
gesture started because there are so many writers in the world--on the internet and otherwise—and this magazine wants to present some of them. gesture doesn't necessarily want a singular aesthetic, but it is drawn to work with immediacy, surprise, and the bizarre. gesture will tentatively release a new issue biannually or more, with an emphasis on young fresh writers.
HEIKO JULIEN, JOSEPH BURGESS, AMY SILBERGELD, GREGORY SHERL, JOHN TOTTENHAM, GRANT MAIERHOFER, AMY BERKOWITZ, MEGAN LEIGH SCHUIRMANN, SARAH COOK, BRYAN DEJONGHE, CHUCK YOUNG, STEPHANIE DOWDA, HUNTER PAYNE, RICH BAIOCCO, DUSTY NEU, LEXI ROBERTS, BEACH SLOTH, SB STOKES, LEO STILLINGER, CALEB BOUCHARD
editor /// matthew sherling
cover art /// lexi roberts
layout designer /// jason schenheit
MG MARTIN, STEVE ROGGENBUCK, DANIEL ALEXANDER, ANHVU BUCHANAN, SUSAN CALVILLO, KATI MERTZ, KELLY SCHIRMANN, MICHAEL INSCOE, ROBERT VAUGHAN, YUME KIM, MAT COCHRAN, MARCUS SLEASE, SHALI NICHOLAS, JESSE PRADO, JAMES CLAFFEY, DIANNA DRAGONETTI, LEXI ROBERTS, JAYDN DEWALD
editor /// matthew sherling
cover art /// brooke snellings
layout designer /// jason schenheit

FRANZ WRIGHT, ROSMARIE WALDROP, DANIEL SUAREZ, NATE PRITTS, PARKER TETTLETON, BRYAN DEJONGHE, LEANNE MILWAY CHABALKO, HOWIE GOOD, STEPHANIE DOEING, DANIEL BEAUREGARD, CLARISSA AMES, PAMELA BENJAMIN, KAREN VALLADARES, LAUREN BECKER, TOMAS MONIZ, MEG JOHNSON
editor /// matthew sherling
layout designer /// jason schenheit

LYDIA DAVIS, JACKIE CLARK, THOMAS PATRICK LEVY, STEPHEN ROSENSHEIN, SB STOKES, AMY LAWLESS, AIDA CURTIS, MATTHEW KEUTER, CASSANDRA TROYAN, HOWIE GOOD
editor : cover art /// matthew sherling
layout designer /// jason schenheit

BEN MIROV, EDWARD MULLANY, SAMANTHA DE TRINIDAD, JOSEPH BURGESS, ROD ROLAND, TRUONG TRAN, CHAD DAVIDSON, TRISTA EDWARDS, JUSTIN ETC., LOGAN BOWLES, YUME KIM, GREGORY FRASER, PHIL ELVERUM, DIANA SALIER, DAN LAU, DANIEL SUAREZ
editor : cover art /// matthew sherling
layout designer /// jason schenheit