Timothy O’Leary
A refugee from the advertising world, Timothy O’Leary was a finalist for the Mississippi Review Prize and Washington Square Review fiction awards. His literary work has been published or is forthcoming in Lost River Review, Fabula Argenta, Talking River, Mulberry Fork Review, Gravel, the anthology And All Our Yesterdays, and many other publications. His non-fiction book, “Warriors, Workers, Whiners, & Weasels” was published in 2006. Raised in Montana, he received his MFA from Pacific University. He resides in the Columbia Gorge outside of Portland, OR. More information is available at www.timothyolearylit.com.
Emma Hall
Emma Hall is a creative writing student completing her Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing at the University of Melbourne. She is the editor of the university’s graduate journal, antiTHESIS.
Howard Richard Debs
Howard Richard Debs received a University of Colorado Poetry Prize at age 19. After spending the past fifty years in the field of communications, with recognitions including a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America, he has recently resumed his literary pursuits, and his latest work appears or is forthcoming in Calliope, Big River Poetry Review, Poetica Magazine, Eclectica Magazine, Misfitmagazine, Star 82 Review, Belle Reve Literary Journal, Verse-Virtual, Dialogual, Sediments Literary-Arts Journal, Remarkable Doorways Literary Magazine, Indiana Voice Journal, Blue Bonnet Review, China Grove, Yellow Chair Review, and On Being, among others. His background in photography goes back many years, both creative and technical, and his photography can be found in select publications, including in Rattle online as “Ekphrastic Challenge” artist and guest editor. Born and bred in Chicago, he now lives in sunny South Florida with his wife of 49 years Sheila, where they spend considerable time spoiling their four grandchildren. Author listing Poets & Writers Directory https://www.pw.org/content/howard_debs
Stephen Scott Whitaker
Stephen Scott Whitaker is a member of National Book Critics Circle, and literary review editor for The Broadkill Review. His poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in dozens of publications. His previous chapbooks include the steampunk inspired “The Black Narrows,” the award winning “Field Recordings,” and “The Barleyhouse Letters.” Whitaker teaches theater, literature and psychology in rural Maryland. In 2004 he was the recipient of an NEA grant to adapt Romeo & Juliet into a rock musical. He lives on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with his family.
Adam Middleton-Watts
Adam Middleton-Watts hides out on the plains of South Dakota. How he got there is still a damn mystery to him. He often walks isolated stretches of expanse at night, humming to the bison, counting stars, drinking over-priced ale. He has been around the world once, and expects to go around it a few more times.
Nick Gregorio
Nick Gregorio lives, writes, and teaches in Philadelphia. His fiction has appeared in Pantheon Magazine, Driftwood Press, Maudlin House and more. He writes for the arts and culture blog, Spectrum Culture, and serves as guest fiction editor for Driftwood Press. He earned his MFA from Arcadia University in May 2015 and has fiction forthcoming in Zeit|Haus and Yellow Chair Review. For more, please visit: www.nickgregorio.com
Hilary Tiefer
After Hillary Tiefer was awarded a scholarship in creative writing she entered a graduate program in English, ultimately completing a Ph.D. She has taught at various colleges and has had a number of scholarly essays published. Her short stories have been published in several literary journals, including Descant, Blue Moon Literary and Art Review, The Broadkill Review, Grey Sparrow Journal, Mission at Tenth, and Poetica Magazine. Another is forthcoming in the Red Rock Review. One of her short stories was short-listed for Folio’s 2015 fiction contest, another was a semi-finalist for the 2013 William Van Wert Fiction Award of Hidden Rivers Press, and another was an Honorable Mention in a 2014 contest for Glimmer Train.