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Michael Catherwood

Michael Catherwood

MICHAEL CATHERWOOD's awards include a Nebraska Arts Council Grant, Pushcart Nomination, The Holt Prize for Poetry, and Finalist for the Ruth Lily Prize. His books are Dare, If You Turned Around Quickly,...

Twyla Hansen

Twyla Hansen

TWYLA M. HANSEN was Nebraska’s State Poet in 2013-2018, and received the 2021 Nebraska Literary Heritage Award, among others. Twyla's newest poetry book is Feeding the Fire (2022 WSC Press). Her previous...

Lucy Adkins

Lucy Adkins

LUCY ADKINS grew up in rural Nebraska, attended the University of Nebraska and received her undergraduate degree from Auburn University at Montgomery. Her MFA in Creative Writing is from the University...

Greg Kosmicki

Greg Kosmicki

GREG KOSMICKI is a poet and retired social worker who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. He founded The Backwaters Press in 1997, which he now serves as Editor Emeritus. Greg’s poetry has been published in numerous...

David Wyatt

David Wyatt

DAVID WYATT was born in Southern California a year before the end of World War II, spending his childhood and early twenties in the Golden State, an agricultural and horticultural paradise well into the...

Kassandra Montag

Kassandra Montag

KASSANDRA MONTAG is an award-winning poet, novelist and essayist. Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies such as Midwestern Gothic, Nebraska Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and Mystery Weekly Magazine....

Red Shuttleworth

Red Shuttleworth

RED SHUTTLEWORTH is a three-time recipient of Western Writers of America’s Spur Award for Poetry. Woe to the Land Shadowing (Blue Horse Press) won the 2016 Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Best Poetry...

Dave Mainelli

Dave Mainelli

DAVE MAINELLI is a writer from Omaha, Nebraska. In 2012, Dave came down with a serious illness and reestablished some priorities in his life. Music and writing came to the forefront and has remained there...

Samuel Stenger Renken

Samuel Stenger Renken

SAMUEL STENGER RENKEN received his BA at Nebraska Wesleyan with the late great Bill Kloefkorn, an MA at Clemson with Keith Lee Morris, and an MFA in Wyoming with H.L. Hix. First Pony Out is his second...

Gailmarie Pahmeier

Gailmarie Pahmeier

GAILMARIE PAHMEIER teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada and in the MFA Program at Sierra Nevada University. Widely published, she's the author of three chapbooks and three full-length collections...

Mark Sanders

Mark Sanders

MARK SANDERS is a Nebraska native, born in Creighton and raised on the eastern rim of the Sandhills at Ord. He has taught at schools and colleges in Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Idaho, and Texas. Among...

Barbara Schmitz

Barbara Schmitz

BARBARA SCHMITZ is Emeritus Instructor of English at Northeast College where she taught writing and literature for thirty years and founded the Visiting Writers Series. Her latest books are What Bob...

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