James Haug

James Haug’s recent collections are Legends of the Recent Past (National Poetry Review Press, 2009) and A Plan of How to Catch Amanda (Factory Hollow, 2007).  Tarpaulin Sky will publish his chapbook, Scratch, later in 2010.

Joseph P. Wood

Joseph P. Wood is the author of five chapbooks and two forthcoming book-length volumes of poetry: Fold of the Map (Salmon Poetry, 2012) and I & We (CW Books). Recent poems can/will be found in Boston Review, BOMB, Verse, Hotel Amerika, and Hunger Mountain, among others. He co-founded Slash Pine Press, co-directs the Slash Pine Poetry Festival, and is trying to get an undergrad poetry exchange program off the ground.

Feng Sun Chen

Feng Sun Chen is an MFA candidate at the University of Minnesota. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in A Capella Zoo, Mondobummer, Moon Milk Review, nthposition, Ophelia Street, Pop Serial, So and So Magazine, White Whale Review, Word Riot and others. Her website is www.fengshunchen.com.

Sean Burke

Sean Burke has had poems published in a handful of journals including Sawbuck, Softblow, Glitterpony and Bombay Gin. He currently lives in Dover, NH.

Eric Rawson

Eric Rawson’s work has recently appeared in Denver Quarterly, Agni, Hanging Loose, and Ploughshares. His book, The Hummingbird Hour, will be published by Wordtech this fall.

Todd Robinson

Since receiving his Ph.D. from UNL, Todd Robinson has taught in the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He is also the vice-president of the board of the Backwaters Press. His poetry has appeared in Kestrel, Hospital Drive, Margie, The Potomac Review, Mankato Poetry Review, and The Southeast Review, and articles and book reviews in M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture, The Lincoln Journal-Star, Dictionary of Literary Influences, and Prairie Schooner.

Robert Wendeborn

Robert Alan Wendeborn lives and writes in the land of enchantment, though he rarely believes in magic. To read more of his work, he encourages people to Google him or come to his house. He enjoys cooking, tweeting, and facebooking. Generally he isn’t very good at/doesn’t like writing in the third person.

Arisa White

Arisa White is a Cave Canem fellow and holds a MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of the chapbook Disposition for Shininess. She has received residencies and fellowships from Hedgebrook, Atlantic Center for the Arts, University of Western Michigan, and Fine Arts Work Center. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2005, her work has appeared in numerous journals. She currently lives in Oakland, CA, and collaborates with photographer Samantha Florio in making picture poems.

Scott Abels

Originally from Nebraska, Scott Abels has an MFA from Boise State University. His work can be found in print and online with Lungfull!, Sixth Finch, No Tell Motel, Juked, Sawbuck, 751 Magazine, Past Simple, Spooky Boyfriend, Word for/Word, Poets for Living Waters, Action Yes and others.