Come meet publisher Jen Michalski on Thursday, June 17 at our annual Ice Cream Social, held at the home of MWA HoCo’s webster, Angela Render. (RSVP to Angela with your name and names of any guests to receive address and directions. Her info is below.)

THIS IS ALSO OUR ELECTION MEETING. Our President, Treasurer, and Secretary spots are up election and we are looking for a program coordinator. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING!

Date/Time: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 7:00-9:00 pm
Location: Home of MWA HoCo’s webster, Angela Render (RSVP to lioness@thunderpaw.com for address and directions)
Guests: Publisher Jen Michalski and contributor Nathan Leslie
Event: Ice Cream Social with readings from jmww Anthology IV, the best of jmww journal's 2009 online issues.

Journals will be available for purchase ($7). Jen Michalski's first story collection, Close Encounters, is available from So New (2007) and her second is forthcoming from Dzanc (2013). She is the editor of City Sages: Baltimore (CityLit Press 2010) and editor of the literary quarterly and blog jmww.

Nathan Leslie is the author of six books of short fiction, one book of poetry, and editor of two anthologies. He is the fiction editor for Pedestal Magazine and was the series editor for Best of the Web. He lives in Northern Virginia, and teaches at Northern Virginia Community College.

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