Sarah Bloom is an assistant professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.  She and her partner have a small farm on which they raise goats, bees, chickens, and other assorted livestock.  Her work has been published in Phoebe, So to Speak, and DarkSky magazine. 

Marie Bortolotto received her B.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax. For many years she traveled the globe in pursuit of adventure and inspiration found in nature. Currently she resides in Vancouver, BC where she creates sculpture and writes poetry. 

Kathleen Dale's chapbook, Ties that Bind, was published in 2006 by Finishing Line Press. Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in many periodicals, most recently Main Street Rag, Evansville Review, Rattle, Beloit Poetry Journal, Wisconsin Academy Review, The Lyric, and Free Verse, which recently nominated one of her poems for a Pushcart.
She is currently a poetry editor of the new online magazine Trillium Literary Journal.

Renee Emerson is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at Boston University. She has been published in Tar River Poetry, Keyhole Publications, Sojourn, and her work is forthcoming in the American Literary Review, the Santa Clara Review, and Ruminate. She lives with her husband outside of Boston.

Alice George lives in Evanston, Illinois, and teaches as a visiting poet in area schools and libraries. When she's lucky, she's out in her garden, or swimming in Lake Michigan.  Alice was awarded an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry in 2005.  Her first collection, This Must Be The Place, was published by Mayapple Press in 2008.

Cindy Bousquet Harris is a licensed marriage and family therapist. But when it comes to writing, her first love is poetry. She lives in southern California with her husband, two sons, and three dogs. She enjoys logic and teddy bears.

Missy Kizer lives in the mountains of Colorado.  Twenty-six years she spent teaching writing and literature to high school students.  Now retired from teaching, she writes because she loves to play with words and needs to finally do that which she spent years instructing.  A believer in the journey of life, she uses writing to express feelings that sometimes hide from the spoken word but need desperately to be expressed.  She walks for exercise, reads for enjoyment, and meditates for energy.  

Deborah P Kolodji is the president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, a member of the Haiku Society of America, and the editor of Amaze: The Cinquain Journal.  She has published four chapbooks of poetry and more than 850 poems in various journals including Strange Horizons, poeticdiversity, Simply Haiku, Modern Haiku, Tales of the Talisman, Dreams and Nightmares, Pearl, Eclectica, bottle rockets, Modern English Tanka, and Eucalypt.

MaryAnn Franta Moenck lives and works just east of St Paul, Minnesota. She enjoys playing mandolin and writes best after a long walk. She hopes to someday strike the proper balance between knitting and belly dancing.

Natasha Kochicheril Moni writes and resides in the Bay Area.  Three of her poetry mss were recent semifinalists in Black Lawrence Press competitions.  Her essays, fiction, reviews, and poetry regularly appear in journals including: Main Street Rag, Santa Fe Writers Project, Indiana Review, The Pedestal Magazine, and Rattle.

Julie L. Moore is the author of Slipping Out of Bloom, forthcoming from WordTech Editions, and Election Day (Finishing Line Press). Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2008, Moore's recent work appears in Alaska Quarterly Review, Atlanta Review, Chautauqua Literary Journal, Cider Press Review, Cimarron Review, Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose, Flint Hills Review, The MacGuffin, Sou’Wester, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Her website is www.julielmoore.com.

Sandra Noel is a biologist and freelance illustrator for the National Park Service, Forest Service, and others.  She develops interpretive text and illustrations for outdoor and interior environmental education exhibits. Both her profession and passion (distance running) allow her time to explore and enjoy nature. 

Jillian Parker, aka "Flame,” is new to the writing game. She is an autism activist, momster to five lovely children, and has just relocated to Northern California from scenic Alaska. A barefoot warrior stumbling towards the light amidst life's bellicose circus, she can be found on the internet at www.myspace.com/flameinthesnow.

Lauren Scharhag is a writer of poetry and fiction.  Her work has appeared most recently in Compass Rose, Cold-drill, and A Tender Touch and a Shade of Blue.  She is currently trying to get her novel published.  She lives in Kansas City, MO and is a student at Rockhurst University.

Alchemy of the Sun

Alpenglow Over the Lake

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Bobbi Sinha-Morey is a book reviewer for the online magazine Specusphere as well as a poet.  Her poetry has appeared in Falling Star magazine, Poetry Cemetery, Ceremony, Acorn, Poet’s Espresso, and Feelings Of The Heart.  Her latest books of poetry The Quiet Scent Of Jasmine and Stillness In The Garden Of Light are both available at ebooksonthe.net.

Bridget Smith lives and writes in Juneau, Alaska. Her adult mystery, Death of an Alaskan Princess, was published by St. Martin's Press, and subsequently made into a movie, Raven's Blood. She has edited and appeared in regional anthologies, and haiku is her newly discovered love.

Karen Braucher is the author of Aqua Curves and Sending Messages Over Inconceivable Distances, as well as two chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in many journals including Diner, Pool, Puerto del Sol, Nimrod, and The Spoon River. She lives in Portland, OR, and will publish her first mystery in 2009.