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…
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…
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…
Alexandra Loeb
Alexandra Loeb was born in Gainesville, Georgia, and spent most of her adult life in Seattle working at Microsoft as…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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.
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…
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…
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 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…
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
I love a blustery day hiking in the mountains, I like dancing of every stripe, and I would not want…
Christen Lee
Christen Lee is a family nurse practitioner in Cleveland, Ohio. Her writing has been featured in the Cleveland Humanities Festival…
Christian Perry
My name is Christian M. Perry, I am an unpublished poet currently cultivating and creating a voice for myself and…
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 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 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 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 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…
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.…
Edward Weingold
Edward Weingold is a produced playwright (12 plays in 20 productions) off-off Broadway, San Francisco Bay Area and has held…
Edwardo Pérez
Spurred by the belief that not every story has been told, Edwardo enjoys crafting speculative fiction in all its genres,…
Edwin Wentworth
Edwin Wentworth is a twenty something queer poet from a small, cold town in Southern Ontario. Raised by travelling Shakespearean…
Effie Pasagiannis
Effie Pasagiannis is a first generation Greek-American lawyer, poet and curator based in NYC. Effie has attended workshops at the…
Elaine Nadal
Elaine Nadal is a writer and educator. She holds a master’s degree in liberal studies from Wesleyan University. She also…
Elana Mass
Elana V. Mass wrote her first poem at age 5, proudly rhyming boot with hoot, and since then has written…
Elizabeth Buttimer
Elizabeth P. Buttimer, a entrepreneur, a manufacturer and former educator, received her Ph.D. from Georgia State University, and M.S.C. and…
Elizabeth Elliott
I am a staff writer at the Arlington Catholic Herald in Arlington, Va. I earned my MFA in Creative Writing…
Elizabeth Forsyth
My work has been featured in anthologies by the Museum of Walking, CityLit, Bay Area Library ePublishers, and San Diego…
Elizabeth Genovise
Elizabeth Genovise has published two short story collections via small presses, individual stories in about two dozen journals, and was…
Elizabeth Liang
Elizabeth Liang writes stories during nap times. She is a mother of three children residing in Bethesda, MD. She has…
Elizabeth Luchinski
Elizabeth Luchinski is a student at Granada Hills Charter High School who has always loved writing.
Elizabeth Novotny
Elizabeth Novotny is a poet from Wisconsin. Her work has appeared in Wingless Dreamer and she has a piece forthcoming…
Elizabeth Powers
Elizabeth Powers was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, She received her BA from Wittenberg University and completed her MFA…
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Elizabeth Rodriguez is a college senior enrolled in the Secondary Education/English program at Gannon University. She is expected to graduate…
Ella Kerr
After spending several years in East Africa, Ella wrote and maintained a popular blog known as “How Far I Am”…