Leone Scanlon of Worcester, MA, a retired teacher, paints as well as writes. She has published poems in Common Ground Review, Worcester Magazine, The Worcester Review, and The Alembic, among others.
Claudia Serea: I was born in Romania, and I moved to the U.S. in 1995. My poems and translations are published in literary journals such as Oberon, The Comstock Review, Harpur Palate, Respiro, Languageandculture.net, Exquisite Corpse, and in various Romanian publications. My first chapbook, Eternity�s Orthography, was chosen as a contest finalist and was published in September 2007 by Finishing Line Press.
Tom Sheehan's Epic Cures, won a 2006 IPPY Award. A Collection of Friends, Pocol Press, was nominated for Albrend Memoir Award. Nominated for nine Pushcarts, three Million Writers and a Noted Story nomination. Awarded a Silver Rose from ART, the Georges Simenon Award for Fiction. Served in Korea, 1951-52. Has published four novels, four books of poetry. Coming are Brief Cases, Short Spans (2008, Press 53) and From the Quickening (2009, Pocol Press). He's one of the ROMEOs, Retired Old Men Eating Out, (92/80/79/78). They�ve co-edited two books on hometown Saugus, MA, sold 3500 to date of 4500 printed.
Felino Soriano, from California is a philosophy student and Case Manager working with developmentally disabled adults. His chapbook "Exhibits Require Understanding Open Eyes" was published by and is available through Trainwreck Press, 2008. His poems appear or are forthcoming at BlazeVOX, Stanley the Whale, Zone, Unlikely Stories 2.0, Clockwise Cat, and elsewhere. Visit www.felinosoriano.com for a complete publication history and for more information.
Susan Tepper: In 2006, Cervena Barva published my chapbook "Blue Edge." Other poems of mine have appeared or are forthcoming in Poetry Salzburg Review, Orbis, Salt Hill, Snake Nation Press, New Millennium Writings, Fish Drum, LIPS, The Long Island Quarterly, Grasslimb and other journals. I'm a 4-time Pushcart Nominee, and also a fiction writer.
Janet Thorning's work has been published in numerous literary magazines both online and in print. You can find her work in The Rambler, anderbo.com, Slow Trains, Nano Fiction, Bateau, Static Movement, and the Mississippi Crow. Upcoming publications include Read This, and Free Verse. She is currently working on her first novel.
Daniel Wilcox earned his degree in Creative Writing from Cal State University, Long Beach. He is a former activist, teacher, and wanderer--from Montana to the Middle East, leaving a vapor trail of poetic debris. His writing has appeared in various journals including Tipton Poetry Journal, The Cerebral Catalyst, Stylus Poetry Journal and Right Hand Pointing. A short story based on his time in the Middle East was published in the September 2007 issue of The Danforth Review. Currently, Daniel is finishing a novel and a poetry collection. He lives on the central coast of California with his mysterious wife and youngest son.
Writer's Website:
http://seaquaker.com/poetry