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Christy Armistead

Christy Armistead is a southern writer who was born in Kittery, Maine, which is probably the first, but certainly not the least or last, of the contradictions in her life. Her family's frequent relocations gave her a rich supply of experiences to draw from, well into her adult years. Christy, married 25 years, currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband Bruce, and their two daughters.

Michael Cantor

New York-born Michael Cantor resides on Plum Island, north of Boston on the Massachusetts coast, with his wife, his books, and an excessive number of woks and condiments. His work has appeared in The Formalist, The Atlanta Review, Candelabrum (UK), The Comstock Review (Pushcart nomination), The Cumberland Poetry Review (Robert Penn Warren Award finalist), Edge City Review, Iambs & Trochees, Light Quarterly, Orbis (UK) and many other journals. He won the 2004 NAA Poetry Award.

D. W. Clark

D. W. Clark has written numerous poems about chickens, a collection of which, Boneless, he is preparing for public consumption. He lives in the Midwest.

Edmund Conti

Edmund Conti comes from a long line of poets but finds the line is getting longer as more poets push in front of him. This is especially true here in New Jersey where every other poet has won a Pulitzer Prize.

Justin Evans

Justin Evans's poetry has appeared in The DMQ Review, The Paumanok Review and The Eleventh Muse. He has poetry forthcoming in The Pebble Lake Review and The Green Hills Literary Lantern, among others.

Mitchell Geller

Mitchell Geller was born and raised in the Boston area, where he still lives. His poem "Villanelle for an English Professor" won first place in the IBPC for April 2004. His work has appeared in The Melic Review and Worm, and he has a sonnet appearing in the forthcoming premiere print edition of Sonnetto Poesia.

Dan Halberstein

Dan Halberstein's poetry has been accepted by Susquehanna Quarterly. His satire has been published in The New Republic, American Politics, and Roll Call, as well as several less known outlets. A Religion and English undergraduate at William and Mary ('84), Dan has combined the best of both majors, and made a career of praying for publication. In the meantime, he is a training and information specialist working for the Federal Government.

Jim Hayes

Jim Hayes either didn't send a bio, or he did and we lost it. We were too embarrassed to ask him to send it again. But we happen to know he lives in Kilkenny, Ireland, and he's going to be the featured poet in the Summer 2005 issue of Light Quarterly, which we can't wait to read. His work has also appeared in Iambs & Trochees, The Alsop Review Anthology One, and many other venues.—CS

Laura Heidy

Laura (Lo) Heidy is a former medic from the midwest who now lives, blissfully unemployed, in Northern Virginia with fellow writer, Dan Halberstein. Her poetry has appeared in Sol Magazine, Mind Caviar, Solares Hill, Poets Against the War, The Susquehanna Quarterly and The Hypertexts.

Fred Longworth

Fred Longworth's poems have appeared in numerous hardcopy journals including California Quarterly, Pearl, Rattapallax and Spillway; and on-line in Melic Review, miller's pond, poetic voices and poetryfish. He makes his living restoring vintage audio components. He lives and writes in San Diego.

Bob McKenty

Bob McKenty's light verse has appeared in The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Playboy, The Formalist, and Light Quarterly, where he was Featured Poet in 1999. He has also had poems in numerous anthologies and a couple of college textbooks. Doggerel Daze will publish his Fair Game: Open Season on Baseball this year. He makes an annual pilgrimage to the Baseball Hall of Fame to recite his poetry.

Renate Micallef

Ms. Micallef is a free-range paltry farmer and occasional poet who believes in treating chickens emphatically.

Chris O'Carroll

Chris O'Carroll is a writer, actor, and stand-up comedian. His work has appeared in Iambs & Trochees, The Melic Review, Thunder Sandwich, and other journals. Frequently confused about the distinction between light verse and serious poetry, he does what he can to confuse others.

Frank Osen

Frank Osen lives in Pasadena, California. His poems have appeared in Light Quarterly, Blue Unicorn, Pivot, The Wallace Stevens Journal, and The Susquehanna Quarterly. In 2004, he received the Lord Byron Award and had six poems accorded other honors in the seventeenth annual World Order of Narrative and Formalist Poets competition.

Christine Potter

Christine Potter is a poet who lives on a creek with her choirmaster/organist husband, Ken, and two spoiled kitties named Desmond and Molly Jones. She's had poetry in New Works Review, Eclectica, Snakeskin, three candles, and (courtesy of Gumball Poetry) some of the finest candy machines in the Pacific Northwest. Christine is also head moderator at the Alsop Review's Gazebo, and a DJ at WDFH-FM.

Henry Quince

Henry Quince is an Anglo-Irish Australian who has been a philosopher, jazz pianist, editor, copywriter, and voiceover man. He has had a few bits and pieces published here and there. He lives in Brisbane.

Jennifer Reeser

Jennifer Reeser is the author of two poetry collections, An Alabaster Flask, published by Word Press as the winner of their first book prize, and Winterproof, forthcoming also from Word. She is also author of a spoken word CD produced and distributed by The Alsop Review. Her work has been anthologized in numerous print and online anthologies, including The Buckeye, Alsop Review, The Hypertexts and Rising Phoenix: The Next Generation of American Formalist Poets, edited by Sonny Williams, consulting editor Dana Gioia. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart, and been accepted by international journals such as Salt, The Dark Horse, The Formalist, The Lyric, Blue Unicorn, Cumberland Poetry Review, Candelabrum, The New Laurel Review and Louisiana Literature. She is the assistant editor of Iambs & Trochees, and lives in southern Louisiana with her husband Jason and their five children.

Washington Snow

Washington Snow is a furniture craftsman from Rome, Georgia.

Don Zirilli

Wife, House, Dog, Computer job, English major.