Von S. Bourland began her life as a singer, and at age 6, composed 20 new verses to "Here Comes Santa Claus". This native west Texan has been published in numerous Poetry Society of Texas Books of the Year, and other contest anthologies. She is the current Editor of the Poetry Society of Texas Bulletin.
Mary Ann Goodwin is indulging her childhood love of poetry and fiction following retirement. She belongs to the Gulf Coast Poets, the Poetry Society of Texas, and the Society of Children Book Writers and Illustrators. She enjoys meeting fellow writers, and values their encouragement and wisdom. She is delighted by the unexpected opportunity to write and the satisfaction it brings. Now, after so many years! One of life's lovely surprises.
Debi Fairchild loves to write poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her work has been published in Bird Talk, Houston Chronicle, Pasadena Citizen, and numerous anthologies. She was recently the featured poet at the Webster Barnes and Noble Poetry Reading Series. She is a member of BAWL, and SCWBI, and is the Recording Secretary of the Gulf Coast Poets.
Kay L. Cox, Bay Area visual artist and poet, has work published in Sol Magazine, That Thing We Do, and Tapestries: An Anthology of Adult Learners. She is a member of the Gulf Coast Poets, The Poetry Society of Texas, WIVLA, The Galveston Art League, and the Arts Alliance of Clear Lake.
Marian Knesek is a retired public school fifth and sixth grade teacher in the states of Washington and Texas. She taught many subjects in her teaching career, but her favorite was teaching creative writing and forms of poetry. Since her retirement, Marian has returned to her love of writing poetry.
Carol Dee Meeks won the 2004, 2005, and 2007 New Mexico Senior Poet Laureate at Amy Kitchener's Angels Without Wings Foundation. She won the 2008 Oklahoma Honor Scroll Award at the same contest. She placed two poems in the 73rd Writer's Digest top 100 and has placed poems in several National State Poetry Society Contests. She has three Honorable Mentions at Bylines, and holds memberships in Bards of a Feather, High Prairie Poets, NMSPS, and NFSPS. She is the chair for the bi-monthly contests held by High Prairie Poets. FMI: http://www.authorsden.com/caroldeemeeks
A native of Tidewater Virginia, Richard (Dick) Peake has become a Texas resident since retirement from the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. He won the Mary Cummings Eudy poetry award, was editor of The University of Virginia Magazine, and was published in Impetus, The Georgia Review, and has poems in in Wings Across… and Poems for Terence. During 2008 he won a number of awards from the Gulf Coast Poets and his poems were published in Sol Magazine and Jimsonweed.
Terry Miller is a poet from Fort Bend County. He teaches eMarketing for Kaplan University.
Jerri Hardesty lives in the woods of Alabama with husband, Kirk, and too many animals. Their nonprofit organization, New Dawn Unlimited, Inc., provides poetry publishing, production, performance, promotion, preservation, and education. They also organize live poetry events and websites, such as NewDawnUnlimited.com, PoetrySlam.net and AlabamaPoetry.com.