R.A. Rycraft: Our New Non-Fiction Editor

Dear Readers,

We hope you've had a chance to enjoy our 23rd issue, released earlier this month. You may have noticed that we've recently welcomed a new Non-Fiction Editor to our organization. R.A. Rycraft (who previously assisted us as Reader) joined our team on January 11th, 2009, and we are very pleased to have her on board.

R.A. Rycraft has published stories, essays, reviews, and poetry in a number of journals and anthologies, including Perigee, PIF Magazine, VerbSap, The MacGuffin, and Calyx. Winner of the Eric Hoffer Best New Writing Editor's Choice Award for 2008 as well as a 2006 Million Writers Award Notable Story, Rycraft is an Associate Professor of English at Mt. San Jacinto College in Menifee, California, and chair of the English Department. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Literature and Writing Studies at California State University, San Marcos, and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.

We know her contributions as our new Non-Fiction Editor will help to propel us in new and interesting directions, and will ensure we continue to publish the kind of work our readers have come to expect and enjoy. Please join me in welcoming her by sending your most carefully crafted memoirs and essays our way.