John Amen

EDITOR IN CHIEF
John Amen is the author of three collections of poetry: Christening the Dancer (Uccelli Press 2003), More of Me Disappears (Cross-Cultural Communications 2005), and At the Threshold of Alchemy (Presa 2009), and has released two folk/folk rock CDs, All I’ll Never Need and Ridiculous Empire (Cool Midget). He is also an artist, working primarily with acrylics on canvas. Amen travels widely giving readings, doing musical performances, and conducting workshops. Further information is available on his website: www.johnamen.com. Contact: pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com.

 
Arlene Ang

POETRY EDITOR
Arlene Ang is the author of four poetry collections, the most recent being a collaborative work with Valerie Fox, Bundles of Letters Including A, V and Epsilon (Texture Press 2008). Her second full-length collection, Seeing Birds in Church is a Kind of Adieu is forthcoming from Cinnamon Press in 2010. Her poetry has been widely published, including in Ambit, Diagram, Painted Bride Quarterly, Poetry Ireland, Rattle and Stand Magazine. She lives in Spinea, Italy. For additional information, visit her website: www.leafscape.org.


Michael Spring
 









POETRY EDITOR
Michael Spring is the author of two poetry books: blue crow (LitPot Press, Inc.,  2003) and Mudsong (Pygmy Forest Press, 2005). His  poems have appeared in The Atlanta Review, Dublin Quarterly, The Midwest Quarterly, NEO, and New Works Review. He was recently selected as a featured poet for PoetryMagazine.com. Michael lives in O'Brien, OR. He is currently a natural builder and a martial arts instructor.


Susan Terris













POETRY EDITOR
Susan Terris's poetry collections include Contrariwise, Natural Defenses, and Fire Is Favorable to the Dreamer. Her work has appeared in many publications, including The Iowa Review, The Journal, Colorado Review, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, Denver Quarterly, and Ploughshares. For seven years, with CB Follett, she edited Runes, A Review Of Poetry. Now she edits for Pedestal Magazine and is poetry editor, with Ilya Kaminsky, of In Posse Review. She had a poem from Field published in Pushcart Prize XXXI. She had two chapbooks published in 2009: The Wonder Bread Years and Double-Edged and will have two more published in 2010: Bar None and Chapbook on the Marketing of the Chapbook.


Nathan Leslie

FICTION EDITOR
Nathan Leslie’s six books of fiction include Madre, Believers, and Drivers. His first book of poems, Night Sweat, was published in 2009. His short stories, essays, and poems have appeared in many literary magazines, including Boulevard, Shenandoah, North American Review, and Cimarron Review. He was series editor for The Best of the Web anthology 2008 and 2009 (Dzanc Books). His website is www.nathanleslie.com.


Zachary Kluckman








SPOKEN WORD EDITOR
Zachary Kluckman is the Executive Director of the world's only Slam Poet Laureate Program, which made world history by appointing the first poet to this title in 2009. Kluckman is an actor, poet, youth advocate, teacher, and performance artist whose recent anthology, Earthships: A New Mecca Poetry Collection, was a finalist in the NM Book Awards. Other national publications include the New York Quarterly, Memoir (and), Dos Passos Review, and Cutthroat among others. His first chapbook, Per-City Poems, garnered great reviews. Abroad, his work appears in print, film, and radio formats. Recently he was nominated for both Best of the Net 2009 and the 2009 Pushcart Prize in Poetry. He is the host of the Smokin’ Word Slam and the Sanjevani Poetry Circle in Albuquerque, where he also works as a youth mentor, running workshops for youth in transition and serving as Festival Coordinator for the Verse-Converse Poetry Festival in Taos, NM.


JoSelle Vanderhooft

SENIOR REVIEWER
JoSelle Vanderhooft’s poetry and short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in such publications as Star*Line, Mythic Delirium, Jabberwocky, and The Seventh Quarry. Her first chapbook, 10,000 Several Doors, was released as an e-book by Cat's Eye Publishing in late 2005. It will be available in print form in summer 2006. Several of her novels will be released in 2006, including Vice of Kings, Enter Elsinore, The Tale of the Miller's Daughter, and Owl Skin. Desert Songs, a chapbook with illustrations by Erzebet YellowBoy, is scheduled for release by Cross-Cultural Communications. An e-book anthology of lesbian-themed fairytales, Sleeping Beauty, Indeed, which she edited, will be made available from Torquere Press in May 2006. She is a contributing writer to Random House/Knopf's The Full Spectrum, an anthology of essays and poetry by young GLBT writers and their straight allies. She currently lives in Salt Lake City and makes her living as a freelance journalist, writing for several magazines and newspapers. A 2004 graduate of the University of Utah, she holds honors degrees in English and Theatre Studies and is a coeditor of the forthcoming spec poetry/fiction/comic magazine Crow's Nest.


Janelle Adsit












SENIOR REVIEWER
Janelle Adsit's literary work has recently appeared in publications such as Amoskeag, Confrontation, Oyez Review, Tea Party, Inkwell, and Caketrain. Reviews can be found in ForeWord, Colorado Review, Book/Mark, and elsewhere. Janelle holds a master's degree in English from Colorado State University. She is a contributing writer to various creative-writing studies anthologies including (In)Scribing Gender: International Female Writers and the Creative Process (Diversion Press). She currently lives in Brooklyn. For more information, visit http://janelleadsit.com.


Lee Rossi

STAFF INTERVIEWER AND REVIEWER
Lee Rossi is the author of two books of poetry, Ghost Diary (Terrapin Press 2002) and Beyond Rescue (Bombshelter Press 1992). His poems, reviews, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Tar River Poetry, The Southeast Review, The Atlanta Review, The Green Mountains Review, The Sun, Poetry East, Chelsea, Nimrod, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, The Southern Poetry Review, Blue Arc West (Tebot Bach 2006), Chance of a Ghost (Helicon Nine Editions 2005), Mischief, Caprice, & Other Strategies (Red Hen Press 2002), and Grand Passion: the Poetry of Los Angeles and Beyond (Red Wind Books 1995). He is a winner of the Sense of Site poetry contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. From 1986-1992, he edited Tsunami, a journal of contemporary poetry focused on Los Angeles. He lives in Culver City, CA, with his wife and two children.


Cindy Ballaro

GRANT WRITER AND MARKETING CONSULTANT
Cindy Ballaro, president of Marketing Matters, has been working in the Carolinas' arts market for over 25 years. Her client list includes many of the region's leading cultural institutions and artists. She founded Marketing Matters in 1999 with the mission of providing marketing expertise to arts and human services organizations. She has worked with The Pedestal Magazine since its inception, providing various marketing and development services. Her passion for promoting the arts has been demonstrated in thorough planning and implementation of marketing campaigns, as well as successful grant applications that have resulted in new initiatives, creative promotions, and increased revenue. Contact: cindy@marketingmatters.org