Current Members

Check out some recent and upcoming publications from our members!

From Ellen Austin-Lee

Incidental Pollen, the runner-up for the 2023 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize, is available for orders at Madville Publishing’s website: https://madvillepublishing.com/product/incidental-pollen/
The publication date is May 20th, 2025
In Incidental Pollen, the presence of the bee hovers over lives, dreams, memory, and beloved dead—a conduit for poems that speak a language “native to wounds.” Some formal, some tightly structured free verse, these poems at last look fear in the face and refuse to stay silent. Lean in and listen to them hum.—Meg Kearney, author of All Morning the Crows and The Ice Storm

From Jason Mclone

Jason W. McGlone’s work has appeared in Stanchion Zine, Olney Magazine, Autofocus, X-R-A-Y, Glint Literary Journal, and BS/WS Zine, from which he received a 2022 Best of the Net nomination. He publishes Zero Readers and runs the writing nonprofit Pencilhouse, which provides free feedback to new and developing creative writers. Most days you can find Jason wandering around Cincinnati, where he lives with his family.

You can find him on X (formerly twitter) @maoglone.

Look How We Are is available for purchase in print at Plan B Press

From Karen George

Two new works from Karen George –

“How We Fracture” won Minerva Rising Press’ Rosemary Daniell Fiction Prize. Here is what Contest Judge Anjali Enjeti, said about How We Fracture:
“One entry truly knocked my socks off — every story was vibrant, devastating, potent and so deserving of this prize. And the prose was flawless. It’s Karen George’s How We Fracture. I can’t stop thinking about these stories and I can’t wait to see the book on bookshelves!”
How We Fracture is a collection of modern-day stories told from female points-of-view of teenage to women in their fifties and sixties at moments of fracture involving financial instability, reproductive rights, body image, sexuality and sexual preference, relationships, addiction, loss, aging, and mental health. The main characters are students, visual artists, fashion designers, a legal secretary, house sitter, vet assistant, jewelry maker, a collector of miniatures, a nurse, and a breath facilitator. Several stories take place in unusual settings: a nudist camp, a gas station restroom, an arboretum, a doctor’s office, and a walk-in closet. This book can be ordered using the link below.

How We Fracture by Karen George – Minerva Rising Press

“Caught in the Trembling Net” – her 4th Poetry collection now available from Kelsay Books — https://kelsaybooks.com/…/caught-in-the-trembling-net…

The poems are inspired by the life and artwork of Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Emily Carr. The collection includes prose poems, haibuns, golden shovels, and found poems created from words, lines and phrases in the artists’ journals, letters, writings, and titles from their body of artwork.

From Michael J Olson

“In the Tall Grasses”, Michael’s first book, was published by Finishing Line Press in June of 2024.

About this book: Navigating life among the tall grasses is enigmatic. The poems within delve into our connections with nature, deities, material possessions and other beings—questioning our purpose, their purpose and our ultimate goals. As life relinquishes its hold on us and we journey to our far fields, how do these relationships transform for those we leave behind and for the souls we will become?

In the Tall Grasses can be ordered from In the Tall Grasses by Michael J. Olson – Finishing Line Press

From Roberta Schultz

Roberta Schultz, author of four chapbooks, is a songwriter, teacher, and poet from Wilder, KY. She writes some of her songs on a mountain in North Carolina. She is co-founder of the Poet & Song House Concert Series with her Raison D’Etre trio mates. You can find out way more than you’d ever want to know about her at these websites: robertaschultz.com and raison3.com. Her new chapbook is available for purchase at Workhorse Press’s website. 

 

From Eileen Trauth

Eileen Trauth is an author, poet, playwright and former college professor. She has published ten nonfiction books and an award-winning play. Her poetry appears in Braided Way, Common Threads, Loch Raven Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Persimmon Tree and Sheila-Na-Gig, and in anthologies including Conversations, For A Better World, InsideOut: An Affirming Epiphany and Within Us. Her debut chapbook, Ordinary Time is available for purchase at Kelsay Books Ordinary Time – Kelsay Books   and    Amazon.com: Ordinary Time: 9781639803835: Trauth, Eileen: Books   She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her spouse Kathy Driehaus www.eileentrauth.com