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Sandy DeRose Publisher & Editor-In-Chief, earned a BA degree in English from Seton Hall University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Her work has appeared in The Journal of New Jersey Poets, Philadelphia Stories, and the anthology, The best of Philadelphia Stories. Currently, she teaches Creative Writing and Journalism at Hopatcong High School in New Jersey.

Penny Dickerson Editor, earned a BA degree in Journalism from Temple University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Her writings include freelance for the Florida Times-Union and her published collection, Lyrical Soul. Her work has also appeared in Mosaic, Philadelphia Stories, and Azure &Amber Anthology. She taught high school and junior college English and currently lives in North Carolina.

Courntey DeRose _Marketing and Copy-editor, earned a BA degree in Sociology from Villanova University. Currently, she is employed with a research and consulting firm in Chicago. At Villanova, her research and writing was selected for the 2005 Mid-Atlantic Research Conference.

Dale Salomone Non-fiction/Fiction Editor, earned a BA degree in English from Glassboro State College. She taught high school English for thirty-four years, focusing on student writing and publication. Currently, she works as a literacy consultant to the Essex County schools and a language arts tutor.

Dianne Samp Art/Photography Editor, earned her BA in art at DePaul University and her MAAT in Counseling Psychology/Art Therapy from the Adler School of Professional Psychology. Living in Illinois, she practices art therapy, counseling foster children and court mandated parents.

Allison Carter Web Design and consultant, is an LA-based writer and web designer. Her work has been published in Combatives, P-Queue, Fence, 5-Trope and other journals, and her first book, A Fixed, Formal Arrangement, is available September 2008 from Les Figues Press. She currently teaches a workshop in hybrid forms at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Her website is accarter.com.

Lindsay Lieberman Copy Editor, earned a BA degree in Political Science at Rutgers College. She is currently pursuing a career in the legal field as a student at Brooklyn Law School.

Dr. Leslie Meskin Assistant Editor/Consultant, Leslie K Meskin, Ed.D earned a BA in English from Temple University and an M. Ed. and Ed.D in English education form Rutgers. She currently is a Curriculum Supervisor for the Hopatcong Borough Schools and teaches adjunct courses in the MAT program at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Camey McGurk Military Liaison