is a registered nurse for the Lewisville Independent School District in Texas and publishing editor of Oak Bend Review, a bimonthly journal out of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Her poetry, fiction, reviews, essays, and art have appeared in various journals and anthologies. She hopes to complete her first chapbook, The Paper Mill, sometime this summer. Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, she grew up in California, New York, North Carolina, Washington, and the south of France. She lives in Flower Mound, Texas, with a house full of teenagers, animals, and her husband, Jack.

born and raised in Portland, Maine, continues to live just outside the city with his wife, Catherine, and their dog, Digger. He is a graduate of Franklin Pierce College and the author of 10 books of poetry, including his latest, Twelve Moons, Twelve Poems. In 1989, Luttrell founded The Café Review to promote poetry and art in the Portland area. In addition to publishing quarterly, the journal has produced a dozen chapbooks and poetry broadsides by Robert Creeley, Donald Hall, and Franz Wright. Luttrell is also the drummer for a Portland–based surf rock band, The Hi–Tides.

a poet and playwright, is also editor of Simpatico Poets Press in New Orleans. He is a frequent contributor to Yawp: A Journal of Poetry and Art, also out of New Orleans. Kerwick’s work has been presented in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Oregon, Toronto, and smaller North American cities. His poetry collections include The Orchestra has Left the Building and Behind Lies the Sugar. His book–length poem, You Stand Alongside Desire, is slated for release by Foothills Publishing in May. He has lived in New Orleans Parish for more than 25 years.

is a Romanian–born author living in Vestal, N.Y. His first book of poetry is Days When I Saw the Horizon Bleed (FootHills Publishing, 2006). His work has also appeared in Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry project, Dogmatika, Paterson Literary Review, and Confluence (an anthology of New York writers). He has a bachelor’s degree in English from Binghamton University, a master’s degree in journalism from Iona College, a master’s degree in education from Elmira College, and has worked as a reporter, columnist, and lecturer. He is currently pursuing a doctorate at Binghamton.