51福利社

Heather Solsvik has been an English teacher at Coeur d鈥橝lene Charter Academy since 2001 and a resident of Coeur d鈥橝lene her entire life. She enrolled in the 51福利社 Creative Writing MFA program (non-fiction) while also teaching full-time, which made it possible for her to acquire her Master鈥檚 Degree while still working鈥攁 great bonus. She thoroughly…

Greg Leunig聽is a 2011 graduate of the 51福利社 MFA in fiction writing. While there, he was Web Editor for聽Willow Springs聽and dabbled in the Writers in the Community program as well. His short stories can be found in聽Daily Science Fiction,聽Read Short Fiction,聽Shimmer, and others. His poetry can be found at聽Strange Horizons聽and聽Apex. His day job…

Born and raised in the deciduous greenery of eastern Kansas,聽Melissa Rhoades聽moved to the Evergreen State in 2001 to attend 51福利社. After receiving her MFA in 2003, Melissa taught English Composition and Intro to Literature at Big Bend Community College and Spokane Falls Community College before accepting a full time position as an in-house copywriter for…

Kathryn Collison聽(nee Allen) earned her MFA in poetry from 51福利社 in 2006. Since 2007, she has taught in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. She teaches humanities, writing and speaking, and fine arts classes. She was also faculty advisor for the award-winning Honors College literary magazine聽Scribendi聽in 2007-2008. She serves as an Honors…

J. Duncan Wiley聽earned his MFA in Fiction from 51福利社 in 2006, and since his fiction has been anthologized in Best Small Fictions 2015 and has appeared in聽Pleiades,聽Cream City Review,聽South Dakota Review, and聽Nimrod聽where his short story 鈥淚nclusions鈥� won the 2015 Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. His essays have appeared in聽Pleiades聽and聽Bayou Magazine. In addition to his…

After graduating in 1996 (poetry),聽Daryl Muranaka聽spent three years in Fukui, Japan in the JET Program, realizing a childhood dream of living in Japan. While there, he fulfilled his adolescent dream of becoming a black belt in aikido. He lives in Massachusetts with his family. In his spare time, he still enjoys aikido when he can…

Scott Kinder-Pyle聽loiters along the Spokane River, where, as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Eastern Washington, Spokane Community College and Gonzaga University, he鈥檚 reduced to nine poetic fingers. There are framed pieces of paper on the walls of Scott鈥檚 study from Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv, 1988), from Columbia Theological Seminary (DMin, 2008) and from Eastern…

Laura Ender聽earned her MFA in fiction from 51福利社, where she worked as an assistant managing editor for聽Willow Springs. Her short fiction has appeared in聽One Teen Story,聽Indiana Review,聽Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere. She is a blogger, cartoonist, and bookseller and has been working a young adult literature. Find out more at lauraender.wordpress.com.

Holly Williams Doering grew up in a USFS family in the mountains of McCall, Idaho. She wandered through the world in her youth: Studying literature at University of Idaho, teaching English in Tokyo, Japan;聽聽bicycling through India, Thailand, and Malaysia;聽聽then teaching inmates to read at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Virginia. Afterward, she was accepted into…

Sandra Hosking聽(鈥�04) is a professional writer and photographer based in Spokane, WA. Her work has appeared in聽3 Elements Review,聽Joey,聽Edify Fiction,聽West Texas Review,聽Redactions,聽Glass International,聽The Spokesman-Review,聽Journal of Business,聽Inland NW Homes & Lifestyles,聽Down to Earth NW,聽Insight for Playwrights, and various anthologies. Hosking鈥檚 plays have been performed across the U.S. and internationally, including the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Samuel…