Co-Editor/Publisher
Angie Ledbetter holds a BA in Journalism from Louisiana State University and has published both online and in print, as well as co-authored several inspirational books. Ledbetter is a regional representative for the National Association of Women Writers and a Board Member of LSU's Readers & Writers. She is currently revising her first women's fiction manuscript and dabbles in poetry as time permits. Ledbetter loves visiting others in the blogosphere at angie-ledbetter.blogspot.com and in Twitterville at AngieLedbetter.
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Co-Editor/PublisherKathryn Magendie is a writer/editor living in the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. Her short stories, essays, poems, and nature-inspired photographs have been published in online and print publications. Magendie's novels include: "The Graces Series:" Tender Graces and Secret Graces (the third Graces to be released 2011); and Sweetie to be released fall 2010. Whenever she writes in third person, she arches her brow sardonically because that’s just how she is. Visit her website at kathrynmagendie.com; her blog at tendergraces.blogspot.com, and follow her on twitter at katmagendie, or on Facebook at kathryn.magendie.
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Managing Editor, Senior Poetry Editor
Cynthia L. Toups is a graduate of Loyola University-New Orleans and holds a B.A. in History with a minor in English. Her love of music, art, and history influences her poetic themes.
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Poetry Editor
Yu-Han (Eugenia) Chao was born and grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. Her poetry book, We Grow Old, was published by Backwaters Press in 2008, and her short story collection, Passport Baby, is forthcoming. She received her MFA in fiction from Penn State and currently teaches at Merced College. Feel free to visit her writing and artwork at yuhanchao.com.
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Prose Editor
Patresa Hartman lives in
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Marilyn Shapley holds a BA in English and classical studies. She is an avid and life-long lover of poetry. Her work has been published in LA Literature, Rambler, and Comstock Review. While not an officially recognized definition of poetics, she styles herself as a 'Clearist', meaning she likes her poetry clear in meaning and if one can do that without being obvious, so much the better!
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Newsletter ProducerSusan Girolami Kramer wears many hats at her job as a Communications Specialist and at home on her off-hours. She’s a photographer, fiction and poetry writer, editor, and publication designer. She has won several awards during the last two decades for her photography and recently held a display at a local gallery. By day, she writes articles for an Association’s newsletter; by night, she taps into her more creative writing skills. Susan lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband, son, and pug, Truman.
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Staff
Adnan Mahmutovic is a Bosnian who has spent half his exile life in Sweden pondering on authenticity, working with disabled people, and writing his PhD and a few fiction books. His work can be followed at adnanmahmutovic.com and undermidnightsun.wordpress.com.
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Poetry Editor, Graphics Editor
Wil Hough, one of the founding editors at Rose & Thorn, first spent a decade as NOVLPapa in the old AOL Amazing Instant Writers Group. While earning his living as a faux finishing artist specializing in Impressionist and Post Expressionist wall art, he best expresses his contrarian outlook through poetry, essays, and short stories.
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StaffJanna Qualman is one who finds inspiration in the layers of everyday life. She loves words, fiction (and the truth found within), her family, and the three C's: chocolate, coffee, and chai. You can visit and learn more at Something She Wrote.
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Art Commentator
Liam Wilkinson is a writer, editor, and musician from Yorkshire, England. His poetry—including haiku, senryu, and tanka—has been published widely in print and on the Internet. He is the editor of 3LIGHTS and Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu & Kyoka. Liam lives with his wife in York, England.
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FounderBarbara Quinn has written four novels, including 36C, Slings and Arrows, Hardhead, and The Speed of Dark. Her short story Crab Lines was nominated for a Pushcart prize and was selected for the 2006 Best of the Net Anthology. A number of her stories are available at Sniplits.com in audio version. Writer's Digest, The Melic Review, Storyteller, and The Ledge are a few of the publications that have honored or published her short fiction. Currently, she is a freelancer doing SEO work for websites and blogs and is working on a new novel. When she is not writing, you can find her at the shore at Bradley Beach or in Montebello, NY