Established in 2022 in Jersey City, NJ
WAYE, short for "We Appreciate Your Enthusiasm," the infamous first line of every rejection letter a writer has ever gotten, is a poetry reading series that happens every last Wednesday of the month.
From this, we created By the WAYE, a magazine of poetry and visual art published twice a year under our small indie press, WAYE Small Press. By the WAYE is funded in part by the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.
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Volume 01, Issue 02, 2025
122 pages
Release date: Fall 2025
By the WAYE is an independent print magazine of poetry and visual art published by WAYE Small Press & Sure Things.
POETRY
Gregg Yupanki Bautista, Dana Belott, Buttered Roll, Gabriel Cleveland, Isabel Cruz, Danielle Dadamo, Emdash AKA Emily Lu Gao, Mark Faunlagui, Benedicto Figueroa, Jonathan Fletcher, Ezra Gatlin, Raul Garcia, Caitlin C. Gillmett, Sarah A. Goodman, Katelyn Halpern, Blanche Kabengele, Aurelia Luciano, Yetvart S. Majian, John C. Massett, Daniel Nester, Gabriel E. Parsacala, Madhuri Pavamani, Shannon Pulusan, RescuePoetix | Susan Justiniano, Bill Rood, Annabelle Roses, Salvatore Roseo, Ryan’s Daughter, John J. Trause, J.T. Trigonis, William J. Van Sickell, S.J. Willett, Anton Yakovlev, Donald Zirilli
FEATURED POET
Gia Clark-Grillo
VISUAL ART
Renelle White Buffalo
Cover art:
THE MOVEMENT
by Renelle White Buffalo
Acrylic, collage, ribbon and
emboidery thread on canvas
2024
This magazine was paid for in part by a grant from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.
The second issue of By the WAYE magazine features the work of over 30 poets from across New Jersey and beyond. It also features this stunning cover art called “The Movement,” a mixed-media painting by local Jersey City Heights artist Renelle White Buffalo.
