Isolda Dosamantes was born in Tlaxcala, Mexico, in 1969. She is the author of Altura lustral (2000) and Gótico florido (2001). In the US, Toshiya Kamei has published translations of Isolda’s poems in International Poetry Review, Loch Raven Review, and Minnetonka Review.

Irene Emanuel was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she lived until 2002, when she moved to Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. She has always loved the rhythm and sound of words and started rhyming when she was about four years old. Irene’s poems have appeared in Fidelities, and various other journals and newspapers.  In 2006, Trayberry Press published her first collection, A Scorpion Sings.

Richard Fein was Finalist in The 2004 Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition. He will soon have a Chapbook published by Parallel Press, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Richard has been published in many web and print journals, such as Southern Review, Morpo Review, Skyline, Oregon Eas.t Southern Humanities Review Touchstone, Windsor Review, Maverick, Parnassus Literary Review, Small Pond, Kansas Quarterly, Blue Unicorn, Exquisite Corpse, Terrain and many others I also have an interest in digital photography and have published many of my photos. Photography samples can be found on /www.pbase.com/bardofbyte photo album

Michael J. Frey is a doctor of medicine and an associate professor of Medicine in New York City. He is a poetry editor of the university poetry magazine, Ad Libitum. Michael grew up on Long Island and graduated from Brandeis University. He has been published in many publications and has been nominated for the Pushcart prize.

Joan Rene Goldberg lives in St. Augustine, Fl. Her poems can be read this summer 2008 on both Snakeskin August edition and Eclectica. Future work will be in Millers Pond. She is originally from Brooklyn New York where she graduated Brooklyn College; subsequently she has lived in California and Zurich Switzerland. 

Carol Lynn Grellas is a Northern California-based writer. She has been widely published in literary journals including most recently, Chanterelle’s Notebook and Dogzplot with poems forthcoming in Flutter and The Hiss Quarterly. Her chapbook, Litany of Finger Prayers will be released in 2008 from Pudding House Press.  Her second chapbook, Object of Desire was recently accepted for publication and will be forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.

Jan Oskar Hansen is a Norwegian poet residing in Portugal. Published books: Murmur from the East, Homecoming, La Strada, End of a Voyage, Letters from Portugal. See also Wikipedia.

Brad Hatfield was born in 1957, in Yakima, Washington.  Recent publications appear in the WPA’s Whispers & Shouts, Snow Monkey: An Eclectic Journal; Switched On Gutenberg; the Poetry Superhighway; the Orange Room Review; and Sein Und Werden.  He was the 2008 Winner of the Yakima Valley Allied Arts Juried Poetry Contest.  Brad is a Vice President of National Specialty Underwriters and he lives with his companion and their son Grayson in Mill Creek, WA.

Amitabh Mitra is a poet, artist, publisher and a medical doctor. A widely published poet in the web and print, Amitabh has held many exhibitions of his poetry art. ‘A Slow Train to Gwalior’ is a CD of his ten most popular love poems recited against a background of Indian and African traditional music. A documentary film incorporating his love poems is being produced in South Africa. www.amitabhmitra.com

J. Alan Nelson is a writer and a lawyer. Previous publications in: Wisconsin Review, South Carolina Review, Illya’s Honey, Red River Review, Adirondack Review, Red Cedar Review, Identity Theory, Hawai’i Review and Kennesaw Review, Driftwood Review, Ken*Again, Haggard and Halloo and forthcoming work to be published in the Connecticut River Review and Fulcrum.

Peter Nezafati is a writer living in southern California. He is in the process of attaining an MFA from Chapman University. He has work published in The Centrifugal Eye, The Mastodon Dentist, and Cherry Bleeds. He is currently working on a Short Story Collection.

Jay Pillay (b. 1953), one of seven siblings, grew up in Pietermaritzburg, KZN. He works in a sugar mill in Mozambique. Jay writes short stories (a few have been published), articles (many have been published), and poetry. He is married to Dorothy; they have a daughter, and two grandsons.

J. F. Pytko has been writing poems for a long time, mostly at night and by the trial and error method over the years. He has published 4 chapbooks and a book and has traveled into the pages of numerous little mags.

Poet-mythologer, Stephanie Pope, author of "Like A Woman Falling: Collected Poems" ©2004 is published in numerous poetry magazines including the premier issues of A Hudson View and Literary House. A Pushcart Prize nominee for 2007, Stephanie works poetry on line at mythopoetry.com.

Meryl Raw is Financial director of Eurocar and poet who published "Footprints" her first anthology of poetry in 2005, twice winner of the "South African Writer’s Circle, Hilde Slinger Poetry Trophy, lives in the country side, loves the beauty of nature and self expression through poetry.

Bishnupada Ray is a Reader in English in North Bengal University, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. His poems have been published in Indian Literature, New Quest and Makata. Three volumes of his poetry titled Possibilities, Dark Age and A Place In The Sun have been published by Writers Workshop, Kolkata, India.

Tom {WordWulf} SternerHowe, lives in Colorado.  He has been published in independent literary magazines and on the internet.  These include Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review and Flashquake.  He has won the Marija Cerjak Award for Avant-Garde/Experimental Writing and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2006. His novel, ‘Madman Chronicles: The Warrior’, is available at www.PublishAmerica.com

Victoria Valentine is an author who founded Skyline Publications in 2001, publishing writers, poets & artists in three print publications & online several literary websites. www.waterforestpress.com and www.nightwindpublishing.com are the latest editions to the Skyline family, designed to help authors publish & promote their poetry collections, short story collections, novellas and novels. Victoria’s own published books: At The Stroke Of Midnight, 24 tales of terror & The Cutest Little Duckie children’s novella. www.skylinemagazines.com

Matthew Woolven teaches English and resides in Connecticut. Some of his work has been published in Flutter Poetry Journal, Offcourse, The Ranfurly Review, The Scruffy Dog Review, Tonight: An Anthology of World Love Poetry and The Poetry Porch.

Maria Zeldis is an artist from Mexico who has graciously shared her beautiful art with Skyline Literary Review, A Hudson View, SpinningS intense tales of life and online Skyline Publications websites. Visit Maria’s website:http://zeldis.deviantart.com/gallery/