Don McIver is the Essay/Non-Fiction Editor and is also the founding editor of Signature: Writing of the New West. He is a 4 time member of the ABQ slam team, an award winning host/producer of KUNM’s Spoken Word Hour, the author of The Noisy Pen, and editor of A Bigger Boat: The Unlikely Success of the Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene. He’s performed all over the United States, produced poetry events big and small including being the Media Director for the Bravos Awards winning 2005 National Poetry Slam (the largest poetry slam in history), been published in numerous magazines and anthologies including the Harwood Anthology, Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Poems by Teens and their Mentors, Earthships: A New Mecca Poetry Anthology, Poems from the Big Muddy: NPS 2004, and Looking Back to Place.
Essays/Non-Fiction submissions and general questions can be sent to dbodinem AT gmail.com.
Katrina Guarascio is the Poetry Editor. She is...
Gina Marselle is the Photo Editor. Shee has earned her M.A.Ed and teaches high school English in Albuquerque, NM. Gina has been awarded two grants to work with poets in her classroom. She has published work in The Alibi, the Rag, online with The Sunday Poem series, and in Adobe Walls (an anthology of New Mexico poetry). She reads her poetry at local coffee shops and art galleries. She is currently working on her first manuscript that combines poetry and photography. In addition to publishing poetry she coordinates the yearly “Poetry in Place” event that is sponsored by The City of Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center. As well, she is a photographer who has documented such events as The Slam Poet Laureate Program, the Prophetess benefit, Tourette's Without Regrets ABQ, and the nationally ranked 2010 Albuquerque Poetry Slam team. Gina’s photography has been seen in a number of galleries and shows locally. To learn more about Gina’s poetry please visit Local Poets Guild to view her portfolio of photographs visit her Flickr page. Finally, Gina is a single mom raising a beautiful and bright daughter who is a dancer, poet, and all around sweet fifth grader.
Melanie Viramontes is the Fiction Editor. She is...
