Al Maginnes
Against Relapse

Al Maginnes - Against Relapse

Poetry
Al Maginnes's most recent books are Ghost Alphabet (White Pine Press, 2008), winner of the 2007 White Pine Poetry Prize, and two chapbooks published in 2010, Between States (Main Street Rag) and… Read more »
Chandler Oliphant
An Artist's Creation, Relaxation

Chandler Oliphant - An Artist's Creation, Relaxation

Visual
I took this photograph last Spring in Vejer de La Frontera, a small town near the beach in Cádiz, Spain. At that time, I had been studying abroad and living with a host mom named Concha in Seville.… Read more »
Gregory Wolos
An Evening with Willie Freeze

Gregory Wolos - An Evening with Willie Freeze

Fiction
Gregory J. Wolos’s fiction has recently appeared or is forthcoming in The Los Angeles Review, PANK, A Cappella Zoo, Jersey Devil Press, Waccamaw Journal, FRiGG, Storyglossia, elimae, Apple Valley… Read more »
Christopher Woods
Close Dreams

Christopher Woods - Close Dreams

Visual
I was a writer long before I ever thought of being a photographer. I had always loved photographs, but since I was already a writer, I thought that was vice enough. Frankly, I still wonder about this,… Read more »
Paul Hostovsky
Clutch Steal

Paul Hostovsky - Clutch Steal

Poetry
Paul Hostovsky is the author of 3 books of poetry, Bending the Notes, Dear Truth, and A Little in Love a Lot. He has won a Pushcart Prize and been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, The Writer’s… Read more »
Jen Murvin Edwards
Come In, Come In

Jen Murvin Edwards - Come In, Come In

Contest - 3rd Place
Jen Murvin Edwards' stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The MacGuffin, Palooka, Moon City Review, and Huizache literary journals, and she was a Finalist in Glimmer Train's 2010 Very Short… Read more »
Ned Balbo
Dark Horse

Ned Balbo - Dark Horse

Poetry
Ned Balbo received the 2010 Donald Justice Prize, selected by A.E. Stallings, for The Trials of Edgar Poe and Other Poems (Story Line Press/WCU Poetry Center). His previous books include Lives of the… Read more »
Colin Rafferty
Digging In

Colin Rafferty - Digging In

Creative Nonfiction
Colin Rafferty teaches nonfiction writing at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Other recent essays can be read in Utne Reader, South Loop Review, and Witness. He is… Read more »
Nathan Gower
Digging the Hole

Nathan Gower - Digging the Hole

Fiction
Nathan Gower holds a M.F.A. in Writing from Spalding University and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of English at Campbellsville University in Louisville, Kentucky. A writer of fiction,… Read more »
Roger Camp
Hotel Room, Marseilles, France

Roger Camp - Hotel Room, Marseilles, France

Visual
My work represents a means of exploration in a world unconstrained by physical boundaries. Photographs that are layered in mystery and narrative are among those which one can revisit often. This seems… Read more »
Michelle Valois
Human Resources

Michelle Valois - Human Resources

Sprints
Michelle Valois lives in western Massachusetts with her partner and their three children. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in TriQuarterly, Brevity, Fourth Genre, Moon Milk Review, Florida… Read more »
Emily Roller
Improvement

Emily Roller - Improvement

Contest - 1st Place
Emily Jean Roller graduated from Yale in 2007. She is completing an MA in Writing at Johns Hopkins. Her first novella, Hookers, Flankers and Locks will be coming out this winter from Bare Knuckles… Read more »
Ryan Millbern
In a Room Made Up For Someone Else

Ryan Millbern - In a Room Made Up For Someone Else

Fiction
Ryan Millbern is a copywriter at Richard Harrison Bailey/The Agency, a marketing firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. His stories and essays have appeared in Notre Dame Magazine, Designer, Fogged Clarity,… Read more »
Dorianne Laux
Letters in a Box

Dorianne Laux - Letters in a Box

Poetry
Dorianne Laux’s most recent collections are The Book of Men and Facts about the Moon. A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner of the Oregon Book Award and The… Read more »
Seth Sawyers
Lettuce and Rabbits

Seth Sawyers - Lettuce and Rabbits

Sprints
Seth Sawyers has had essays appear in The Baltimore Sun, online at The Morning News, and in the literary journals River Teeth, Fourth Genre, Crab Orchard Review, Ninth Letter, Quarterly West, Fugue,… Read more »
Ajay Vishwanathan
Little Hands of Silk

Ajay Vishwanathan - Little Hands of Silk

Fiction
Nominated multiple times for Pushcart and Best of The Net Anthology, Ajay has work published or forthcoming in over ninety literary journals, including The Baltimore Review, Smokelong Quarterly, The… Read more »
Wendy Oleson
Man Skate

Wendy Oleson - Man Skate

Fiction
Wendy is a Senior Fiction Reader for Prairie Schooner. Her recent work appears in Copper Nickel, Fifth Wednesday Journal, and Rattle. Read more »
Josh Green
Missing Athena

Josh Green - Missing Athena

Fiction
Josh Green’s work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, The MacGuffin, Atlanta Magazine, The Adirondack Review, New South, Lake Effect, The Midway Journal, Eclipse, and elsewhere. By day, he’s a… Read more »
Catherine Parnell
Morendo

Catherine Parnell - Morendo

Fiction
Catherine Parnell teaches writing and literature at Suffolk University in Boston, as well as the occasional seminar at Grub Street in Boston. She’s the fiction editor for Salamander and an associate… Read more »
John Walser
Names for the Skies

John Walser - Names for the Skies

Poetry
John Walser, a founding member of the Foot of the Lake Poetry Collective, is currently working on a full-length manuscript, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, as well as two chapbooks of poetry, 19 Skies and… Read more »
Heather Martin
On Maimeó

Heather Martin - On Maimeó

Contest - 2nd Place
A writer living in Denver, Colorado, Heather Martin teaches at the University of Denver and co-curates the Gypsy House Reading Series. Her work has appeared in Matter, Cold Mountain Review,… Read more »
Todd Kaneko
Reading Comprehension 12: The Crane Wife

Todd Kaneko - Reading Comprehension 12: The Crane Wife

Poetry
W. Todd Kaneko lives and writes in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His stories and poems can be seen in Puerto Del Sol, Crab Creek Review, Fairy Tale Review, Los Angeles Review, Southeast Review, Blackbird,… Read more »
Christopher Lowe
Reform, AL

Christopher Lowe - Reform, AL

Fiction
Christopher Lowe is the author of the short story collection Those Like Us (SFASU Press, 2011). His fiction and poetry have appeared widely in journals including Third Coast, Bellevue Literary Review,… Read more »
David Dodd Lee
Replacement Parts and the Soul

David Dodd Lee - Replacement Parts and the Soul

Poetry
David Dodd Lee has published six previous full-length books of poems, including Orphan, Indiana (Akron, 2010), The Nervous Filaments (Four Way Books, 2010), Abrupt Rural (New Issues, 2004) and Arrow… Read more »
Ali Wisch
Room

Ali Wisch - Room

Visual
When working on my photography there typically isn't any kind of method to the madness. I always keep a camera on me and find joy in capturing things that are happening when I am in the right place at… Read more »
Andrew Abbott
storer street

Andrew Abbott - storer street

Visual
Andrew Abbott paints pictures a lot and sometimes people buy them, so luckily he isn't a "starving artist." He eats a lot. More of his work can be seen at ALLABBOTT.COM. Read more »
Bram Takefman
The American House

Bram Takefman - The American House

Creative Nonfiction
Bram Takefman is a retired international trade executive who has spent much of his adult life overseas, living in places like England, Japan, and Peru. Fascinated and inspired by these foreign… Read more »
Devin Murphy
The Butterfly Man

Devin Murphy - The Butterfly Man

Fiction
Devin Murphy’s recent work appears in The Cimarron Review, The Greensboro Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, The Missouri Review, and Shenandoah among others. He has recently completed his PhD… Read more »
Stephen J. West
The Drive from Morgantown to Baltimore

Stephen J. West - The Drive from Morgantown to Baltimore

Sprints
Stephen J. West lives, writes, and teaches in Morgantown, West Virginia. He is also a columnist and creative nonfiction editor for THIS Literary Magazine. Read more »
Lockie Hunter
The Witness of High Hats

Lockie Hunter - The Witness of High Hats

Creative Nonfiction
Lockie Hunter is from a town in Appalachia where oral storytelling is vital to the community. She holds an MFA in fiction from Emerson College in Boston and teaches creative writing at Warren Wilson… Read more »
Catherine Thomas
There Are Rules, Secret Little Rules

Catherine Thomas - There Are Rules, Secret Little Rules

Fiction
Catherine Thomas was born and raised in Wales and now lives in Syracuse, NY. She holds an MA in English from the University of Rochester and has benefited from workshops held at the Syracuse Downtown… Read more »
Tim Kahl
Um Real

Tim Kahl - Um Real

Poetry
Tim Kahl [http://www.timkahl.com] is the author of Possessing Yourself (Word Tech, 2009) and The Century of Travel (Word Tech, 2012). His work has been published in Prairie Schooner, Indiana Review,… Read more »
Edgar Silex
Vision

Edgar Silex - Vision

Poetry
Edgar Gabriel Silex is the author of two poetry collections from Curbstone. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the… Read more »
Angela Narciso Torres
Waiting for My Father at the University Hospital Lab

Angela Narciso Torres - Waiting for My Father at the University Hospital Lab

Poetry
Angela Narciso Torres was born in Brooklyn and raised in Manila. Her poems are available or forthcoming in Cimarron Review, Crab Orchard Review, Cream City Review, North American Review, Rattle, and… Read more »