Glenn H. Mitchell
Glenn H. Mitchell studied journalism and scriptwriting before launching a career in television, producing and writing programs for the ABC, Foxtel and SBS including co-writing the infamous Australian comedy, Pizza. After touring Australia in punk bands and producing shows for cable music channels, Mitchell became a popular columnist and journalist. During 2014, his first novel “Nowhere” was published. The book topped Amazon Kindle charts for ‘First Contact’ and ‘Metaphysical’ science fiction. Mitchell is currently based in Phnom Penh where he writes fiction and works as a freelance scriptwriter, blogger and journalist.
Laurie Kolp
Laurie Kolp, author of “Upon the Blue Couch” (Winter Goose Publishing, 2014), serves as president of Texas Gulf Coast Writers and gathers monthly with other local members of the Poetry Society of Texas. Laurie’s poems have appeared in more than four dozen print and online journals, including the 2015 Poet’s Market and Diane Lockward’s The Crafty Poet. Recent and upcoming publications include Scissors & Spackle, Blue Fifth Review, Pirene’s Fountain, Iodine Poetry Journal, North Dakota Quarterly, Turtle Island Quarterly, Hermes Lit Journal and Absinthe Poetry Review. Her website is lauriekolp.com
Ana Prundaru
Ana Prundaru’s writing and art have appeared in The Citron Review, Litro Magazine, Wilderness House Literary Review, CutBank Online, SmokeLong and elsewhere. A poetry chapbook, “One Lover, Four Sinners and Three Time Travelers,” is forthcoming from Etched Press.
Ean Bevel
Ean Bevel lives with his wife in St. Louis, but dreams of living on the road. When he is not chasing his toddler or teaching English classes or swinging a hammer, he puts pen to page. His work often contains the grotesque and/or magical realism. He began collecting rejections a few years ago, then completed his MFA in writing, and continues to collect rejections. His fiction has appeared in Bartleby Snopes, Literary Orphans, and BareBack Magazine. His CNF has appeared in Lunch Ticket.
Richard King Perkins II
Richard King Perkins II is a state-sponsored advocate for residents in long-term care facilities. He lives in Crystal Lake, IL with his wife, Vickie and daughter, Sage. He is a three-time Pushcart nominee and a Best of the Net nominee whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications including The Louisiana Review, Bluestem, Emrys Journal, Sierra Nevada Review, Roanoke Review, The Red Cedar Review and The William and Mary Review. He has poems forthcoming in Sobotka Literary Magazine, The Alembic, Old Red Kimono and Milkfist. He was a recent finalist in The Rash Awards, Sharkpack Alchemy, Writer’s Digest and Bacopa Literary Review poetry contests.
Andrew Rhodes
Andrew Rhodes is a fiction writer from Mississippi. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in publications such as New World Writing, The Laurel Review, upstreet, Gravel, Star 82 Review, Crime Factory, and Punchnel’s.
Mitchell Waldman
Mitchell Waldman is the author of the story collection, “Petty Offenses and Crimes of the Heart” (Wind Publications, 2011) and the novel, “A Face in the Moon”. His fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He is also the Fiction Editor for Blue Lake Review and was co-editor (with his partner, poet Diana May-Waldman, author of “A Woman’s Song”) of the anthologies Hip Poetry 2012 and Wounds of War: Poets for Peace. For more information, check out his website.