Author Index

Welcome to The Write Launch Author Index, a place to find the names of each writer and poet whose work has appeared in one or more monthly issues of the online literary magazine. You can read a selected author's brief bio and then click on the name to read their selected work. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter which highlights the selected, original work published each month, subscribe here.

A. Hayes

A. Hayes is an actor, director, and singer and has been writing poetry most of her life. Her book of…

A. Smith

A Smith is an undergraduate student studying Creative Writing Poetry at UMass Boston. This is Smith’s first professional publication of…

Aaron Buchanan

Aaron Buchanan is a writer who lets teaching philosophy and Latin in Tampa pay his bills. He is a Michigan…

Aaron Como

Aaron Como is a writer from Milwaukee, WI. He has work published by magazines such as Drunk Monkeys, Red Fez,…

Aaron Graham

Aaron Graham hails from Glenrock, Wyoming, population 1159, which boasts seven bars, six churches, a single 4-way stop sign and…

Aaron Heil

Currently, I work at a library in Emporia, Kansas, in the middle of the Flint Hills. My fiction has been…

Aaron Ratliff

Aaron Ratliff is an undergraduate student at the University of South Florida studying English. He was a content editor for…

Aaron William

Aaron William is a full time Laboratory Technician, and part-time writer of poetry and short fiction. He grew up and…

Abby Wasylean

Abby Wasylean is a university student at Salve Regina University who's just trying to make people stop and think every…

Abigail Chorley

Although I have lived in the United States, United Kingdom and France, I currently reside in Edinburgh where I am…

Abishake Koul

Abishake Koul is a poet from the mountains. Born and brought up in Jammu & Kashmir, he did his engineering…

Ada Jo Mann

After a long career in international development spanning the globe, Ada Jo Mann has turned her energies and talents to…

Adam Cheshire

Adam Cheshire is a writer living in Hillsborough, NC. His prose and poetry has been featured in various literary journals…

Adam Que

Adam Que is a writer from New Jersey. He has competed as an amateur mixed martial artist. After he stopped…

Adrian Fleur

Adrian Fleur is a Minneapolis-based writer, mother of two and perpetual volunteer. She has been shortlisted for the New Millennium…

Adrian Plau

Adrian Plau is a London-based Norwegian completing a Ph.D. on medieval Indian poetry.

Aida Bode

Aida Bode is an Albanian poet and writer. She holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from Southern New…

Ailish NicPhaidin

Ailish NicPhaidin emigrated from Ireland in 1997 with her then 9-year old daughter to Florida. She began writing poetry about…

Aisha West

Aisha West is an actress, writer, and editor who lives in Brooklyn with three tuxedo cats. Tuxedo cats aren’t really…

Alaina Symanovich

Alaina Symanovich is an MFA student at Florida State University concentrating in creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared or is…

Alan Swyer

Alan Swyer is an award-winning filmmaker whose recent documentaries have dealt with Eastern spirituality in the Western world, the criminal…

Alana Hollenbaugh

Alana Hollenbaugh is a writer and poet. She frequently runs off to the mountains and National Parks near her for…

Albert Lee

Albert Lee is a sophomore at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN.

Aleksandra Appleton

My background is primarily in journalism and creative nonfiction. I have an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, and in…

Alex King

Alex King is a software engineer from the Washington, DC area who is passionate about theoretical mathematics, cognitive science, and…

Alex Nichols

Alex Nichols is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where he studied English Literature and Creative Writing. He is…

Alex Pickens

Alex Pickens graduated Magna Cum Laude from James Madison University with a B.A. in English and a B.S. in economics.…

Alex Stanley

Alex Stanley is a graduate of Boston College, and he received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine. He…

Alex Starr

Alex Starr is a writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alex's poems have been published in Volume 15, Issue…

Alexa Dodd

Alexa T. Dodd has a Master’s in Creative Writing from Texas Tech University. Her work has appeared in River Teeth…

Alexander Fredman

Alexander Fredman recently graduated from Brown University with a degree in Environmental History, and writes fiction and nonfiction focused on…

Alexander Koch

Al Koch is a writer living in St. Paul, Minnesota with his beautiful and supportive fiance, Jenny, and his two…

Alexander Verdoni

Alexander Verdoni is a traveling musician, playwright, and ceremonialist. His works have been staged at many small venues and clandestine…

Alexandra Loeb

Alexandra Loeb was born in Gainesville, Georgia, and spent most of her adult life in Seattle working at Microsoft as…

Alexis MacIsaac

Alexis MacIsaac is a writer and musician living in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.

Alf Abuhajleh

Alf Abuhajleh is originally from Sweden, and now lives in Lake Tahoe, California. His three poems tackle problematic beginnings that…

Ali Wilding

Ali Wilding is an English teacher, originally from the UK, but now living in New York City. She is new…

Alice Faryna

Alice Faryna is a retired physician whose first novel Do No Harm is based on her experiences. Since then, she…

Alicia Notorio

Alicia spent over fifteen years in the restaurant industry before starting college. Over the summer of 2022, she finally finished…

Alina Stefanescu

Alina Stefanescu was born in Romania and lives in Alabama with her partner and four small mammals. A Pushcart nominee,…

Alison Jennings

Alison Jennings, a Seattle-based poet, began submitting her work after retiring from school teaching and the business world. She has…

Alison Relyea

Alison Cupp Relyea is a writer and educator. She works as the Director of Education and Programming at the Rye…

Alli Parrett

Alli Parrett is a prose writer and recently completed the Creative Writing MA program at University of Glasgow. Her work…

Allison Bliss

Allison Bliss is a poet from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. She works as a language arts tutor.

Allison Lamberth

Allison Lamberth grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and now resides in New York City with her husband…

Allison Turrell

Allison Turrell is a writer and independent film producer based in Austin, Texas. She received her MFA from the Maryland…

Ally Chua

Ally Chua works in the communications industry in Singapore. She has been published in the anthologies for SingPoWriMo 2017 and…

Alpheus Williams

Alpheus Williams, curmudgeon, pagan, pantheist, loves his wife, nature, good whisky and dogs, lives and writes in a small coastal…

Alyssa Katz

Alyssa Katz is an emerging creative writer of non-fiction and poetry.

Amanda Pampuro

Amanda Pampuro cut her teeth reporting for the Guam Daily Post. Her fiction has since been featured in 3AM Magazine…

Amanda Tumminaro

Amanda Tumminaro lives in the U.S. Her poetry has appeared in Cottonwood, Spoon River Poetry Review and Freshwater among others.…

Amy Bernstein

Amy L. Bernstein writes about the intersection of politics and culture for the stage and the page. Her novel, “Ell,”…

Amy Jones Sedivy

Amy Sedivy lives in Los Angeles with her artist-husband, Richard, and their two dogs. She teaches literature and creative writing…

Amy Monaghan

Amy Monaghan is a Los Angeles-based writer with a MFA in writing from UCLA.

Amy Pugsley

Amy is a Persian-Canadian international development specialist, educator, and writer living in Cairo, Egypt. Read more of Amy's work at…

Amyen Fielding

Amyen Fielding is a Marriage and Family Therapist, who after years of talking herself out of it, is trying her…

Ana Pugatch

Ana Pugatch is the '20-'21 Poetry Heritage Fellow at George Mason University. She is a Harvard graduate who worked in…

Anastasia Cojocaru

Anastasia Cojocaru is a recent graduate of The University of Aberdeen (2016) in English and International Relations. She is currently…

Andi Van den Berge

I am a young writer of literary fiction and poetry. I like to integrate my perspective, as a gay woman…

Andre F. Peltier

Andre F. Peltier is a Lecturer III at Eastern Michigan University where he has taught African American Literature, Afrofuturism, Science…

André Fleuette

André Fleuette began writing in earnest in an attempt to keep himself (somewhat) sane during lonely nights staffing a 9-1-1…

Andrea Chesman

Andrea Chesman is a food writer and cookbook author. She tries to keep food out of her fiction writing but…

Andrea Clark

The Waves of Dissonance is my debut novel. I was previously published for a Writer's Digest flash fiction contest, years…

Andrea Hellman

Andrea Hellman, EdD, is a Hungarian-born artist and associate professor of Linguistics/TESOL at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. Her…

Andreas Hasselbom

Andreas Hasselbom writes from Copenhagen, creating stories to provoke thought and afterthought.

Andreea Sepi

Andreea Sepi is a translator and writer based in southern Bavaria. Her intercultural background includes Southeastern Europe, the United States,…

Andrew Ellis

Andrew S Ellis is annoying, infuriating, agitating, provoking, engaging, encouraging, and all the things that make a person interesting. His…

Andrew Jason Jacono

Andrew Jason Jacono is a senior at Wesleyan University majoring in English and French Studies. He has been writing ever…

Andrew MacQuarrie

Andrew MacQuarrie is a reader, a writer, a veteran, and a doctor. A native of Canada, he now lives in…

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller is an essayist, poet, and photographer whose work has been in publications as far afield as The Fanzine…

Andrew Posner

Andy Posner grew up in Los Angeles and earned an MA in Environmental Studies at Brown. While there, he founded…

Andrew Rubin

Andrew Rubin attended Adirondack Community College in Queensbury, NY where he was given the Fiction Writing Award in the Spring…

Andrew Sarewitz

Andrew has written several short stories (published work at andrewsarewitz.com) as well as scripts for various media. Mr. Sarewitz is…

Andrew Song

I am a high school senior attending an all-boys college prep in California. I am the editor-in-chief of my school’s…

Andrew Talbot

Andrew James Talbot lives in Brazil with his young family.

Andy Betz

With degrees in Physics and Chemistry, Andy Betz has tutored and taught in excess of 30 years. His novel (The…

Andy Rugg

Andy Rugg's short story "Changing Colours" was most recently published in the British Fantasy Society's Horizons magazine (Issue 6). Prior…

Angela Gaito-Lagnese

Angela Gaito-Lagnese has an M.F.A. in fiction and an Ed.D. in language, literacy, and culture from the University of Pittsburgh.…

Ann Christine Tabaka

Ann Christine Tabaka lives in Delaware. She is a poet and artist. She loves gardening and cooking. Chris lives with…

Ann Huang

Ann Huang is a seasoned marketer with more than fifteen years of experience working with the spoken and written word.…

Anna Davis Abel

Anna Davis Abel is a 2016 graduate of the University of Alabama's creative writing department and is currently in her…

Anna Doran

Anna Doran studied Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Anna Hertel

Anna Hertel is a German writer writing Creative Non-Fiction in English and is a candidate for the MFA At California…

Anna Kaye-Rogers

Anna Kaye-Rogers' previous work has been published in Illinois Valley Community College River Currents, The Feminine Collective, Eastern Iowa Review,…

Anna Persky

Anna Stolley Persky, a lawyer and award-winning journalist, reported for decades on major world events. She lives in Northern Virginia…

Anna West

Anna West is currently working on “In the Garden of Dark Flowers,” from which this piece is taken. Born in…

Annie Burdick

Annie Burdick is a writer, editor, and compulsive reader living in Minneapolis and having adventures whenever possible. She is also…

Anon Baisch

Anon is currently a data analyst working in the semiconductor industry for a Japanese printing company in Silicon Valley with…

Anthony Aguero

Anthony Aguero is a queer writer in Los Angeles, CA. His work has appeared, or will appear, in the Carve…

Anthony Moore

AW Moore is a father, husband, teacher, and writer from Houston, TX. His favorite topics to explore are family and…

Anthony Nguyen

Based in California, Anthony Nguyen is a new English teacher trying to write more. He has been published in Mistake…

Anthony Raymond

Anthony Raymond is an emerging writer from San Francisco, California. His most recent publication was a short story for Czykmate…

Arlene Downing-Yaconelli

The author lives slightly outside of Sacramento, marginally past the age of new beginnings, somewhere between contemporary and avant-garde, and…

AS Renard

AS Renard is a London-based writer. His works focus on intersections of life and the surreal. Originally from the Texas…

Ashley Goodwin

Ashley is 27 years old and currently resides in Arizona. She got her creative writing certificate at Mesa Community College…

August Ritchart

August Ritchart is a student at Tulane University. It is on his bucket list to get published.

Aunya May

Aunya May is a freelance writer in South Florida, interested in the relationship between lyrical voice performance and the written…

Autumn Slaughter

Autumn Slaughter is a clinical psychology doctoral student at the University of Tulsa. In 2017 Autumn’s poetry was part of…

Aya Elizabeth

Aya Elizabeth is an artist, bookseller, and poet living in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Aydin Akgün

My name is Aydin Akgün and I am a novelist and a poet. I was born and raised in Izmir,…

Ayşe Tekşen

Ayşe Tekşen currently lives in Ankara, Turkey where she also works as a research assistant at the Department of Foreign…

B.P. Rosenbluth

My stage play (Teresa's Ecstasy) was produced Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, and published by Broadway Play…

Babitha Marina Justin

Babitha Marina Justin is from a small town in Kerala, South India and her poems have appeared in Eclectica Magazine,…

Barbi Calusdian

Barbi Calusdian is a new author. She particularly likes writing short stories of the horror/suspense variety, as well as satire.…

Barry Potyondi

Barry Potyondi is a Canadian writer based in Peachland, British Columbia. The author of six non-fiction works, he has worked as a communications…

Barry Silesky

Barry Silesky has published four collections of poetry: This Disease (University of Tampa), Greatest Hits (Pudding House), The New Tenants…

Beatriz Seelaender

Beatriz Seelaender was born in 1998 in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2016 she published her first novel, in Brazilian Portuguese,…

Becky Strohl

Becky Strohl writes short pieces, poetry, and novels. By day she works in Communications and Marketing for nonprofits and multi-billion…

Belle Kane

Belle Kane is a second semester sophomore studying for an English degree at Kennesaw State University.

Ben Tufnell

Ben Tufnell is a writer and curator based in London. He has published extensively on modern and contemporary art and…

Ben Woestenburg

I’ve self-published some stories online, but inexperienced with online marketing, failed to make an impression. When I got out of…

Benjamin Bartu

Benjamin Bartu is a writer and multi-citizen. He graduated from Linfield College with a BA in Political Science and Creative…

Benjamin Green

Benjamin Green is the author of 11 books, including THE SOUND OF FISH DREAMING. At 52, he hopes his new…

Benjamin Mast

Benjamin Mast is from a small Mennonite town in northern Indiana. He has been a roamer so far, moving from…

Beth Curran

I have been teaching high school English for 21 years and strive to incorporate poetry into the daily lives of…

Beth Weeks

Beth Weeks received her MFA from Miami University in Ohio. Her fiction has appeared in Barren Magazine, Quarter After Eight,…

Betsy Littrell

Betsy Littrell is a whimsical soccer mom of four boys as well as a Navy wife. She is working on…

Bill Gaythwaite

Bill Gaythwaite’s short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Subtropics, Chicago Quarterly Review, Grist, The Meadow, Oyster River Pages,…

Billy Malanga

Billy (M.S. in Criminal Justice) is a first generation college graduate, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and the grandson of Italian…

BJ Fischer

BJ Fischer's latest short story (Annabelle's House Guest) was published in May in Artist's Studio. He has also been published…

BJ Neblett

BJ Neblett is the author of numerous short stories and books including the contemporary literary fiction novel Elysian Dreams, and…

Bobby Wilson

I live in China where I teach English and write. My creative non-fiction has appeared in the Longridge Review, Feminine…

Brad Garber

Brad has degrees in biology, chemistry and law. He writes, paints, draws, photographs, hunts for mushrooms and snakes, and runs…

Brad Neaton

My name's Brad, and in addition to being the author of the novel Because of Jenny, I'm a 28-year-old sparkling…

Brandon Daily

Brandon Daily is the author of two novels, A Murder Country and The Valley, as well as a collection of…

Brandon Marlon

Brandon Marlon is a writer from Ottawa, Canada. He received his B.A. in Drama & English from the University of…

Brandyce Ingram

Brandyce Ingram is a writer, tutor, and jazz-head in Austin, Texas. Her work has appeared in The Esthetic Apostle, The…

Bre Hall

Bre Hall was raised in Kansas, which has greatly influenced her writing. She traveled west for college and graduated from…

Brenna Hosman

Brenna Hosman grew up in east Tennessee and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She has previously worked with…

Breslin White

Breslin White is a poet with Irish and Japanese family. He has always had a fond love for language and…

Brian Howlett

Brian Howlett's fiction has appeared in and been accepted in eighteen literary publications over the past three years, including Limestone,…

Brian Kerr

Brian Kerr is an African American man in his early thirties who writes poetry, fiction and essays. His favorite subjects…

Brian Lombardi

Brian Lombardi is a New England writer, trying not to break anything while he navigates the post-grad stage of his…

Brian Schulz

Brian lives in north-central Massachusetts where, when not biking or walking its country roads and woodland trails, he consults with…

Brianne Turczynski

Brianne Turczynski is a full-time writer living near Detroit. She holds a Master's degree in Education from Oakland University with…

Bridget Verhaaren

Bridget Verhaaren resides in the Wasatch Mountains and is an avid fan of skiing and enjoys travel adventures with her…

Brittany Ackerman

Brittany Ackerman is a recent graduate of Florida Atlantic University's MFA program in Creative Writing. In 2016 she completed a…

Brittany Leitner

Brittany Leitner is a poet and journalist living in New York City. Poems from her recently published chapbook, ""23 Emotions""…

Brittany Mishra

Brittany Mishra helps make airplane engines for a living and writes poetry and fiction as her passion. Originally from the…

Brittany van der Merwe

Brittany van der Merwe is an emerging Canadian poet and aspiring author. Her poem "The Storm" won the annual Dr.…

Bromme Hampton Cole

Bromme was born in New Orleans but having lived on the island of Manhattan for many years, he is much…

Brooke Boveri

Brooke Boveri likes to play with words in her free time, and wishes she had more of both.

Bruce Meyer

Bruce Meyer is author of 67 books of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, and literary non-fiction. His most recent collections…

Bryn Chamberlain

Bryn Chamberlain is a writer and filmmaker working out of Toronto Canada. Bryn has always had a dog. To contact…

Bryn Gribben

Bryn Gribben has a PhD in Victorian literature and is an instructor of English at Seattle University, teaching literature, empathy,…

Buffy Aakaash

Buffy Aakaash grew up in the wild hills of New Jersey north and west of New York City. He has…

C. H. Weihmann

A former resident of Vancouver Island, C. H. Weihmann now lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she grows citrus trees on…

C. White

C. White writes short stories, and sometimes poetry and non-fiction, when not working as a high school English and Social…

C.M. Brophy

Born in New York City in 1959, C.M. Brophy has written, directed and acted in plays and films in New…

C.W. Bigelow

After receiving his B.A. in English from Colorado State University, C.W. Bigelow lived in nine northern states, before moving south…

Caitlin Spring

Caitlin Spring was born in the USA but grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. She has a Creative Writing…

Caleb Nelson

Caleb Nelson is a third year PhD student studying poetry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Currently, he serves as the…

Camara Fairweather

Camara Fairweather (b. 1998) is a short fiction writer from the United Kingdom.

Cameron Green

Cameron Green is currently pursuing his M.A. in English Studies. His fiction has appeared in WILDNESS Journal, The B'K Magazine,…

Cameron Vanderwerf

Cameron Vanderwerf holds an MFA in creative writing from Hollins University. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The…

Camila Santos

Camila Santos’s work has appeared in Newtown Literary, Minola Review, Columbia Journal and the New York Times. She holds an…

Carl Boon

Carl Boon lives in Izmir, Turkey, where he teaches courses in American culture and literature at 9 Eylül University. His…

Carla Schick

Carla Schick is a queer transformative social justice activist/writer. They strive to show the intersections of writing & the struggles…

Carlos Sosa

Carlos Sosa is a new writer who lives in Rochester, New York where he works in the healthcare field.

Carmen Price

Originally from Chicago, Carmen Price is a teacher and writer based in Stockholm, Sweden. She's been published in Animal: A…

Carol Ann Wilson

Carol Ann Wilson's first book, Still Point of the Turning World: The Life of Gia-fu Feng, won Foreword Reviews Book…

Carol Campbell

Carol’s commitment to education, broadcasting and performance is framed in human rights pursuits. Her work includes award winning theatrical contributions…

Carol Pierce

Carol Pierce was born and raised in New York City. She holds a B.A. in English, an M.S.Ed.in Special Education,…

Caroline Cooper

I am a New York City public school teacher of English, with a passion for narrative storytelling and instilling in…

Caroline Okello

Caroline Okello is a Kenyan writer living in Nairobi. This is her first work of fiction.

Caroline Sidney

Caroline Sidney lives in southeastern Kentucky, where she was raised. Books and writing have been a constant passion in her…

Caroline Taylor

Caroline Taylor's stories have appeared in several online and print magazines. She is the author of three mysteries and one…

Carolyn Flynn

Carolyn Flynn is a graduate of the Spalding MFA in Writing program, with concentrations in fiction and creative nonfiction. She is…

Carolyn Silverstein

A native New Yorker with an affinity for the outdoors, Carolyn Silverstein is currently earning her BA in English Literature…

Carrie Lynn Hatland

Carrie Lynn Hatland is currently studying creative writing at the University of Winnipeg and has taken long distance writing courses…

Carter Vance

Carter Vance is a student and aspiring poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, currently studying at Carleton University in Ottawa. His…

Carvel Tefft

Carvel Tefft writes poems about growing up and everything in between. He just began submitting his poetry online and shares…

Casey Killingsworth

Casey Killingsworth has work in The American Journal of Poetry, Better Than Starbucks, The Moth, Two Thirds North, and other…

Cassandra Moss

Cassandra Moss was born in Manchester. She studied English with Film at King's College, London and subsequently worked in the…

Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem

Cassandra self-publishes a small art and literary zine called “Rag" and runs a monthly literary reading series at The Beat…

Catharine Leggett

Catharine Leggett’s collection of short stories, In Progress, won the Eludia Award and was published in June 2019 by Sowilo…

Catherine Hammond

Catherine Hammond has a BA in writing from Northwestern University and an MA in Education from Wayne State. As a…

Catherine O'Neill

Catherine O’ Neill is a debut author working on her memoir, Zero Balance, about the effects of gambling and losing…

Catherine Puckett

Catherine Puckett has published fiction in Many Mountains Moving, and nonfiction nature/creative nonfiction essays in magazines, newspapers, and literary journals.…

Catherine Vance

Catherine Agrella lives and teaches writing in Houston Texas, where she also does social justice work. She holds an MFA…

Cathryn Sherman

Katie Sherman is a journalist and an award-winning author who covers fine food and parenting—two things rarely related—in Charlotte, NC.…

Cathy Robertson

I have just begun submitting works for publication within the last year; however, I have been writing since I was…

Celia Hameury

Celia Hameury is a student writer and aspiring novelist. Having spent the early years of her life in Montreal, Canada,…

Chan Brady

Chan Brady is an author of anything that comes to mind. Her specialty is writing notes down in her journal…

Chapin Cimino

As a law professor, I am an experienced academic and professional writer. In that capacity I have published widely, from…

Charlene Finn

Charlene grew up in eastern Washington and received her MFA in Fiction from Warren Wilson College for Writers after spending…

Charles Davis

This is a story about youthful idealism and the notion that we can change the world with images.

Charles Grosel

An editor, writer, and poet, Charles Grosel lives in Arizona. He has published stories in Western Humanities Review, Red Cedar…

Charles Wall

Charles Wall is a graduate of Christopher Newport University and is enthusiastic to share his short stories in both literary…

Charli Spier

Charli Spier is a writer and history PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley, and is in the process…

Charlotte Burnett

Charlotte Burnett is 23, Dyslexic and currently studying Psychology at the Open University, although I’ve also studied copy-editing and creative-writing…

Charlotte Evans

I am a third year student studying Creative Writing & Publishing at Sheridan College in Mississauga, Ontario. I enjoy writing…

Chaya Bhuvaneswar

Chaya Bhuvaneswar's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative Magazine, Narrative Northeast, The Awl, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.

Chelsea Cambeis

After earning her B.A. in English from Fairmont State University, Chelsea Cambeis spent four rewarding, hardworking years as a rural…

Chelsea Jackson

Chelsea Jackson is awestruck by creativity and its power to challenge and comfort. They use their poetry to ask hard…

Chelsey van der Munnik

Chelsey is a content writer and SEO Analyst for a marketing company in upstate NY. Her work has been published…

Cherene Leong

Cherene Leong is a communications professional writing in Singapore.

Cheryl Sim

Cheryl Sim is a retired American diplomat originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She spent most of her thirty-year plus career in…

Chiedozie Dike

Chiedozie Dike is a Nigerian scriptwriter and lawyer. His prize-winning short story “Diagnosis”, and his flash fiction “The Man of…

Chloe McMurray

Chloe McMurray is a junior at Union College studying English, Sociology, and Writing. She won the Rushton Writing Competition for…

Chris Capitanio

Chris Capitanio is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning a B.A. in History with a minor…

Chris Dupuy

Chris Dupuy is a regular contributor of essays to The Big Smoke America, a former member of the Bay Area…

Chris Espenshade

Chris Espenshade has been a professional archaeologist for 33 years. He has written one book, chapters for edited volumes, journal…

Christa Lubatkin

Though she has not had her fill of mountain trails, of late, Christa has settled for lesser walks. She finds…

Christen Lee

Christen Lee is a family nurse practitioner in Cleveland, Ohio. Her writing has been featured in the Cleveland Humanities Festival…

Christian Keth

Husband and father who in his down-time writes poetry as a "creative release."

Christian Perry

My name is Christian M. Perry, I am an unpublished poet currently cultivating and creating a voice for myself and…

Christina Bloom

Christina Bloom is a senior English major at the University of Mary Washington.

Christine C. Heuner

Christine Heuner has been teaching high-school English for 19 years and lives with her family in New Jersey.

Christine Marra

Christie works as a legal aid lawyer and dance fitness instructor in Richmond, Virginia. While she loves both her social…

Christopher Adams

Christopher Adams is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays includes Tumulus, Antigone, and Finding Mr Hart. He recently completed his…

Christopher Bruneaux

Christopher Bruneaux is a 31-year-old poet, musician, social worker, and a benevolent curmudgeon. Hailing from the great North Country of…

Christopher Edelen

Christopher Edelen is a new author and poet. He grew up the oldest of three children, splitting his time between…

Christopher Johnson

Chris Johnson is an emerging poet based in Newcastle, Australia. He has been published in Tiger Moth Review and The…

Christopher Parent

Christopher Parent is a writer and intellectual property attorney currently living in Zurich, Switzerland. His writing has appeared in publications…

Christopher Riesco

Christopher Riesco is a graduate of the MMU Writing School. Efforts at poetry have appeared in PN Review, Bodega, and…

Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith

Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith was born in Merida Yucatan, grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and taught English at Tucson High Magnet School…

Christopher Ryan

Born on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Christopher X. Ryan now lives in Helsinki, Finland, where he works as a…

Christopher Watkins

Christopher Watkins is Senior Creative Writer at DataVisor. His poems have appeared or are appearing in The Massachusetts Review, Harpur…

Christopher Wyman

Chris Wyman is a graduate student at the University of Manitoba. His fiction has previously appeared in Juice Magazine. He…

Christy Sheffield Sanford

Christy Sheffield Sanford lives and works in North Florida near the Atlantic Ocean. She has won a National Endowment for…

Christy Shick

Christy Shick teaches at San Francisco State University, and has an MFA in Creative Writing from City College of New…

Cindy Buchanan

Cindy Buchanan was raised in Alaska, has a B.A. in English from Gonzaga University, and was a preschool teacher until…

Cindy Rinne

Cindy Rinne creates art and writes in San Bernardino, CA. She is Poet in Residence for the Neutra Institute Gallery…

CJ Acosta

CJ Acosta is a writer and systems specialist based out of Saint Louis, Missouri. He hopes to have his first…

Claire Robbins

Claire Robbins currently serves as the guest creative non-fiction editor for Third Coast Magazine. She holds an MFA in fiction…

Clara Burghelea

Clara Burghelea is Editor at Large of Village of Crickets and currently taking her MFA in Creative Writing at Adelphi…

Clare Simons

Clare Simons is aging gracefully and awaiting further instructions from the universe. She was the press person and gatekeeper to…

Claudia Glenn

Claudia Glenn is a Saint Louis native and currently studying at the University of Denver. This is her first published…

Claudia Putnam

Claudia Putnam lives in Western Colorado, where she has a small craniosacral therapy practice. Her fiction appears in Cimarron Review,…

Cleve Latham

I am a teacher and writer in Chattanooga, TN and have published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in a variety of…

Clint Martin

Clint Martin lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife, two sons, and their yellow dog, Waggie. When not writing, Clint…

Coda Danu-Asmara

Coda Danu-Asmara is an emerging fiction author, currently working in Madrid in the humanitarian sector. Coda's previous work has been…

Connie Kinsey

Connie Kinsey is a published and award winning writer who lives in a converted barn on a dirt road at…

Connor Fineran

I've been a lifelong literature and writing lover. I was heavily involved in the Undergraduate English Society at my alma…

Corie Johnson

Corie Johnson is a writer, comedian, artist and Enneagram type 4 “living” in Los Angeles. She has been published in…

Cory Essey

Cory Essey lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work has been published on The Write Launch, Discretionary Love, and Two Sisters…

Courtney Elizabeth Young

Courtney Elizabeth Young is a 32-year-old rape crisis counselor and sexual assault survivor’s advocate pursuing an MFA at Southern New…

Craig Etchison

Craig Etchison is a combat vet and retired professor who taught classes on war and peace over the years. His…

Cristina Chopalli

Cristina Chopalli holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University and a BS in Education from Baker University.…

Cynthia Megill

Cynthia Megill is retired, enjoying her family and looking to challenge herself constantly.

D. E. Lee

D. E. Lee’s short fiction appears or is forthcoming in Palooka, Little Patuxent Review, Quiddity, Alligator Juniper, The Lindenwood Review,…

D. M. Armstrong

D. M. Armstrong is a poet from the shop of mundanity. He has written Edgar Dreary's Brave and Disturbing Discoveries…

D.P. Snyder

D.P. Snyder is a writer of short fiction and literary translator of works by Hispanic women. She examines the challenge…

Dakotah Jennifer

Dakotah Jennifer is a twenty-year-old Black writer currently attending Washington University in St. Louis. She started writing poetry at eight…

Damian Robb

Damian Robb is a Melbournian who works as a scientist by day and a writer by night. Last year he…

Damon Piletz

Damon Piletz is a gifted education teacher, professor and writer. Born and raised in New Hampshire, he received his MEd…

Dan Popoff

Dan is a licensed practicing funeral director in North Carolina and adjunct instructor of English at South Piedmont Community College.…

Dan Woessner

Dan Woessner has published work for Sauk Valley Media and numerous other publications for Shaw Media in Northern Illinois over…

Dan Yonah Johnson

Dan Yonah Johnson is from Ohio, and he’s been a schoolteacher, social worker, and antiques dealer. Ohio writers Sherwood Anderson…

Daniel Bartkowiak

Daniel Bartkowiak is an emerging writer with pieces published in The Write Launch, The Lab Review, and Thrice Literary. He…

Daniel Chawner

Daniel Chawner lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children. He works as a Software Manager for a…

Daniel Eastman

Daniel Eastman is currently residing in southeastern Pennsylvania with his wife Katherine, his two dogs, and his rabbit. He is…

Daniel Laing

Daniel Laing is a Devon-based writer. Previously, he has been published in Neon magazine. He is currently working on a…

Daniel Talamantes

I’m a 2015 graduate of National University of Ireland’s MA Writing Program and 2012 graduate of University of California at…

Danielle Boccelli

Danielle Boccelli is a writer and editor living in Philadelphia. She enjoys people watching, complete solitude, and unexpected patterns.

Danielle Williams

Danielle P. Williams is a writer from Columbia, South Carolina, currently residing in Washington, DC. She is a 2016 graduate…

Dannielle Pendzich

Dannielle Pendzich recently just finished grad school, with an MFA in Screenwriting and Playwriting.

Daphne Deeds

Daphne Anderson Deeds is a fine art and museum consultant. She is seasoned art museum curator and administrator who has…

Darius Powell

Darius Powell is currently a high school teacher. He's been writing creatively since 2005 and has self-published two novels and…

Darlow Safley

Darlow Safley is a former teacher living in Lodz, Poland. For 33 years, he worked in music, English, drama, and…

Darryl Lauster

A 2010 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors, Darryl Lauster is an Intermedia artist, writer,…

Darryl White

Darryl White has a BA in Psychology from University California, Los Angeles, a MA in English from California State University,…

Dave Buckhout

A writer of fiction, creative + narrative nonfiction, historical studies, and verse, Dave's work has appeared in Baseball Ink, The…

Dave Wakely

Raised in South London, Dave Wakely has worked as a musician, university administrator, poetry librarian, and editor in locations as…

David Anderson

David Anderson is an artist and historian from Omaha.

David Bontumasi

David Bontumasi has had a handful of stories and poems featured in several online and in limited-run print publications, including…

David Bowne

As an associate professor of ecology and environmental science at Elizabethtown College, I spend a lot of time studying and…

David Cazden

David Cazden has had work in Passages North, Nimrod, and elsewhere, and most recently in Still: The Journal. His second…

David Goodrum

Born, raised, and educated in Indiana, David A. Goodrum lives in Oregon. His poems are forthcoming or have been published…

David Kennedy

David J. Kennedy is a civil rights lawyer in New York City. Read more about his work at his website:…

David Kirby Fields

Kirby Fields has an MFA in Playwriting from Carnegie Mellon and is the Artistic Director of UP Theater, an independent…

David McVey

David McVey lectures at New College Lanarkshire in Scotland. He has published over 120 short stories and a great deal…

David Phillips

After a career in sales and a stint as an investigative reporter for CBS News, David J. Phillips decided to…

David Rubenstein

David S. Rubenstein is an American writer, photographer, and painter. His short stories have appeared in Crack the Spine, Still…

David Schuller

David Schuller is a writer and poet living in Washington, DC. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, David studied creative writing…

David Will

David Will is a graduate of Princeton University and The University of Virginia School of Law. His work has been…

Davis Mathis

Davis Mathis is a 17-year-old from Georgia. She enjoys writing in her free time and especially loves writing poetry and…

Dawid Juraszek

Dawid Juraszek is the author of Medea and Other Poems of the Anthropocene (Kelsay Books 2020). A bilingual writer and…

Dawn Terpstra

Dawn Sly-Terpstra is pursuing her lifelong passion of writing poetry and non-fiction. She values the mentorship she finds from the…

Dawn-Michelle Baude

Dawn-Michelle Baude is an international writer, educator and Senior Fulbright Scholar. The author of seven volumes of poetry (Finally: A…

Debbie Robson

Debbie Robson is the author of Tomaree, a WWII novel, and Crossing Paths - the BookCrossing novel inspired by the…

Deborah Filanowski

Deborah Reed Filanowski is a native of West Virginia but has done the majority of her adulting in Pennsylvania. She…

Debra Groves Harman

Debra Groves Harman's memoir Dancing in Circles: An Expatriate in Cambodia is forthcoming in 2019. She's won awards for CNF…

Debra Rose Brillati

Debra Rose Brillati received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska Omaha in January 2022. She is…

Dennis Perry Clark

Dennis Perry Clark is a poet and writer. His work has appeared in Figroot Press, Typishly, Poydras Review, Indigo Lit,…

Derek Fisher

Derek Fisher is a Phd Candidate in English Literature at Texas A&M University, though Canadian, and based in Toronto. He…

Derek La Shot

Derek La Shot, PhD, is pursuing his dreams of becoming a novelist while teaching at a boarding school. Though he…

Desiree Roundtree

Desiree Roundtree was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where she still lives with her husband and daughter. By day…

Deya Bhattacharya

Deya Bhattacharya is a freelance writer and former business development manager from India who started exploring the world of literary…

Diana McQuady

Diana McQuady's work has been published in anthologies, newspapers, newsletters, and journals, including a novel chapter, 'Fortunes Told,' in The…

Diana Raab

Diana Raab, PhD, is an award-winning memoirist, poet, blogger, speaker, and author of 10 books and is a contributor to…

Diane Botnick

A passion for literature, as both reader and writer, directed Diane Botnick to City College's Creative Writing masters program, where…

Diane Forman

After a long career as writing tutor and educational consultant, Diane Forman is currently working on a series of essays…

Diane McTigue

Diane McTigue is a former lawyer. Her writing has appeared in Chaleur Magazine and Ponder Review, et al, and one…

Diane Rosier Miles

Diane Rosier Miles’ background includes a Pushcart Prize nomination by Ancient Paths in 2009 for her short story "Lament." Her…

Diane S. Jarrett

Diane S. Jarrett is a writer in residence with the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County and has…

Diane Sahms-Guarnieri

Diane Sahms-Guarnieri is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently The Handheld Mirror of the Mind (Kelsay Press,…

Dmitry Blizniuk

Dmitry Blizniuk is an author from Ukraine. His most recent poems have appeared "River Poets Journal"(USA) ,"The Courtship of Winds"…

Doley Henderson

Doley Henderson is a Toronto writer of fiction and creative nonfiction. Her work is featured in "The Gaspereau Review", "The…

Dom Fonce

Dom Fonce is a poet from Youngstown, Ohio. He is the author of Here, We Bury the Hearts (Finishing Line…

Dominic Blanco

Dominic Blanco is an emerging poet originally from Miami, Florida, who currently resides and works in Chicago, Illinois, where he…

Donatella du Plessis

Donatella du Plessis is an emerging writer from Durban, South Africa. She teaches English and French.

Dorothy Johnson-Laird

Dorothy Johnson-Laird is a poet and social worker who lives in New York City. She received an M.F.A in creative…

Dorothy Neagle

Dorothy Neagle lives and writes in Hastings on Hudson, New York. She has studied writing most recently at the Writing…

Dotty LeMieux

My work has appeared or is forthcoming in Rise Up Review, Writers Resist, Gyroscope and Solo Novo, among others and…

Douglas Borer

DA Borer lives near the shore of the Monterey Bay. In earlier years he worked as a paperboy, doodle-bugger, meat-packer,…

Douglas Brouwer

Douglas Brouwer was born in western Michigan, then moved and lived away for more than 40 years (in the the…

Douglas Nordfors

Douglas Nordfors is a native of Seattle, and currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has a BA from Columbia University…

Drew Mortier

Drew Mortier is a Seattle husband and father, and a practicing writer in his spare time. He has a B.A.…

Dudgrick Bevins

Dudgrick Bevins is an artist an educator from North Georgia. He now lives in New York City with his partner…

Dustin Hendrick

Dustin Hendrick is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays. His first published work, a collection of essays titled "Where…

E. Farrell

E. Farrell lives in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has been writing fiction and off and on for forty years. Over…

E. Merrill Brouder

E. Merrill Brouder was born in New York and raised in Maine, where he fell in love with the region's…

Ed Connor

Ed Connor is a husband, father, grandfather and professional massage therapist. His writing falls into the 'slice of life' perspective,…

Ed Davis

Ed Davis has been writing for forty years. Kirkus Reviews recently called his novella, In All Things, '". . .…

Édgar J. Ulloa Luján

Édgar J. Ulloa Luján is a performance artist and poet from Ciudad Juárez, México. He founded a pioneer multimedia poetry…

Edward Ahern

Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had two hundred stories and…

Edward Belfar

Edward Belfar has authored a collection of short stories called Wanderers, which was published by Stephen F. Austin State University…

Edward Dougherty

Edward A. Dougherty's fourth collection of poems Grace Street is available from Cayuga Lake Books. In 2015, he published Everyday…

Edward Harvey

Edward Harvey has been writing for a very long time. His first piece was a condensed version of the Iliad,…

Edward Hemstreet

Edward Hemstreet is a surfacing writer from New Jersey, United States. His works have been featured or are forthcoming in…

Edward Miller

My poetry appears in Counterexample Poetics, Hinchas de Poesia, Wilderness House Literary Journal, The Boston Literary Magazine, Crack the Spine,…

Edward Sheehy

Edward Sheehy is a writer living in Minneapolis. His novel, "Cade's Rebellion" was published in 2018 by Dog Ear Publishing.…