Pilar Andrus (2nd year)
Hometown: Charlottesville, Virginia
B.A., B.F.A., University of Virginia,
Poetry in Local Tea, VLR, and Radio Vulcan web site. Joaquin Miller Cabin series Young Poet. Darrell Burton Fellowship, Indiana University, 2005-06. L.D. Ellis Literary Fellowship, 2005-06. Teacher, University of Virginia Young Writer's Workshop, 2004, 2005.

Jennifer Burdge (1st year)
Hometown: Kettering , Ohio
B.A. in linguistics, The Ohio State University, 2005 B.A. in English literature, The Ohio State University, 2003 Lynda Hull Fellowship in Poetry, Indiana University, 2006-2007 Poetry in FlatCity Anthology, 2005. Prose Editor of Triplopia.

Roxana Cazan (1st year)
Hometown: Sibiu, Romania
B.A. in English Language and Literature and Romanian Language and Literature, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romanian, July, 2003. M.A in English and Creative Writing at the University of Louisville, Kentucky,May, 2006.

Christopher Citro (1st year)
Hometown: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
B.A., Ohio University, Honors Tutorial College, summa cum laude, 1996.ORBITING THE SUNDRESS (poetry chapbook), Unholy Day Press, 2004. Poetry in The Burnside Review, The Coal City Review, Spout Magazine, Whistling Shade, Redactions, Monday Night,NOÖ Journal, The I-70 Review, Poetry Motel, Illya’s Honey, and online at My Favorite Bullet and Mind 0. Winner, Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award for Poetry, 2006. Nominated, Pushcart Prize, 2006. Honorable Mention, Kansas Voices, 2006. Pearl H. Gamertsfelder Prize in Philosophy, Ohio University, 1993 and 1995. Phi Beta Kappa Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key National Honor Society. Darrell Burton Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2006-07.

Matthew Colglazier (3rd year)
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
B.A., Texas Christian University, 2003
Lynda Hull Fellowship in Poetry, Indiana University, 2004-05. Samuel Yellen Fellowship in Poetry, Indiana University, 2004-05.

Carissa DiGiovanni (3rd year)
Hometowns: Arlington Heights, Illinois, and Chicago
M.A., San Diego State University, 2004
B.A., Grinnell College, 2000
Fiction in Journal of Experimental Fiction and Artwell.com. Nonfiction in Muslim, Wake Up! Poetry in Sierra Nevada
College Review. General and Tuition Fellowship in Poetry, Squaw Valley Writers' Conference, 2005. Bloomington Transit Fellowship, Indiana University Writers' Conference, 2005. Darrell Burton Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2004-05. Member, Malia: A Collection of Italian American Women. Member, Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. Intern, Fiction International, Fall 2003.

Asha French (3rd year)
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
B.A., Howard University, 2004
Chancellor's Minority Fellowship, Indiana University, 2004-07. Discipline Assistant, Creative Writing, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, Summer 2004. Member, The Affrilachian Poets, 2004-Present. Alumni, Hurston-Wright Foundation Poetry Workshop, Summer 2001.

Luke Hankins (1st year)
Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina
B.A., Lee University, 2006
Poetry in The Modern Review, Poetry Southeast, The Rectangle, Southern Poetry Review, Verse Libre Quarterly, and Becoming Fire: Spiritual Writing from Rising Generations.
Pushcart Prize nomination, 2005. Associate Editor, Asheville Poetry Review, 2006-present. Yusef Komunyakaa Fellowship in Poetry, Indiana University, 2006-2008. Charles Paul Conn Award, Lee University, 2006. French Award, Lee University, 2006. Joseph Yedlicka Scholarship for study abroad, Pi Delta Phi, 2005. National Dean’s List Scholarship for study abroad, 2005. Managing and Poetry Editor, Lee Review, 2005. Lost State Writers’ Conference Poetry Scholarship, 2004. B. L. Hicks Scholarship for Modern Foreign Languages, Lee University, 2004. Honors Scholarship, Lee University, 2003-2006. Presidential Scholarship, Lee University, 2002.