Published annually, this journal is dedicated to advancing writing that exhibits high literary standards and doesn't shy away from our difficult and beautiful reality.
Contributors to the 2018 edition are: James Allman, Jr. Chris Anderson Laura Arciniega Susanna Childress Sarah Davis Ben Egerton Laurel Eshelman Hillary Jo Foreman Rachel E. Hicks Meredith Stewart Kirkwood Andrew Koenig D.L. Mayfield Julie L. Moore Lisa Muir Jeff Newberry Kimberly Ann Priest Jeannie Prinsen Christie Purifoy Suzanne Rhee Jim Richards Tania Runyan Courtney O'Banion Smith Jeddie Sophronius Marjorie Stelmach Prasanta Verma Jeremiah Webster
Daniel Bowman Jr. is the author of A PLUM TREE IN LEATHERSTOCKING COUNTRY (Virtual Artists Collective, 2012) and ON THE SPECTRUM: AUTISM, FAITH, & THE GIFTS OF NEURODIVERSITY.
His poems and essays have appeared in The Adirondack Review, American Poetry Journal, Art House America, The Bitter Oleander, Books & Culture, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Istanbul Literary Review, The Midwest Quarterly, The Other Journal, Redactions: Poetry & Poetics, Rio Grande Review, Seneca Review, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many others. He recently completed his first YA novel, THE AUTISM JOURNALS.
A native New Yorker, he lives in central Indiana with his wife Beth and their two children, and teaches creative writing at Taylor University.