Here are this issues writer's bios:

Ocean Capewell divides her time between Purchase College, where she is pursuing an undergraduate degree, and Philadelphia. She eats too much pasta, gives intense hugs, and rides her bike a whole lot. Read her poetry here.

Jeff Deck is a Creative Writing major who has yet to put his fancy diploma to any sort of practical use save attracting the moths away from his precious collection of old MAD magazines. He is from New England and recently returned there to settle in Boston, after a three-year stint in D.C. working at a publishing house and railing at the president's front gate during lunch breaks. He is no longer allowed south of the Mason-Dixon line. Read his fiction here.

Andrew Demcak has an M. F. A. in English/Creative Writing from St. Mary's College in Moraga, CA. He is a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and has been published by Pearl, Plainsongs, and Poetry Midwest. Read his poetry here.

K.Knapp has fiction currently appearing in paperplates.org out of Toronto, Canada. Her musical satire The Sound of Wizards has been accepted for inclusion in a Musicals Festival in New York City. The play is presently in rehearsal and will be performed from April 20th until mid-May. Read her fiction here.

Eric Kocher is pursuing his B.A. in Creative Writing at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Read his poetry here.

Amy M. Wright will graduate this June, having earned her Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. She has received her M.A. in 2001 from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Publications include: American Letters & Commentary, Ribot 6, Virginia Literary Review, and Quarterly West among others. Read her poetry here.