Published in 2008 with an introduction by Susan Elderkin, the contributors for the fifth issue were:
Thea Bennett
Gul Y. Davis
Jon Elsom
Albert Garcia
Pippa Griffin
Anupama Kumari Gohel
Anna Hope
Alison Huntington
J.D. Keith
Olja Knežević
Cynthia Medford Langley
Toby Litt, Philip Makatrewicz
Paul Martin
Josh Raymond
Sarah Salway
Thomas Jerome Seabrook
Ali Smith
Melissa de Villiers
Matthew Weait.
MIR5 was edited by Pippa Griffin, Keith Jarrett, Cynthia Langley, Philip Makatrewicz, and Josh Raymond.