KATHIE GIORGIO

Kathie's recent writing credits include stories in Fiction International, Quality Women’s Fiction, Oyez Review, Jabberwock Review, Karamu Review, Bellowing Ark, Reed Magazine, The Binnacle, Zuzu’s Petals Quarterly, Licking River Review, Thema, and in the premier issue of SLAB. In the near future, stories will appear in Eclipse, Dos Passos Review, again in Thema, and in the premier issue of Broken Bridge Review, and in Drill Press’ new anthology, Loveless Sex. Her stories have also appeared in such magazines as Buffalo Spree and Passager, among many others, as well as in Papier Mache Press’s last anthology, Generation to Generation. She holds her BA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and her MFA in Fiction Writing from Vermont College. She has over ten years experience in developing and teaching creative writing classes for adults and children at several colleges and universities in Wisconsin and Illinois and online for Writers Digest, Writers College and I-University, as well as privately. She also speaks and teaches at writers conferences across the country.

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MICHAEL GIORGIO

Michael got his start in writing in what many consider a dead, or at least a lost, art: Radio Drama. His first work won a national scriptwriting contest and a love of writing was born. Since then, he has had over a dozen audio scripts produced in Newark, Los Angeles, Akron, San Francisco, and Tennessee.

An Active Member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Short Fiction Mystery Society, Michael has had both mystery and mainstream short stories published in magazines such as The Strand, Mystery Time, Up Dere?, Prose Ax, My Legacy, Fighting Chance, and Lunatic Chameleon. His fiction has also been anthologized in The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road (Carroll and Graf), The Mammoth Book of On the Road (Robinson), It's That Time Again: The New Stories of Old Time Radio (BearManor Media), and Who Died in Here? (Penury Press).

Michael also teaches online for Writers Digest.

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ANJIE GREENE-MARTIN

Anjie is a gutsy, high-spirited single mom who paints her poetry against the vibrant background of the Kettle Moraine area where she lives. Her writing is like a visit to her old Victorian home: warm and inviting, brimming with rum cake, household chaos, and lots of dysfunctional love. She has published poetry and creative non-fiction in such journals as Puerto del Sol, Women Writing's Passages and the Wisconsin Poets Calendars. Recently, she edited a poetry collection, A Better View: Poems from Higher Ground, for Wisconsin Public Radio. Among her credits are an AWP Intro Journal Award, a Student Superior Writing Award from UW-Whitewater and a Literary Achievement Award from the Indiana NOW chapter. An arts and education advocate with over ten years teaching experience in the US and Korea, Anjie enjoys offering poetry writing workshops to community groups and schools.

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MARK KONKEL

Mark is primarily a short story writer, although he has written articles, essays, poems, theater plays, and comic strips, and is working on his first novel. His stories, as well as his novel, spring from anecdotes, half-remembered jokes, overheard conversations, tantalizing canards, and outright misunderstandings. He explains, “I can write a short story about almost anything that anyone tells me.”

His most recent publications appeared in Village Rambler, Timber Creek Review, Transcendent Visions, Yank The Chain, and he had a two-act play produced in 1998. Besides the novel, he is working on several short stories and a new play, which will be produced by a local theater company in the summer of 2005. In addition, he teaches courses in theater scriptwriting and poetry. He lives, works, writes and teaches in and
around Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

His most important advice to anyone who wants to write: Start, and don't stop.

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MATHEW WEBBER

During the day, Matthew Webber works as a proofreader for the Kohl's Corporation's website. By night, the former mild-mannered newspaper reporter and editor is trying to write his second novel. For fun, he writes songs, short stories, and music reviews. His work has appeared in several places online, including Spin.com and ErasingClouds.com. His influences include Tom Wolfe, Robert Cormier, and Chuck Klosterman, among many, many others from literature and music. He has an M.A. in English from Kansas State University and a B.A. in English from Truman State University. The St. Louis Cardinals fan now lives in Waukesha. For writing samples or more information, visit his website at www.matthewwebber.net.

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MAUREEN ALSOP

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Maureen Alsop's poems have appeared or are pending in various publications including Borrow Street, North Dakota Quarterly, Cortland Review and Texas Review, among others. Her poetry was twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is the 2006 winner of Harpur Palate’s Milton Kessler Memorial Award in Poetry, the 2007 Frances Locke Memorial Award in Poetry and Eleventh Muse’s 2006 Poetry Prize. Her first full collection of poetry, Apparition Wren, is pending publication later this year through Main Street Rag Press www.apparitionwren.com. She also teaches poetry through California State University's OSHER Life Long Learning Institute.

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SHAINDEL BEERS

Shaindel Beers lives, teaches, and writes (although not always in that order) in Eastern Oregon’s high desert. Her poetry, fiction, and social commentary have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. Some of her recent honors include an honorable mention the Evil Genius 2007 chapbook contest, first place in the Dylan Days’ poetry competition, and a Pushcart nomination. She reviews poetry collections for BookSlut.com and Contrary (www.contrarymagazine.com), where she also serves as poetry editor. Her collection Last Train from the City is forthcoming from Plain View Press.

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JANAKA STUCKY

Janaka Stucky is the Senior Editor for Black Ocean, a publishing & production company based out of Boston, New York and Chicago. After receiving his BFA in Writing, Literature & Publishing from Emerson College, he went on to earn a Master’s in Poetry from Vermont College. He has worked as an editor for several presses and publications, and has lectured around the country on topics ranging from independent publishing to quantum physics and the creative process. His poetry has appeared in numerous publications including Denver Quarterly and North American Review.

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CAROL WILLETTE BACHOFNER

Carol Willette Bachofner is a poet, writing coach who edits the online literary journal, Pulse (www.heartsoundspress.com). Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, The Cream City Review, The Comstock Review, The Mochila Review,and others. Her chapbook, Daughter of the Ardennes Forest, was a 2006 finalist in the Main Street Rag chapbook contest and was published in 2007. She was recently named "A Poet of Merit" by the Florence Poets Society. Bachofner, who received her MFA from Vermont College, lives and writes in Rockland, Maine.

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WILLIAM VOUGHT

After obtaining a bachelor degree in theatre from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, William Vought spent fifteen years writing screenplays without earning a dime. By 1997, however, Bill was meeting one-on-one with Steven Spielberg to discuss Bill's World War II script entitled When Trumpets Fade. One year later, When Trumpets Fade aired as an HBO original movie. Since that time, Bill has worked as a writer for DreamWorks, Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony, Disney and Universal Studios. Among the people Bill has worked for are Steven Spielberg, Arnold Kopelson and Martin Scorsese.
In 1999, Bill went to work for Steven Bochco on the CBS series entitled City Of Angels, breaking into the television industry for the first time. Two years later, Bill created, wrote and co-executive produced Sam's Circus, a CBS series pilot shot in England. Since that time, Bill has been writing television series pilots, mostly for CBS. Bill and his wife Pat moved back to their home state of Wisconsin in March of 2008, where Bill continues to write.

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