The life that dirtcakes has taken on is utterly astounding. We are fueled by support from friends and family, and the energy of writers and readers we’ve yet to meet. This issue is dedicated to one of those readers.

I found out about her through a teacher friend of mine. Her name is Victoria.

Victoria is a writer in 6th grade. Her parents want her to be a pharmacist.

Every week at school during computer time, she logs onto the dirtcakes website to see what we’ve been up to.

She noticed when the slide show went up; her favorite picture is the starving Buddha.

"Oh my gosh, it’s coming soon!" she said last week when we updated with: “submissions closed”.

"Oh my gosh! Volume 1 will be available for purchase (print or download) on June 1!"

"Oh my gosh!" Her enthusiasm convinces the teacher that a copy must be purchased for the class.

Victoria returns to her desk and writes, poetry mostly.

She tells her teacher she’ll be a writing pharmacist, but that she’ll love the writing part of her life the best.

So, with Victoria in mind, and the countless others who said they couldn’t wait to see (finally) this thing called dirtcakes, we pushed.

With the help of the best literary magazine staff ever, with the proceeds from hundreds of bottles and cans collected and recycled by family and friends, with writers and photographers and artists, we pushed.

Birth is beautiful.

--CK
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