Raised in a New York housing project, she practices as a psychologist in Lexington, Massachusetts. Marian Kaplun Shapiro, now in her 80’s, has had Upbringing, her fifth book of poetry, a collection of experimental graphic poems, published by Plain View Press in January January 2023.
Scott McLean, a physician/writer living in San Antonio, TX, is working on chapbooks of poetry, short fiction, and a book of prescriptive/practical nonfiction – First Steps to Improve Your Genetic Health.
CC Hart, is a neurodiversity advocate, artist, and author. She is a founding board member of the International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists (IASAS). CC lives in San Francisco, California, and holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco.
Mary Jane Philpy-Dollins’ work appears in The Poetry Machine: Volume 2 (2021), The Poetry Machine: Volume 3 (2022), and the Waco WordFest Anthology (2023). She is the 2023 President of the Austin Poetry Society. She is a nurse living in Texas.
Evelyn M. Potochny, DO, is a physician in central Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in Hektoen, Proud to Be, The Journal of General Internal Medicine, and JAMA.
Fall/ Winter 2024 Haiku Contest Winners Announced!
Srikantha Rao is an anesthesiologist at a tertiary care medical center in a University teaching hospital.
Patricia Cannon has been a Registered Nurse at UCSF since 2001. Her passions are her faith, photography, and the written word in all its forms.
Artwork by Autumn Foote.
By Alexander Antigua Made
Alex is a third-year medical student at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University. He plans to specialize in Diagnostic Radiology with interests in Breast, Pediatrics, and Interventional Radiology. In his spare time, he enjoys board games, movies, and reading.
Evelyn M. Potochny, DO, is a physician and former U.S. Navy medical officer living in Pennsylvania. Her work appears in Families, Systems & Health, Hektoen International: A Journal Of Medical Humanities, and Proud to Be: Writing By American Warriors.