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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 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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Congrats to our Pushcart nominees!
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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"I tried to do it right the first time.
To tell the story without an apology,"

Poetry: Survivor’s Guilt by Jordan Cobb

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Poetry: Survivor’s Guilt by Jordan Cobb
I tried to do it right the first time. To tell the story without an apology,
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November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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"My Grandmother Willow wasn’t a willow at all."

Creative Nonfiction: Grandmother Willow by Jacqueline Frigano
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Creative Nonfiction: Grandmother Willow by Jacqueline Frigano
My Grandmother Willow wasn’t a willow at all. She was a sturdy walnut tree, watching over our family from the ripped screen of the kitchen door.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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"Kai wonders if this is a drill or not."

Flash Fiction: All Clear by Alex Juffer

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Flash Fiction: All Clear by Alex Juffer
Kai wonders if this is a drill or not. Too late to ask. Lately, he’s had a hard time paying attention
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November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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"And now for something completely different, work by Maudie Bryant."

Blended & Beyond: defiant stones; heavy treasures; bathtub vignette by Maudie Bryant

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Blended & Beyond: defiant stones; heavy treasures; bathtub vignette by Maudie Bryant
And now for something completely different, work by Maudie Bryant.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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"I’ve always been fascinated by this disconnect and by the stories that are forged by dancers’ passion and discipline."

Dancing With Myself: A Conversation with Janine Kovac by Swetha Amit

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Dancing With Myself: A Conversation with Janine Kovac by Swetha Amit
I’ve always been fascinated by this disconnect and by the stories that are forged by dancers’ passion and discipline.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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"I grew up in the steroidal boom of the 1980s, on a steady diet of ripped male torsos: live action wrestling, barbarian cartoons..."

CNF: I Swear to Tell the Truth, the Whole Food, and Nothing but the Body by Justin Kolber

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Creative Nonfiction: I Swear to Tell the Truth, the Whole Food, and Nothing but the Body by Justin Kolber
I grew up in the steroidal boom of the 1980s, on a steady diet of ripped male torsos: live action wrestling, barbarian cartoons, and an endless stream of R-rated Jean Claude Van Damme kick flicks.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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"There are no seasons four floors up."

Blended & Beyond: Brenda B; Employee Handbook by Keith Woodruff

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Blended & Beyond: Brenda B; Employee Handbook by Keith Woodruff
There are no seasons four floors up.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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"It’s rarely the “perfect” time to do something like an MFA."

In the Family: An Interview with Keith Kopka by Curtis Smith

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In the Family: An Interview with Keith Kopka by Curtis Smith
It’s rarely the “perfect” time to do something like an MFA.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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"With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist paradise."

CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum

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Creative Nonfiction: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist para…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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"The challenge of flash fiction is, of course, to pick the right words to tell a complete story, since the writer is allowed so few."

Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton

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November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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"The harder life gets, the more we need to laugh."

The Reality of It: An Interview with R.L. Maizes by Jen Michalski

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The Reality of It: An Interview with R.L. Maizes by Jen Michalski
The harder life gets, the more we need to laugh.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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"We weren’t a murder or a flock
but a defense of girls"

Poetry: Seven Sisters by L. Acadia

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Poetry: Seven Sisters by L. Acadia
We weren’t a murder or a flock but a defense of girls
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October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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"My family and I stand in the yard of our new house, burning a pile of dirty magazines."

Creative Nonfiction: Purification by Hope Jordan

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Creative Nonfiction: Purification by Hope Jordan
My family and I stand in the yard of our new house, burning a pile of dirty magazines.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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"A month before she died, she stripped to her bra and underwear on a July day and climbed into a city fountain."

Flash Fiction: Not What the Living Think by Beth Hahn

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Flash Fiction: Not What the Living Think by Beth Hahn
A month before she died, she stripped to her bra and underwear on a July day and climbed into a city fountain.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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"How has being part of jmww influenced you as a writer?"

Reading the queue at jmww has influenced the way I edit my own flash fiction.

Get to Know: Lisa Thornton, Associate Flash Fiction Editor
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Get to Know: Lisa Thornton, Associate Flash Fiction Editor
Behind the Scenes, featuring a jmww editorial team member. This week, get to know Lisa Thornton, Associate Flash Fiction Editor
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October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Welcome our new Senior Fiction Editor, Priyanuj Mazumdar!

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Welcome New Senior Fiction Editor: Priyanuj Mazumdar
Welcome our new Senior Fiction Editor, Priyanuj Mazumdar!
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October 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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My daughter calls skeletons ‘diamonds’

Poetry: Sculpting Water Wearing Mittens by Colin Griffin

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Poetry: Sculpting Water Wearing Mittens by Colin Griffin
My daughter calls skeletons ‘diamonds’
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October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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"This neighborhood isn’t a stepping stone; it’s the last safe place before the edge."

Creative Nonfiction: The Last Safe Place: A 2025 Reckoning by Theodora Filis
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Creative Nonfiction: The Last Safe Place: A 2025 Reckoning by Theodora Filis
This neighborhood isn’t a stepping stone; it’s the last safe place before the edge.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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"Literature has a role not only in understanding the past, reflecting the present and shaping the future."

Finding Her Voice: A Conversation with Tara Dorabji by Swetha Amit

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Finding Her Voice: A Conversation with Tara Dorabji by Swetha Amit
Literature has a role not only in understanding the past, reflecting the present and shaping the future.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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"It was still ugly but didn’t really have a witchy vibe to it anymore"

Creative Nonfiction: An Everyday Occurrence by Angela Marotta

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Creative Nonfiction: An Everyday Occurrence by Angela Marotta
It was still ugly but didn’t really have a witchy vibe to it anymore; in fact, I could feel the corners of my mouth turn up as I gazed at it.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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"Novel ideas are weird."

Had a blast talking to my fellow writer, friend, Baltimore lover, and funny guy Matt Norman about his new novel, Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon!

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Plot Points: An Interview with Matt Norman with Jen Michalski
Reading a funny writer writing about grief was very helpful.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"It turns out spackling is a friendly art."

Creative Nonfiction: Off the Wall by Angela Townsend

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Creative Nonfiction: Off the Wall by Angela Townsend
It turns out spackling is a friendly art. The seven-dollar tube was forgiving and cooperative. “Too much” and “too little” could both be fixed.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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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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October 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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