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Wasafiri

Literary journal of Afro-Caribbean slant; "short stories, poetry, reviews, essays". Featured writers include: Nadine Gordimer, Caryl Phillips, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Kelwyn Sole, Benjamin Zephaniah, Maggie Gee, E A Markham, Jackie Kay and many more outstanding international writers and poets.

Issues & Index Sources:  1984 – present
Publishers:   University of London
Website:   www.wasafiri.org
Editors:   Susheila Nasta (in 1997)
Frequency:   twice-yearly

Wascana Review
Issues & Index Sources:  1966 – present
Publishers:   English Dept., University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Kathleen Wall (in 1998 - 2002)
Frequency:   twice yearly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Washington Review

D.C.-area arts magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  ? – 1998?
Publishers:   P.O. Box 50132, Washington, DC 20091-0132 (in 2002)
Editors:   in 1998: Joe Ross (literary editor); Clarissa K. Wittenberg (in 2002)
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Washington Square
Issues & Index Sources:  ? – present
Publishers:   Creative Writing Program, New York University, 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003-4556 (in 2000 - 2002)
Frequency:   annual
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Wasp
Issues & Index Sources:  1876 – 1935
Editors:   1880 – 1886: Ambrose Bierce
Frequency:   weekly

Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine

Primarily a "muckraking journal", but also ran some poetry and fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

  Mar-1905 – Feb-1906, as Tom Watson's Magazine: Fictionmags Website
  Mar-1906 – Dec-1906, as Watson's Magazine: Fictionmags Website
  1907 – ?, as Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine

Publishers

  Thomas E. Watson

Editors

  Thomas E. Watson

Frequency

  monthly
 

The Wave

Total Issues: 7

Little magazine, mostly poetry, fiction, artwork and occasional essays. Stories by Arthur Machen, Vincent Starrett, William Saphier, Haniel Long, Ben Hecht. Last issue was apparently mailed to subscribers from Denmark where the publisher had fled due to debts. Starrett never saw that final issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1922 – Sep-1923?: Index to (American) Little Magazines
Publishers:   Hinrichson & Lunoe, Chicago
Editors:   Vincent Starrett
Formats:   review size
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   46/58pp
Frequency:   started as monthly but irregular after issue #2 (roughly quarterly).

The Waverley Magazine

Dow discovered budding amateur authors would pay him to publish their stories. Dow opened this opportunity to subscribers only and apparently never paid a cent for anything he published. He pirated many UK serials such as "Bleak House".

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1850 – ?
Publishers:   Moses A. Dow, Boston
Editors:   Moses A. Dow
Formats:   tabloid
Frequency:   weekly; later monthly

Wax Dragon (fnz)

Total Issues: 3

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1977 – #3, 1980: Miller/Contento

Wayside Tales [1901]

Published "short stories of interest, ranging from three to five thousand words".

Issues & Index Sources

  Mar-1901 – Jul-1901, as Detroit Monthly
  Aug-1901 – ?, as Wayside Tales

Publishers

  in 1903: Wayside Publishing Company, 38 Congress Street West, Detroit, Michigan
  Oct-1903 – ?: Chicago

Prices

  10c

Frequency

  monthly

Wayside Tales [1912]

Originally a cartooning magazine, but fiction was added from Jul-1921 when the "Wayside" name was first used; authors included Vincent Starrett, Victor Rousseau; also published "The Cupboard" by Jeffery Farnol (Apr-1922).

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1912 – May-1913, as Cartoons (non-fiction)
  Jun-1913 – Jun-1921, as Cartoons Magazine (non-fiction)
  Jul-1921, as Cartoons and Wayside Tales: Index to Fiction in Wayside Tales
  Aug-1921 – Dec-1921, as Wayside Tales and Cartoons Magazine: Index to Fiction in Wayside Tales
  Jan-1922 – May-1922, as Wayside Tales: Index to Fiction in Wayside Tales

Formats

  standard format, slick paper

Frequency

  monthly

Sources

  AHGTTP

Web Detective Stories

 see under (Saturn) (Web Detective/Terror Stories)

Weber Studies

Interdisciplinary humanities journal.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1984 – present
Publishers:   Weber State College, 1214 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-1214 (in 1998 - 2002)
Website:   www.altx.com/ebr/w(ebr)/index.html (not updated since 1997)
Editors:   Neila Seshachari (in 1998); Sherwin W. Howard (in 2000 - 2002)
Frequency:   thrice yearly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Webster Review

#18 (Fall 1994) was a special '20 Years' retro-spective

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1975? – present
Publishers:   Webster College, Webster Groves, MO
Editors:   Nancy Schapiro
Formats:   review
Frequency:   thrice yearly

Web Terror Stories

 see under (Saturn) (Web Detective/Terror Stories)

Wedding Bells

Total Issues: 465 (approximately, may be 470)

See Waite, Quest for Bloods, pp.59-60.

Issues & Index Sources

  29-Nov-1870 – 1879
  1880 – 1883, as Wedding Bells Novelette (unconfirmed)

Publishers

  Brett

Formats

  tabloid (imperial quarto)

Prices

  1d

Pagecounts

  16pp

Frequency

  weekly

The Wedding Ring

Total Issues: 40 (approximately)

A companion to Wedding Bells.

Issues & Index Sources:  6-Mar-1871 – Nov-1871?
Publishers:   Brett
Formats:   tabloid (quarto)
Prices:   ½d
Pagecounts:   8pp
Frequency:   weekly

Weekend [1960s]

"Short stories (1000 words) with plenty of atmosphere".

Issues & Index Sources:  ?
Publishers:   Northcliffe House, London EC4
Editors:   David Hill (in 1962)
Frequency:   weekly

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