A NEW ISSUE BEGINS
On Saturday February 19th (just 4 days after the Submission Deadline came to past), Forwardian's
Poetry and Literary Editor (Alexandra Carpenter) met with our new Art and Photography Director
(Andrea Robbins Rimberg) and Editor in Chief (Jan Julia) to explore the over 85 submissions
received to begin determining which ones will be included in the second issue of our magazine. It
was a very fun and productive meeting as images and words began their journey Forwardian. A
great deal of work still needs to be done before our magazine's publication arrives in (with fingers
crossed) in April 2011. But, with talented people like these bringing their skills to the fore, well, we
can expect nothing less than wonderful things. Please feel free to contact them in order to welcome
with them well as they bring all the magazine's dreams into realities.
On May 2nd, 2011 we published the online
version of the 2nd issue of our magazine,
"Forwardian." Thank you to all those who
contributed their work and to those who
helped bring this wonderful publication
together. We're looking forwardian to working
with you as we prepare our next issue.
FORWARDIAN III
After taking a brief break from publishing our second issue, we began work on the third issue
of Forwardian. We put out the word we were accepting creative contributions and began
receiving some truly wonderful work which made the selection process a wonderful challenge.
We also made some major decisions relating to the magazine.

The first was to forego attempts to present a print version of Forwardian. Although the initial
reasoning was based upon the difficulty we had raising enough funds to do so, we soon
realized an online version of our publication allowed us many options we wouldn't have
otherwise.

The second decision we made was to hold a competition to determine what images would
appear on the front and back covers of our next issue. The Cover to Cover exhibition was held
at The Sarah Street Grill in Stroudsburg, PA from June until August in 2011 with an abundance
of artists and photographers sharing their talents and numerous art lovers in attendance.

You may read more about the exhibition and its reception here.
On December 11th, 2011 we published the
online version of the 3rd issue of our magazine,
"Forwardian." Thank you to all those who
contributed their work and to those who helped
bring this wonderful publication together. We're
looking forwardian to working with you as we
prepare our next issue.
FORWARDIAN IV
Although the joy of completing the third issue of Forwardian along with the compliments we've
received from those who experienced it made us eager to begin work on the forth issue, we
took a break in order to catch our breaths. Unfortunately, our Editor in Chief Jan Julia informed
us she was unable to continue her role in our magazine due to her commitment as Director of
a production titled, “The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew” to be presented at The Shawnee
Playhouse*** in Shawnee on Delaware, PA beginning Friday March 23rd. Although she and her
Pivotal contributions to the magazine will be missed, we wish her the best of everything in her
endeavors.

As we begun the task of seeking new work for the fourth issue, we decided to create positions
to assist the Forwardian managerial staff in their endeavors. There were two reasons for this.

The first was based upon our experience in receiving so much work during the submission
schedule of the third issue that it sometimes overwhelmed our managerial staff and threatened
to overshadow their abilities to meet other important obligations germaine to their life
conditions. The second reason derived from our desire to provide an opportunity to others
who sought to participate in decisions effecting the progress and development of Forwardian.

We put out the word we were accepting submission and searching for help at the end of
January 2012. Although the reception of submissions was scheduled to begin on Sunday
February 5th, numerous contributions were sent to us prior to that date. This was and remains
to be considered a wonderful blessing and a humbling show of support by the creative
community for our publication. We look forward to receiving more prior to the April 15th, 2012
submission deadline for the June 2012 edition of Forwardian.

It was around this time Chris Sullivan contacted us with an interest in becoming an assistant
to one of our Managerial Staff members. On Saturday February 25th, he met with our Poetry
and Literary Editor (Alexandra Carpenter) and will be helping her perform her tasks soon. It is
at this time we would like to welcome Chris aboard.