Sparrow, a book of poems by Bethany Reid

Short Story ----- Sondra Kelly-Green

BIO – Sondra Kelly-Green

SONDRA KELLY-GREEN received her MFA in creative writing from Antioch in 1999. Her fiction has appeared in Peregrine’s 20^th Anniversary Issue, Pearl’s 2011 all-fiction issue, FLASHPOINT!, North Central Review, Spire, The Wilderness House Literary Review, and Margin; Exploring Modern Magical Realism .  Her literary awards include the Lorian Hemingway Competition, New Millennium Writings, Pearl’s 2011 Literary Awards, FLASHPOINT! and Writer’s Digest’s annual short story competition.

Her novella, The Masque of Pierrot, has been produced as a two part podcast by the historical fiction audio magazine, Tales of Old.(http://www.talesofold.org/archives/689).  She is a contributor to Forever Families, the third book in the Forever Trilogy edited by Shelagh Watkins. (Mandinam Press, UK, 2012.)   Kelly-Green lives in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.  She is currently seeking representation for a novel, Between Lives, and a collection of short stories, Burning Mary.

David Fewster ---- poetry

It was 27 years ago this October that David Fewster moved to Pugetopolis, a place that in his mind runs from Olympia to Vancouver, BC. Hos work has appeared in the anthologies Seattle Poems by Seattle Poets (Poetry Around Press), Revival: Spoken Word from Lollapalooza 95 (Manic D Press), Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader Vol. 2 (Black Sparrow Press), and 20/20: Tacoma In Images and Verse (Peter Serko). His book of poetry, Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic Suicidal Maniac & other picture postcards, was published with a 2003-2004 TAIP grant from the Tacoma Arts Commission.

Matt Briggs ---- fiction

Matt Briggs is the author of three novels and five collections of short stories including The Remains of River Names. His first novel, Shoot the Buffalo was a finalist for the 2006 Washington State Book Award and won the 2006 American Book Award. Portland's The Publication Studio recently released Virility Rituals of North American Teenage Boys (stories), and a novel, The Double E.

Dr. Keith Holyoak, Ph.D. --- poetry

Keith Holyoak, poet, translator of classical Chinese poetry, and cognitive scientist, was raised on a dairy farm in British Columbia, Canada. Currently a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, he has been a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (see www.keithholyoak.com). A collection of Holyoak's translations, Facing the Moon: Poems of Li Bai and Du Fu appeared in 2007. He has also published a collection of his own poems, My Minotaur. His spoken-word CDs are available from Broken Electric Records (www.BrokenElectric.com).

Valerie Fox

Valerie Fox's books of poetry include "The Rorschach Factory" (Straw Gate Books) and "The Glass Book" (Texture Press). Originally from central Pennsylvania, she has travelled and lived throughout the world, and has taught writing and literature at numerous universities including Sophia University (Tokyo) and currently at Drexel University (Philadelphia). She has published work in many journals, including Hanging Loose, Arsenic Lobster, Juked, Apiary, Cordite Review, Ping Pong, West Branch, 5_Trope, Feminist Studies, and qarrtsiluni. Along with Arlene Ang, she cofounded and edited Press 1 for five years [www.leafscape.org/press1].

Warda Atroun --- three poems

• Works at Poets International : contemporary poetry from around the world and Warda al barbar