Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., was Curator of Historical Collections at SUNY Upstate Medical University from 1987 to 2006 and has taught at Villanova University, Syracuse University, Upstate, and the College of Saint Rose. He is the author, editor, or translator of over 690 publications in philosophy, religion, librarianship, history, history of medicine, politics, humor, popular culture, and nineteenth-century studies.
D. R. James, retired from 40 years of teaching college writing, literature, and peace studies, lives with his wife, a former hospice social worker and bereavement counselor, in Saugatuck, Michigan. His latest of 10 collections is Mobius Trip (Dos Madres Press). https://www.amazon.com/author/drjamesauthorpage
We are pleased to announce our Spring/ Summer 2025 Haiku Contest (May 1st – September 4th). The winner will receive a $100 cash prize.
We are pleased to announce our Spring/ Summer 2025 Poetry Contest (May 1st – September 4th). The winner will receive a $200 cash prize.
We’re proud to announce the Winners of the Fall / Winter 2024/ 2025 Haiku Poetry Contest.
Thank you to all who participated.
1st Place – Pamela Wynn
2nd Place -Veronica Tucker
3rd Place – Michelle Tram
Fall 2024-Winter 2025 Poetry Contest: Winner to Receive a $200 Dollar Prize
Fall 2024 -Winter 2025 Haiku Contest : $100 Dollar Prize
Writer, artist, and educator, Kelly Cass Falzone, earned her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University in Louisville, KY, and MSEd. in Counselor Education from SUNY Brockport. Her work appears in numerous journals and she has been awarded recognition from the Berry College Emerging Southern Women Writers Competition, Chattanooga Writer’s Guild, Tennessee Writer’s Alliance, and others. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dan O’Brien is a playwright, poet, memoirist, essayist, and librettist. In 2023 he published three books: a memoir entltled From Scarsdale: A Childhood (Dalkey Archive Press); a collection of plays entitled True Story: A Trilogy (Dalkey Archive Press); and a collection of prose poems and photographs entitled Survivor’s Notebook (Acre Books). In 2024 his play Newtown premiered at Geva Theatre. Also in 2024, his pamphlet Flying on Easter and Other Poems was published by Poetry London.