MIKE STINSON is a poet from Nebraska, and his first full-length book of poetry is Much Needed Rain (2026). On a wintry day in Nebraska, while sitting at his second-grade desk, Mike looked out the window...

CHARLES PEEK is the author of the chapbook Where We’ve Managed Somehow to Be (WSC Press, 2014); Breezes on Their Way to Being Winds (Finishing Line Press, 2015), which was selected for Talking Books...

SHYLA ANN SHEHAN is an analytical Virgo from the Midwest. She holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska, where she was awarded an Academy of American Poets Prize. Her work has been featured in The Pinch,...

JULIE S. PASCHOLD (Tansy Julie the Soaring Eagle) is a poet and artist from Nebraska. They have their BS and MS in agronomy from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Their first book, Horizons (Atmosphere...

ILIANA ROSABAL-PÉREZ is a poet, essayist, and researcher born in Santiago de Cuba in 1970. She earned a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Universidad de Oriente in 1993, followed by a master’s degree...

WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE’s ninth poetry collection, Call Me Fool, came out from Red Hen Press in 2023. His poems have appeared in more than 50 anthologies and textbooks, as well as in The Writer’s Almanac,...

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 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 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 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 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 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....