Weave Magazine Explained

Editor:Laura E. Davis
Category:Literary magazine
Language:English
Publisher:Weave Magazine
Country:United States
Based:Pittsburgh
Frequency:Biannual
Firstdate:2008
Finaldate:Summer 2016
Oclc:326861457
Issn:1948-1551

Weave Magazine was an American literary magazine based in Pittsburgh.[1] It was established in order to remedy a perceived gender imbalance in contemporary literary publishing. Weave published literary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, reviews and artwork biannually in January and July. The magazine was last published in 2016.[2]

History

Weave was established by Laura E. Davis and Margaret Bashaar in May 2008. It ensures that at least half of the work in each issue is created by women.[3] Weaves vision of diversity has since expanded to feature work by LGBT writers, writers of color, writers of age and disabled writers, among other marginalized voices.[4] Davis served as the editor-in-chief.

Awards

The magazine, or pieces that have appeared in it, received the following awards:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About. Weave. 2014-01-15.
  2. News: Number 5, Summer 2016. May 15, 2020. Weave Magazine.
  3. Web site: Davis . Laura E. . The Origin of a Name: Weave, Diversity and Visions for the Future. Weave . 2011-02-11 . 2013-02-06.
  4. Web site: Opinion . Literary Journals Taking Action . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110212520/http://sotospeakjournal.org/2011/08/literary-journals-taking-action/ . dead . 2011-11-10 . So to Speak . 2011-08-11 . 2013-02-06.
  5. Web site: Kate Partridge. Push by Kate Partridge . Verse Daily . 2014-01-15.
  6. Web site: Suzanne Marie Hopcroft . Tantrum by Suzanne Marie Hopcroft . Verse Daily . 2014-01-15.
  7. Web site: 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229055647/http://www.microaward.org/2012 . dead. 2012-02-29 . The Micro Award . 2013-02-06.
  8. Web site: Weave Magazine. https://archive.today/20130416061719/http://www.sproutfund.org/project/seed-0953. dead . 2013-04-16. The Sprout Fund. 2008-09-12. 2013-02-06.

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