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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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.