Contributors/Archives

2024: Nicole Alexander Memories without a Home; MerriLee Anderson Bowling Lessons; Beth Benedix Quantum Physics; Phil Cummins Pilgrim; Mark Cyzyk Gone Missing; Sarah DeParis Care Less; Sky Karam de Sela Breaking the Curse; Hailey Duggirala A Cup of Chai; Michael Engelhard Walks with Caribou; Mary Fairchild The First Mosquito; Erin Hesse Froslie Meander Is a Noun; Paul Graseck My Forgettery; Lory Widmer Hess Weaving Lessons, Doug Hoekstra The Plaza; Barbara Krasner Max Krasner; Angela Lam Stigmata; Zoe Lambert I’m Having Sex and I Will Die; Sydney Lea At the River; and Question Marks; Mark Lewandowski Wichita 2:28 a.m.; Bryan Mammel The Days Went By; J. Bryan McGeever Island Party; James McKean Armed; Mario Moussa Still Running; Sharman Ober-Reynolds The Pugilists and Two Truths and a Lie and I’ve Got You Covered; Leanne Phillips Slipstreamed; David Riessen Time; Anup Saswade The Address (digital painting); Clare Simons Sleeping Dogs

Past Issues:

2023: Volume 13, Issue 2

Mary Billiter “Weeding through the Wreckage”; Shawn Brown “Gut Feelings”; Yoon Chung “A Relative Deathbed”; Sherrie Dulworth “The Bargain”; Gary Fincke “Biology: A Memoir”; J.D. Kleinke “The State Champs from the Beginning of the World”; Mirinda Kossoff “Final Conversations”; Sydney Lea “Wanderings” and “Army Specialized Depot #829, 1942”; José de Jesús Márquez-Ortiz “Vira’s Instruction”; Rasmenia Massoud “Shells”; Christine Overall “How to Feed a Child”; Brady Rhoades “Among the Blooms”; Nicole K. Sather “Pringles”; John Thomson “Bugler”; Angela Townsend “The Healer”; Richard Wainright “No Geezer Left Behind”. Cover art by Bradley Wester.

2023: Volume 13, Issue 1

Andrea Abbot “Appleling”; Dina Alvarez “A Cuban Kitchen in Greenwich Village”; Michelle Cacho-Negrete “Dancing” Sally Carton “Nights with E.B.White”; Yoon Chung “Home from the Barbers”; Madison Christian “Digging in the Dirt”; Phil Cummings “134 Days”; Ria Parody Erlich “Daddy’s Girl”; Cathy Fiorello “Little Mary”; Lynne Golodner “Luxury or Necessity”; Maria Hewett “Attachment Theory”; Brian Huba “I Dream of Dave Barden”; Pamela Kaye “Scraps”; Joshua David Laine “Losing Streak”; Sydney Lea “Oko”; Julie Lockhart “My Inside Passage”; Alli Mancz “Fertility and Femininity”; Anthony J. Mohr “A Simple Eviction Case”; Paolo Paciucci “This Time of Spring”; Bradley Wester “Shiny Object”. Cover art by Bradley Wester.

2022: Volume 12, Issue 2

Ben Adelman “Parenthood: A Journey Between Bicycles”; Elizabeth Bird “The Casual Cruelty of Schoolgirls”; Alden S. Blodget “No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye”; Alan Caldwell “Chicken Salad”; Iris Chen “Sixty Days in Shanghai’s Covid Lockdown”; Gina Disipio “Bittersweet Freedom”; Jane Frances Hacking “Confabulating”; Melanie McCabe “Living through Lockdown with Anna”; Basundhara Mitra “My Granny’s Handbag of Algorithms”; Mary Ittelson “My Mother Did Not Die”; Dan Keeble “The Send”; Rhiannon Koehler “Ghosts”; Joseph O’Day “From the Inside”; Jack Phillips “Wearing the Skin of Dreams”: David Raney “Ink and Memory”; James Seawel “Inheritance”; Trevy Thomas “Imposter Family”; Alisa Vereshchagin “Bor”; Liza Wieland “The Museum of Odd Inheritance by Daughters from Mothers”.

2022: Volume 12, Issue 1

Suzanne Ketchum Adams, Neil Cawley, Al Czarnowsky, Nancy Deyo, Gary Fincke, Nancy Smith Harris, Kristen Ott Hogan, William Keiser, Sydney Lea, Jae Nolan, Liz Olds, Anika Pavel, Gretchen Roselli, Jean Ryan, Ruth Spack, Julia Van Buskirk “The Last to Go”; Liza Wieland “The Museum of Chalkboards Never Erased”; Aminah Wells “The Ballet Barre”; Andrew Yim “Grammy’s Secret”.

2021: Volume 11, Issue 1

Deborah Burghardt, Karen Foster, Patricia Feeney, Sydney Lea, Patti Niemi, Amy Suzanne Parker, Amy Roost, Gabriel Sage, Julie Wittes Schlack

2021: Volume 11, Issue 2 (Part 1) and (Part 2)

Tim Bascomb, Emma Berndt, Gabriella Brand, Jill Dalton, Joe Dworetzky, J. Malcolm Garcia, Alicia Robinson Geilen, Inez Hollander, Christine Kiefer, Lori Lindstrom, Susannah Q. Pratt, Teri Sutton

2020: Volume 10, Issue 2

Claire Alexander-Joly, Richard Ault, Carolyn Bastick, Fabrizia Faustinella, Gary Fincke, Kymberli Hagelberg, Barbara Joyce-Hawryluk, Tony Hozeny, Judy Lev, Evelyn Martinez, Hannah Melin, Pam Munter, David Raney, Shellie Richards, Eszter Szentirmai, Dennis Vannatta.

2020: Volume 10, Issue 1

Linda Boroff, Michelle Cacho-Negrete, Barbara G. Caceres, Barbara Desman, Ann S. Epstein, Christine Holmstrom, J. Malcolm Garcia, Joe Kowalski, Susan Nash, W. Scott Olsen, Jarmila K. Sullivan, Tommy Vollman, Theresa Malphrus Welford, Karen J. Weyant.

2019: Volume 9, Issue 1

Barbara Altamirano, Steven Beckwith, Susan D. Bernstein, Sara Birch, Kirk Boys, Jay Bush, Chris Davis, Patrick Dobson, John Donaghy, Gary Fincke, J. Malcolm Garcia, Flo Gelo, Robert D. Kirvel, Mario Loprete, Zach Reichert, J.D. Scrimgeour, Dennis “Suge” Thompson, Rosanne Trost, Devorah Uriel, Peyton Vance, Tracy Youngblom.

2018: Volume 8, Issue 1

Cynthia Aarons, Michelle Cacho-Negrete, Eileen Cunniffe, Patrick Dobson, Gary Fincke, Marlena Fiol, Karen Galatz, John Garcia, Danusha Goska, Susan Eve Haar, Clifford Royal Johns, Stephanie Lennon, Jiaqui Li, Kelly McDonald, Katie Milligan, Susan Moldaw, Karen O’Neil, Joseph S. Pete, David Raney, Jean Ryan, Carl Schiffman, Kelsie Shaw, Susan Lynn Solomon, Kelly Garriott Waite, Christopher Woods.

Summer/Fall 2017: Volume 7, Issue 2

Joshua H. Baker, Jeremiah Bass, John Chavers (cover art), Helen Coats, Lisa Conquet, Robert Dugan, K.C. Frederick, Paul Juhasz, M.K. Hall, Priscilla Mainardi, Joyce H. Munro, Pam Munter, Joanne Passet, Susan Pope, Vic Sizemore, Sean Talbot, Wendy Thornton, Christina Wells, and Steven Wineman.

Winter/Spring 2017: Volume 7, Issue 1

Seetha Anagol, Richard Ault, Rick Bailey, Malado Francine Baldwin (cover art), Terry Richard Bazes, Atticus Benight, Gabriella Brand, John Chavers, Skye Davis, Michael Engelhard, Ricardo José González-Rothi, James Hanna, Barb Howard, Leonard Kogan, Richard LeBlond, Miriam Mandel Levi, John A. McCaffrey, Sophia McGovern, Toti O’Brien, Rebecca Potter, John Repp, Amy Kathleen Ryan, Tessa Torgeson, Maria Trombetta, Gabby Vachon.

Summer/Fall 2016: Volume 6, Issue 2

Sonia Arora, Martha Clarkson, Dawn Corrigan, Eugene Durante, Brent Fisk, Louis Gallo, Sharon Frame Gay, Darryl Graff, Ryan Harper, Anya Liftig, Marjorie Maddox, Sheila Moeschen, Siri Live Myhrom, Adrienne Pine, Sarah Russell, Jan Zlotnik Schmidt, Terril L. Shorb, Shira Sebban, Joy Weitzel.


Winter/Spring 2016: Volume 6, Issue 1

Bari Benjamin, Jean Berrett, Susan Bonetto, Jason Bruner, Dawn Corrigan, Annie Dawid, Jenn Gilgan, Gillian Haines, Alice Lowe, Sheila Luna, Desiree Magney, Susan Moldaw, Joseph O’Day, Paul Perilli, Jeanne Powell, Julie Whitlow.

Summer/Fall 2015: Volume 5, Issue 2

Sharon Frame Gay, Perry Glasser, John Guzlowski, Caroline Horwitz, Rick Kempa, Susan E. Lindsey, Annalise Mabe, Mara A. Cohen Marks, Robert Maynor, Ed McCourt, Joesph O’Day, Mary Pfeiffer, Emily Rich, Jean Ryan, Vic Sizemore, Claude Clayton Smith, Emily Story (artwork), Linda Tharp, Peter Wadsworth, Harry Wilson (cover art).

Winter/Spring 2015: Volume 5, Issue 1

Kirk Boys, Michael K. Brantley, Sharon Frame Gay, Lou Gallo, Frederick Keogh, Susan Lago, Susan E. Lindsey, Anna Mantzaris, Carol D. Marsh, Toni Martin, John Messick, Paul Pekin, Lisa Richter, Tammy Ruggles (cover), Jean Ryan, J.D. Scrimgeour, Amanda Forbes Silva, Cathy Warner, Daniel W. Weinrich.

Summer/Fall 2014: Volume 4, Issue 2

Martin Achatz, Macia Butler, Donald Dewey, Victoria Fann, Jakob Guanzon, Barbara Harroun, Ruth M. Hunt, Shayla Love, Jonathan Mack, Marlene Olin, Paul Pekin, Paul Perilli, Marsha Roberts, Hazel Smith, Jay Solomon, Paige Towers, Renee Tursi.

Winter/Spring 2014: Volume 4, Issue 1

Susan Bonetto, Nancy Caronia, Ute Carson, Eleanor Fitzsimons, Julie Goodale, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Sue Hardy-Dawson, C.B. Heinemann, Mary Kudenov, Cathy Mauk, Liz Olds, Jean Ryan, Katharine Valentino, Jono Walker.

Summer/Fall 2013: Volume 3, Issue 2

Rick Bailey, Richar Ballon, Ryan Bradley, Kevin Bray, Kristi DiLallo, Mike Ekunno, Debra Fox, Lori Lamothe, Lisa Lebduska, Tom Darin Liskey, Natasha Lvovich, Jesse Milner, Kat Mueller, Russell Reece, Lisa Romeo, Anthony Santulli, Rob Stanley, Bill Vernon, Shirley Russak Wachtel, Jono Walker, Melissa Wiley.

Winter/Spring 2013: Volume 3, Issue 1

Cathleen Calbert, Carla Charleston, Chelsey Clammer, Rachel Dovey, Lou Gallo, Adrienne Lindholm, John Palen, Dreama Pritt, Heather Rick, Garrett Rowlan, Kellie L. Thurman, Eric Torgesen, Jean Venable, Elizabeth Stainton Walker.

2012: Volume 2

Charles Bergman, Donald Dewey, Tammy Dietz, Jessika Feather, Jane Hertenstein, Amy Herting, Christina Holzhauser, Vanessa Jo King, Rebecca Marks, Jenean McBrearty, Sheila Morris, Samina Najmi, LeeAnn Oliver, Todd Outcalt, Kathleen Patton, Dorthy M. Place, Kristi Sandy, Barbara Strauss, Clementine Till, Kristin Troyer, Michelle Valois, Janna Vought, Jono Walker, Linda C. Wisniewski.

2011: Volume 1

Loukia Borrell, Peter Derk, Murray Edwards, Merlin Flower (cover), Wilmer Frey, Nancy Graham, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Kimberly Hamilton, Aimee Henkel, Jona Jacobson, Ruth Lehrer, Sheila Morris, Cherri Randall, Cathy Roy, Claude Clayton Smith, Julie Whitlow.

Anthologies

Mothers and Other Creatures Clinton Van Inman (cover–“Elba in Black” oil).

Encounters Jen Leichliter (cover–“Still Life” acrylic).