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 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 is looking for Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors! Applications open through January 31, 2026.
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Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors Wanted!
jmww is looking for Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors! Applications open through January 31, 2026.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
jmww is looking for Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors! Applications open through January 31, 2026.
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We are pleased to announce that Lisa Thornton has been promoted to Senior Flash Fiction Editor!
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Welcome New Senior Flash Fiction Editor, Lisa Thornton
We are pleased to announce that Lisa Thornton has been promoted to Senior Flash Fiction Editor!
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December 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We are pleased to announce that Lisa Thornton has been promoted to Senior Flash Fiction Editor!
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Poetry: Bloomerang by G. Timothy Gordon
…either way one was in for it…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Until those random words from an oyster noodle shop owner,... I had almost forgotten I was and would always be a non-native speaker of Japanese."
Creative Nonfiction: Your Japanese Is So Good! by Lillian Tsay
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Creative Nonfiction: Your Japanese Is So Good! by Lillian Tsay
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Creative Nonfiction: Your Japanese Is So Good! by Lillian Tsay
Until those random words from an oyster noodle shop owner, I had become so accustomed to being treated like an equal that I had almost forgotten I was and would always be a non-native speaker of Ja…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Until those random words from an oyster noodle shop owner,... I had almost forgotten I was and would always be a non-native speaker of Japanese."
Creative Nonfiction: Your Japanese Is So Good! by Lillian Tsay
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Creative Nonfiction: Your Japanese Is So Good! by Lillian Tsay
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I am only trying to achieve the sensation of Coney Island becoming Brighton Beach that summer:
Poetry: Beach Sentence by Kath DeGennaro
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Poetry: Beach Sentence by Kath DeGennaro
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Poetry: Beach Sentence by Kath DeGennaro
I am only trying to achieve the sensation of Coney Island becoming Brighton Beach that summer:
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November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I am only trying to achieve the sensation of Coney Island becoming Brighton Beach that summer:
Poetry: Beach Sentence by Kath DeGennaro
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Poetry: Beach Sentence by Kath DeGennaro
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"Of course, nobody wanted to be needed this way."
Creative Nonfiction: Grace by Ronita Chattopadhyay
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Creative Nonfiction: Grace by Ronita Chattopadhyay
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Creative Nonfiction: Grace by Ronita Chattopadhyay
Of course, nobody wanted to be needed this way.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Of course, nobody wanted to be needed this way."
Creative Nonfiction: Grace by Ronita Chattopadhyay
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Creative Nonfiction: Grace by Ronita Chattopadhyay
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"Maggie ended up with Gouda. She didn’t choose him. He didn’t choose her."
Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
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Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
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Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
An expensive, sought-after breed, which Maggie only knew because she took a photo of the animal’s smushed face and uploaded it to Google. Maggie ended up with Gouda. She didn’t choose him. He didn’…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Maggie ended up with Gouda. She didn’t choose him. He didn’t choose her."
Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
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Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
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"when they sew up the tattered fabric of my life i hope that they tell tales not just of living death but of feeling the rich golden silk of being born in the seas of love"
Blended & Beyond: karna, critical condition by Arya Vishin
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Blended & Beyond: karna, critical condition by Arya Vishin
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Blended & Beyond: karna, critical condition by Arya Vishin
when they sew up the tattered fabric of my life i hope that they tell tales not just of living death but of feeling the rich golden silk of being born in the seas of love
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November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"when they sew up the tattered fabric of my life i hope that they tell tales not just of living death but of feeling the rich golden silk of being born in the seas of love"
Blended & Beyond: karna, critical condition by Arya Vishin
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Blended & Beyond: karna, critical condition by Arya Vishin
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Congrats to our Pushcart nominees!
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congrats to our Pushcart nominees!
"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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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
"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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To tell the story without an apology,"
Poetry: Survivor’s Guilt by Jordan Cobb
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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
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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
"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
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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
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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
"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
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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
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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
"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
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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
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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
"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
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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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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
"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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CNF: I Swear to Tell the Truth, the Whole Food, and Nothing but the Body by Justin Kolber
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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
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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
"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
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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
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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
"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
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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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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
"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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CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
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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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Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
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November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"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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Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
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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
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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
"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
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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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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
"We weren’t a murder or a flock
but a defense of girls"
Poetry: Seven Sisters by L. Acadia
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but a defense of girls"
Poetry: Seven Sisters by L. Acadia
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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
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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
"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
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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
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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
"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
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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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Reading the queue at jmww has influenced the way I edit my own flash fiction.
Get to Know: Lisa Thornton, Associate Flash Fiction Editor
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
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
"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
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
Reading the queue at jmww has influenced the way I edit my own flash fiction.
Get to Know: Lisa Thornton, Associate Flash Fiction Editor
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...