We provide an online platform for compelling true stories. We publish an issue the first Sunday morning of every month, and each issue features the work of one writer, one voice, one story from real life. sneaker wave magazine exists to elevate the work of nonfiction writers and to connect people through the power of storytelling. sneaker wave magazine is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Our Editorial Team:
McKenzie Watson-Fore (Executive Editor) is a writer, editor, and artist based in Boulder, Colorado. She holds an MFA in Writing from Pacific University. She serves as the arts and culture editor for Boulder Reporting Lab and as the inaugural critic-in-residence for MAYDAY magazine. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Christian Century, the Rumpus, Electric Literature, Full Stop, and elsewhere. Her writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best American Essays, and Best of the Net. When she's not at the desk, McKenzie can be found dancing Argentine tango, drinking tea on her back porch, or at mwatsonfore.substack.com.
Angela Wang (Managing Editor) loves reading new work and the editing process where she has the privilege of working with writers to help make their real life, true stories shine. She holds a BA from the University of Washington and a MA from Yale University. After toiling away at various investment banks in Hong Kong for years, Angela returned to Seattle and earned her MFA in Writing from Pacific University where she was awarded the Kwame Dawes Mapmakers Scholarship. Her work can be found in Stratus: Journal of Arts & Writing and elsewhere and her writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Angela is currently working on a book about family history and graveyards. She lives with her family in Seattle, Washington.
Julie Beckerman Levine (Editorial Director) believes that compelling true stories can bring people together in really beautiful ways. She started her career on the business side of book publishing and later moved to the creative side. She holds both a BA and MA in American Literature from New York University and completed an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Pacific University in June 2023. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Mike Magnuson (Editor Emeritus) has been teaching writing and coaching writers through the publication process for more than thirty years. His books include The Right Man for the Job, The Fire Gospels, Lummox, Heft on Wheels, and Bike Tribes. And his shorter work has appeared in Esquire, Bicycling, Popular Mechanics, Backpacker, the Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. He lives on the north shore of Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago and has been a faculty member of Pacific University’s Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing for a long time.
The entire sneaker wave mag team is so grateful to Mike Magnuson, who had the original convening vision for the publication, and without whom, the magazine would not exist.
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A note on facts: While sneaker wave magazine exclusively publishes nonfiction, these stories have been reconstructed from memory. Certain details may vary from actual events, and select names have been changed. Thank you for acknowledging the subjective nature of human experience.
