Bruce Spang

is a teacher and writer. He has published two chapbooks and two books of poems, the latest from Moon Pie Press. He is an avid and somewhat neurotic gardener, which leads him to believe spring begins in January. He sings with the Maine Gay Men’s Chorus and is currently writing a libretto for a opera on Charlie Howard, gay man murdered by three teens.
Christopher Soden

is a native Texan, writer, teacher, critic, lecturer, and performer, who received his MFA in Writing (Poetry) from Vermont College. He currently writes theatre critique for The Column and EDGEdallas.com. His honors include: Distinguished Poets of Dallas, Poetry Society of America’s Poetry in Motion Series, Founding Member, President and President Emeritus of The Dallas Poets Community. His work has appeared in, Ganymede Poets One, Gay City 2, The Texas Observer, Sentence, Borderlands, Off the Rocks, The James White Review, The New Writer, Velvet Mafia, Poetry Super Highway, Gertrude, Touch of Eros, Gents, Bad Boys, and others.
Betsy Sholl

is the current Poet Laureate of Maine. She has published seven books of poetry, most recently Rough Cradle (Alice James, 2009) and Late Psalm (University of Wisconsin, 2004). Other books include Don’t Explain, winner of the Felix Pollak Award (University of Wisconsin Press, 1997), and The Red Line, which won the 1991 AWP Prize for Poetry (University of Pittsburgh, 1992). Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including, Field, The Kenyon Review, The Massachusetts Review, and The Missouri Review. She is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship and two Maine Artists Fellowships.
Christopher Russell

was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1974. He currently lives in Concord, New Hampshire, where he helps support emotionally handicapped children at Beaver Meadow Elementary School. He received his MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2004.