''Weave Magazine'' was an American literary magazine based in

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. 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.

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. ''Weaves vision of diversity has since expanded to feature work by

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writers, writers of color, writers of age and disabled writers, among other marginalized voices. Davis served as the

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Awards

The magazine, or pieces that have appeared in it, received the following awards: * 2013 ''Verse Daily'': "Push" by Kate Partridge and "Tantrum" by Suzanne Marie Hopcroft. * 2012 Micro Award Finalist: Anthony Varallo's story, "All Very Surprising", which appeared in ''Weave'' issue 7. * 2008 Seed Award from The Sprout Fund.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.weavemagazine.net
Review of issue 2
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Review of issue 6
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