Charles Deemer (Editor) writes plays, screenplays and fiction. He is a three-time finalist for the Oregon Book Award, most recently for Seven Plays (2001). Deemer has received two fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission (drama, fiction) and numerous other grants and awards. He's considered a pioneer in hyperdrama, a career culminating with the electronic publication of The Seagull Hyperdrama, an expansion and interpretation of the Chekhov play. Deemer teaches screenwriting at Portland State University and is the author of
Practical Screenwriting. His screenplay Earthly Desires is currently optioned. [more]
Primus St. John (Poetry Editor) is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Communion: Poems, 1976-1998 (Copper Canyon Press, 1999), which won the Western States Book Award and Dreamer (1990), which received the 1990 Hazel Hall Award for Poetry. He is editor of the anthologies From Here We Speak(1993) and Zero Makes Me Hungry (1976). His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He has taught writing and literature at Portland State University for almost 30 years. [more]
Joshua D. Weber (Fiction Editor) teaches creative writing at Oregon State University.
His work appears in Cream City Review, Pacific Review, Redivider,
Facets, and other journals, print and online. He is finishing a
collection of stories set against the backdrop of urban renewal in the
West.
Evelyn Sharenov (Nonfiction Editor) grew up in New York City; she has called Portland, OR home since 1990. Her stories, essays and poetry have been published in Glimmer Train, Fugue, Rain City Review, Mediphors, Hip Mama, XConnect and other journals. She has been awarded an Oregon Literary Arts grant in fiction and has been a notable in Best American Short Stories. She is a reviewer for The Oregonian newspaper, The Bear Deluxe Magazine and Bitch Magazine. Her short story "Magic Affinities" will be anthologized in a collection of the same name from Beacon Press in 2008. She has a BA degree in literature and is also an advanced practice mental health nurse.
John D. Nugent (Music Editor) is the composer of the operas Dark Mission and Varmints, as well as several musicals and a large amount of orchestral music. His piano
music has been published in anthologies for music teachers. He studied at
the University of Charleston (WV). He is a member of the American Composers
Forum. [more]
Harriet Levi (Art Editor) paints in acrylic and multi media. She taught for 21 years at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, where she expanded Women's Studies into a Certificate Program. She is active in the Portland chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art. She began her artistic career as a costume designer in the Boston area and was the designer for the Charles Playhouse.
Julie Mae Madsen (Video Arts Editor) is a freelance writer. She has written for the Tacoma Reporter and Tucson Weekly. She is currently seeking an MFA in Fiction at Pacific University . She is a regular contributor to 100words.net, competed in the 2006 3-Day Novel contest, and has participated in National Novel Writing Month every year since 2003. She maintains a daily haiku blog at haikunurse.blogspot.com. Her short story "Collection 300" appeared in Oregon Literary Review (v1n2). She directs the First Wednesday reading series sponsored by OLR at Blackbird Wineshop in Portland.
Jeremiah Rickert (Genre Fiction columnist) still lives in Newberg, Oregon, the town he was born in. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University.