Meet the Editors

Publisher: Robert P. Arthur
A finalist for Poet Laureate of Virginia 2008-10, Arthur has been the Maryanne Farley Fiction Award winner two years in a row (2007 and 2008) and a recent winner of both the Jean H. Desmond Ekphrastic Poem Prize and the Karma Dean Ogden Memorial Award for Poetry. His book of poetry and poem/plays, Vija’s War, is a 2008 nominee of the Poetry Society of Virginia for the Library of Virginia Prize for a poetry book. His plays in poetry, Phaedra and Hymn to the Chesapeake won Port Folio Awards for Best Play and most Innovative play respectively in 1993, and his book-length poem, Hymn to the Chesapeake, is the best-selling book in the history of Road Publishers. The poem/play derived from it played throughout Virginia, in Washington, D.C., New York City, and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Editor-in Chief: Jeff Hewitt
Poet, musician, actor, visual artist, and spoken word performer, Jeff is a founding member of Norfolk's Slam Poetry scene. He most recently represented his city at the 2005 South Eastern Regional Southern Fried Poetry Slam. Hewitt is the author of nine separate collections of poetry. He was a member of the legendary West End poetry scene, host and mentor for the past ten years of the Casablanca Poets; a mainstay of the Urban Safari entourage; founder and editor in chief of Brokenword.com and its correlative magazine; and a former member of the 40th Street Poetry Collective. His performances are described as "incendiary and explosive" by critics.

Managing Editor: Mac McKinney
An activist for history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and advocate for peace. McKinney is an accomplished photographer, poet, and essayist. He promotes a yearly Earth Day reading of poetry and was a managing director of Spoken Word Theatre at 40th Street Stage in Norfolk, Virginia. Current works include The Post-Katrina Blues.