Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 233
Bill Cole
Bill Cole is a school psychologist, public education advocate and adjunct professor of developmental psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. His work has been published in Eclectica, California Quarterly, The Great American Literary Magazine, Lowestoft Chronicle and Flash Fiction Magazine, and he has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. His fiction has also appeared in Highlights for Children Magazine for which he received their Pewter Plate Award as Author of the Month.
KG Newman
KG Newman is a sports writer for The Denver Post. His first two poetry collections, “While Dreaming of Diamonds in Wintertime” and “Selfish Never Get Their Own,” are available on Amazon. He is on Twitter @KyleNewmanDP.
James Seals
James Seals earned his MFA in Fiction at Southern New Hampshire University. His stories have been published in Amoskeag Journal, Forge Journal, Rio Grande Review and others. James also has published a couple of essays and numerous poems. His stories “White, Like You” (’13) and an excerpt, “Turned His Eyes Away” (’14), from his novel American Value won SNHU’s graduate writing contest. SNHU’s MFA faculty awarded James’ masters’ thesis the Lynn H. Safford Book Prize
Shannon L. Bowring
Shannon lives in Bath, Maine. She holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from the University of Maine. Shannon’s work has appeared in JMWW, The Maine Review, the Hawaii Pacific Review, Sixfold, and the Joy of the Pen online journal, for which she won the Verdi L. Tripp Fiction Award in November, 2016. In 2017, her short story “Leave Her Wild” was nominated by JMWW for a Pushcart Prize. She is also the author of Twice Sold Tales, a blog published by the Bangor Daily News from October 2015 – February 2017
Jesse Minkert
Jesse Minkert lives in Seattle. He is Executive Director of Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences. For over twenty years he has written short radio plays to be performed and produced by blind and visually impaired young people in the Blind Youth Audio Project, and also many pieces for the Jack Straw New Media Gallery workshops at the Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, Washington, in collaborations between Jack Straw and Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences. In 2008, Wood Works Press published “Shortness of Breath & Other Symptoms.” In 2014 Minkert self-published his chapbook, “RAFT,” with poetry and graphics by the author. His work has appeared in over seventy journals including the Cream City Review, Confrontation, Mount Hope, the Floating Bridge Review, the Minetta Review, Poetry Northwest, Common Knowledge, and Harpur Palate. Thanks to Raven Chronicles, he is a 2016 Pushcart Nominee. This year Finishing Line Press published his poetry chapbook, “Rookland.”
Anum Sattar
Anum Sattar is a junior studying English at the College of Wooster in Ohio, USA. Her poems have been published the American Journal of Poetry (Margie,) Better than Starbucks! The Florida Review, Grey Sparrow, Oddball Magazine, Artifact Nouveau, Off the Coast, Strange POEtry, Between These Shores Literary & Arts Annual, Conceit Magazine, A New Ulster, The Cannon’s Mouth, The Journal (i.e. The Journal of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry,) Wilderness House Literary Review, Poydras Review, The Cadaverine, Verbalart: A Global Journal Devoted to Poets & Poetry, The Wayne Literary Journal, Deltona Howl, The Weekly Avocet (every Sunday Morning,) Poets Bridge, The Ibis Head Review and Tipton Poetry Journal. She won the third Vonna Hicks Award at the college. Whenever possible, she reads out her work at Brooklyn Poets in New York City.
Amanda McLeod
Amanda McLeod is an Australian author and artist. Her fiction can be found in The Fredericksburg Literary And Art Review, Sick Lit Magazine, KYSO Flash, and other places. She is a cheese and coffee connoisseur and enjoys being outside, even if it’s raining.
Jeremy Jusek
Jeremy Jusek is a freelance writer living in Cleveland Ohio with his wife and two kids. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arcadia and currently facilitates a poetry workshop through the Cuyahoga County Public Library, which is entering its fourth year and publishing its first anthology. Learn about his publications and other projects at jeremyjusek.com.
Fabrice Poussin
Fabrice Poussin teaches French and English at Shorter University. Author of novels and poetry, his work has appeared in Kestrel, Symposium, The Chimes, and dozens of other magazines. His photography has been published in The Front Porch Review, the San Pedro River Review, Crack the Spine and more than 300 other publications.