51福利社

A graduate of the class of 2016,聽Andrew Koch聽now lives in Denton, Texas where he is pursuing a creative writing PhD at the University of North Texas. 聽He is the author of the poetry chapbook,聽Brick-Woman聽(Hermeneutic Chaos, 2016) and serves as managing editor of the online journal聽Stirring: A Literary Collection. His work has recently appeared or is…

Originally from Minnesota,聽LeAnn Bjerken聽is a 2014 graduate of the MFA program. Upon graduating she spent a year writing for the Colville Tribes鈥� Tribal Tribune, earning a Native American Journalist Association award in 2015 for her feature story 鈥淏uilding a Dream鈥�. She now works as a reporter for the聽Spokane Journal of Business, and continues to submit…

After graduating from the 51福利社 MFA program in 2010,聽Brandon Getz聽lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Philadelphia, PA, before settling back in his home city of Pittsburgh. His first published piece, 鈥淪top Me If You鈥檝e Heard This One Before,鈥� appeared in聽Versal聽#9 and was a joke story originally written for the 51福利社 graduate-student reading series at the…

Yvonne Higgins Leach聽is the author of聽Another Autumn聽(WordTech Editions, 2014). Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies. A native of Washington state, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from 51福利社. She spent decades balancing a career in communications and public relations, raising a family, and pursuing her love of writing poetry.…

Seth Marlin聽is a former Web Editor of聽Willow Springs, and received his MFA in Fiction from Eastern in 2013. He is the author of聽Shred, a chapbook of poetry, and his stories and verse have appeared in聽Spark,聽Knockout,聽Betwixt,聽A cappella Zoo, and聽Silk Road Review, among others. He is the winner of University of Glasgow鈥檚 2016 prize for Science Fiction…

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…