How did you get into writing? When I was 19 years old, I wandered into a poetry slam team performance at a coffeehouse in Albuquerque, my hometown, and was hooked when I saw the team performing a poem about New Mexico’s history of Spanish colonization, layering their voices as they chanted, “Tell...

How has your family inspired your writing? My family didn’t exactly inspire my writing as much as it provided raw material for writing. My writing is usually triggered by or suggested by interactions with people or with other creatures. If I pay attention—and I think that nearly a hundred percent...

What do you find easiest about writing? This is an interesting question since I feel like we writers often focus on the hardest aspects of writing. I suppose for me the easiest part about writing is the part where you simply write and don't edit yourself or consider the quality. Letting the words...

Congrats to our Fiction Slam Rebirth winners! 3rd place Meena Dalal, 1st place Vito Cole, 2nd place Tana Buoy, and 4th place Bill Tindle. Special thanks to all the readers and supporters! Contestants: Katie Flower, Myah Gibney, Natasha White, Alex Retzlaff, Christel Wiggan, Vito Cole, Gabriel Malfileno,...