Editorial Letter

I am grateful to be able to introduce this second issue of Wayward Literature. Thinking back to how it started and where we are now, I am astounded by the capacity of what we’ve been able to achieve, and by all the creative work I’ve seen come through our submission window. When we first discussed the idea of creating a literary magazine, we wanted it to be a space where writers could feel unrestrained by publishing criteria. What would writers, poets, and artists submit if there were, effectively, no rules? What would be unleashed?

D I T O R I A L L E T T E R

Well we found out. We theme our issues in order to encourage diversity of submitted work, and this volume was no exception. Issue 2 is themed “You” - the lived and embodied identity. One of the genres that literary magazines tend to see submitted the least is creative non-fiction, which we noticed with our first volume. So, we asked writers from all over the world to think about who “you” are, what “your” lived experience has been like, and who “you” want to be Enclosed in this issue are their remarkable, heartfelt, intense, thought-provoking, twisted, and beautiful answers

We at Wayward are thrilled to be a part of such a vibrant creative community We hope to not only encourage new breeds of creativity, but to contribute to the existing culture of online creative writing!

Thank you to our amazing reviewers for your time and your feedback on each and every submission. That kind of personal touch, I believe, is what makes Wayward so meaningful and what helps set us apart.

Thank you to our contributors for this issue, for without you we would have no magazine A special thank you to one such contributor, Janis Butler Holm, for submitting this issue’s cover art, “Imprisoned Books.”

Sincerely,

Nola Prevost Editor