| THE FORWARDIAN ARTS SOCIETY PRESENTS FORWARDIAN A LITERARY AND ARTS MAGAZINE VOLUME I ISSUE 3 |
| We welcome you to our literary and arts magazine and invite you to read the wonderful words and view the captivating images contained within our publication. You'll be able to access our offering by clicking links of our various sections. You can also learn more about the contributor of each piece of literature, poetry, art, or photography by clicking onto their name. |
| Valerie Cruz - Writer Cityscape Joann Castrillo - Artist Unrequited Frank Desena - Poet Day Breaks Joseph Bottari - Artist Image: Heinrich Maneuver |
| James Chesnick, Photographer - Front Cover James has been a resident of East Stroudsburg for the last seven years and attended H. B. studios in NYC to study acting and modeling. He found he liked being behind the lens of a camera just as well. His photograph titled, “SPRING TULIP” won first place in our "Cover to Cover" juried exhibition and was chosen to be presented on our front cover. “This digital sepia tone photograph was taken in my garden.” James Chesnick |
| Kim Pollard, Photographer - Back Cover Kim Pollard is a nature photographer who lives in Blairstown, NJ with her husband and two children. Her Photograph titled, “NIGHT AND DAY” won second place in our "Cover to Cover" juried exhibition and was chosen to be presented on our back cover. “A walk in the woods on a bright, sunny day yielded this photo. Even the cat agreed that black and white worked best!” Kim Pollard Website |
| Paul Adam Smeltz - Publisher Novel - The Bird of Wisdom Chapter 1 Monica Yasmin Woodhead - Photographer Image: Home for a King Jeffery B. Strunk - Photographer Image: Rocky Roots |
| Bonnie Rauf - Writer Novel: The Journal of Alan S. Tremain (Part 2) Joan Polishook - Artist End of Winter Jill Nobles - Photographer Image: The Face Valerie Cruz - Poet Poem: Shell Shocked |
| Carolyn Santisco - Writer Story: Another Woman Kari Nespola - Artist Image: Mexico Randy Boone - Poet Poem: Poetry Is |
| Debbie Burke - Poet Poem: Magnolias Barbara Courouble - Photographer Image: Metallic Rose Susan Field - Photographer Image: Somewhere over the Rainbow Lane Watson - Poet Poem: i am sorry for your birth . . . For M. |
| William “Ed” Kendall - Writer Story: Unionville Chris Berger - Photographer Image: Abandoned Past Anita Everhart - Poet Poem: Leaving nothing behind Wayne Tuttle - Poet Poem: I'll Do Without You Patty The Poet Poem: A Heartfelt Loss Joanne Bridgman - Artist Image: Snow barn Lee B. Cunningham Green - Poet Poem: So are you the one..... |
| Holly Avila - Poet Poem: Dreams John Hudanish - Photographer Image: Vietnamese Children Ka-Son Reeves - Artist Image: Man-Woman-Earth Erin Miller - Poet Poem: The Midnight Dance Leslie Nagy - Photographer Image: Pink Slippers |
| Dana Harvey - Poet Poem: Broken Hearts Christa Alford - Artist Image: Wings for Bill Will Daskal - Artist Image: Delaware Alchove |
| Juanita Kirton - Poet Poem: Blue Narlene Jacobs - Photographer Image: Sammy Sax |
| Bettina “Gold” Wilkerson - Poet Poem: They Stood Sarah V. Carey - Poet Poem: Untitled Terry Flatt - Artist Colorado Aspen |
| Garth Woods - Photographer Image: Barcelona Museum Patricia Griffin - Artist Image: Storyteller Anja Gudic - Artist Image: Fred's Theory Andrea Robbins Rimberg - Art and Photography Director Image: The Spaniard Eric Goins - Photographer Image: Charles Lloyde Beth Hewitt - Photographer Image: Bassman Pat Transue - Photographer Image: Antique Tan Chrysler |
| Alexa Carpenter - Literary and Poetry Editor Poem: Glimpses In Pen Craig Roberts- Poet Poem: Selah |
| A Special Invitation We invite you to write a story or poem inspired by the image on the Front Cover of this issue. We will choose the best poem and story to be featured in a special section of our next issue. Please feel free to learn email us for more information. |
Forwardian is a literary and arts magazine serving the Creative Community
as an extension of The For-wardian Arts Society. It continues to present
high quality art, short stories, poetry and more to its readership.
In keeping with the principles of The Forwardian Arts Society, Forwardian
encourages poets, writers, and artists to contribute the best of their work
to be shared with our readership. It also sup-ports poets, writers, and
artists by assuring contributions accepted for publication will be
presented in Forwardian as intended. We value the intelligence and
maturity of our readership and feel censor-ship should not be necessary.
Furthermore, while we may not publish all the material we receive, we will
accept all contributions with loving respect. It is our intention to inspire
all writers, poets, and artists in their endeavors. No material sent to
Forwardian will be distributed further or used in any other manner without
express permission in writing from the author, poet or artist. The author,
artist, or poet retains all copyrights.
The publisher assumes no liability nor responsibility for the opinions,
posts, comments, reviews, articles, poems, photos, drawings, etc.
contained herein.
The publisher assumes no responsibility for the origin of any work
reproduced here and does not directly or by implication verify the
ownership of the intellectual property herein, making the assumption that
the byline or credit is correct as represented when submitted for
publication. Content not otherwise denoted is copyright of publisher.
Publisher: Paul Adam Smeltz
Please contact Forwardian at
570-269-3348 or Forwardian@hotmail.com
for more information.
as an extension of The For-wardian Arts Society. It continues to present
high quality art, short stories, poetry and more to its readership.
In keeping with the principles of The Forwardian Arts Society, Forwardian
encourages poets, writers, and artists to contribute the best of their work
to be shared with our readership. It also sup-ports poets, writers, and
artists by assuring contributions accepted for publication will be
presented in Forwardian as intended. We value the intelligence and
maturity of our readership and feel censor-ship should not be necessary.
Furthermore, while we may not publish all the material we receive, we will
accept all contributions with loving respect. It is our intention to inspire
all writers, poets, and artists in their endeavors. No material sent to
Forwardian will be distributed further or used in any other manner without
express permission in writing from the author, poet or artist. The author,
artist, or poet retains all copyrights.
The publisher assumes no liability nor responsibility for the opinions,
posts, comments, reviews, articles, poems, photos, drawings, etc.
contained herein.
The publisher assumes no responsibility for the origin of any work
reproduced here and does not directly or by implication verify the
ownership of the intellectual property herein, making the assumption that
the byline or credit is correct as represented when submitted for
publication. Content not otherwise denoted is copyright of publisher.
Publisher: Paul Adam Smeltz
Please contact Forwardian at
570-269-3348 or Forwardian@hotmail.com
for more information.
| Forwardian welcomes your comments and thoughts on our endeavors or anything you would like to share in regards to the arts. If you’re a writer, poet, artist, or photographer and would like to have your work considered for publication in our magazine, we would like to hear from you. Please Contact us at Forwardian@hotmail.com with your comments and to receive our submission guidelines. It will be wonderful to hear from you and we will keep a good thought for you until then. |
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