with Weave when you trusted us with your work. If you feel you need to withdraw your piece from consideration, we understand. But if you are open to being considered for issue eight, well, hang in there! Take a deep breath, turn off your computer, and spend some quality time with friends and family. In the mean time, we sincerely appreciate your continued patience and we'll do our best to get back to you as soon as possible!

Gratefully Yours,

Laura & the Weave Gang

Weave News!

There is much going on here at Weave Magazine!

Margaret, Laura, Joel, and Robyn are plugging away at the plethora of submissions for issue 04. If you haven't heard from us yet, never fear! Margaret swears all responses will be sent by April 15th, come hell or high water.

Weave will be heading to the AWP again this year - we're sharing a table with the fine folks over at Open Thread and Margaret will be on the panel The In Sound from Way Out: Submission to Publication - come by and introduce yourself! We love meeting contributors and readers! Margaret promises to only be a little bit socially awkward. She's full of promises it seems.

In fun distribution news, you can now pick up a copy of Weave at Awesome Books on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh (they don't seem to have a website yet, but it's a lovely independent used bookstore right next to Spak Brothers, for those familiar with the area). Weave is also available at the independent bookstore Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley. Margaret and Laura can't wait to go there and poke around!

Finally, we at Weave are having a special offer for the remainder of the month of March! Only a few copies of Weave's first issue remain, and the next 8 people who subscribe to Weave will receive a copy of issue 01 for FREE! How awesome is that? Totally awesome and you know it. So go subscribe!

Weave Magazine Issue 03 is here!

The editors of Weave are so happy to bring you our third issue which, as always, features amazing writing and artwork from a diverse array of contributors. This issue also brings some new features including a short play by the talented Robert Isenberg. You also don't want to miss the interview with poet Huang Xiang whose cover art with artist William Rock is already getting high remarks from our loyal fans. This issue also features work from poet Sheryl St. Germain, fiction from Roxane Gay and artwork by David Mims and Karl Goodrich. You can check out our full contributor list and then go buy a copy on our purchase page. Or better yet, subscribe!

Subscription Swap

With the first issue of Weave about to go to print, Weave would like to offer up 5 subscription swaps. We'll send you the first two issues of Weave (a year's subscription), you send us a year's worth of new issues of your journal.

E-mail us at weavezine@gmail.com if you're interested in making a swap!

Reminders from Weave

With all the success we have seen, with our grant funding and amazing contributors for issue one, it's hard to believe that Weave Magazine is barely six months old. Sometimes when you are a fledgling journal, it can be difficult to keep the momentum going with regard to submissions and inquiries.

While we will be very busy over the next two months with preparation for the issue one release, we absolutely love seeing new submissions in our inbox. We are still open for submissions for issue two until January 31, 2009. Please see our submission guidelines to stay up-to-date on any changes.

We hope you have enjoyed our first two reviews from this summer - we have three more reviews lined up for the fall. If you have a chapbook or a book coming out this winter, please contact us at weavezine@gmail.com to request a review.