Tom Bligh has published fiction in The Cincinnati Review, The Southern Review, Specs, and Improbable Object. His nonfiction has appeared in Barrelhouse, Black Warrior Review, The Believer, Oxford American, Five Points, and Atlantic City Magazine. He directs the creative writing program at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he is an Associate Professor of English. He teaches literature and creative writing and advises the undergraduate literary magazine, Lighted Corners. He lives in Frederick, Maryland.
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Victoria Lancelotta is the author of Here in the World: 13 Stories, and the novels Far and Coeurs Blesses. Her fiction has appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Agni, the Gettysburg Review, McSweeneys, and other magazines, both print and electronic. Her work has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and Blue Cathedral: Short Fiction for the New Millenium. She has been a fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Djerassi Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony.
Andrea Dulanto is a Latinx queer writer. Degrees include an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Florida International University, and a B.A. in Literature and Women’s Studies from Antioch College in Ohio. They have worked as a writing instructor, freelance writer, and editor. In 2022, they were awarded a Create and Activate Now (C.A.N.) Recover Stipend from the Frederick Arts Council. Publications include Bending Genres, Entropy, FreezeRay Poetry, peculiar, SWWIM Every Day, Berkeley Poetry Review, Court Green, Sinister Wisdom and others.
Diego Retana is a freelance guitarist in the D.C, Maryland, and Northern Virginia area. Having received an Associate of Arts in music from Frederick Community College, and a Bachelor of Music with a focus on jazz/commercial performance from Towson University, Diego is a capable guitarist in many styles of music including jazz, classical, rock, and other popular styles.
Oil artist of twenty years in Frederick Md. I have a passion for flowers and landscapes. I also have my art design created into fashion with Vida creative studios. I am a curator at the Women's Center Art Gallery at FMH in Frederick Md.
Education
B.A. McGill University, Montreal Canada
A.A. Photography, Montgomery College, Maryland
Electronic Digital Photography Certificate, Montgomery College
Gallery Representation
Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
Honors and Awards
Photographer Magazine Finalist "Colors of India"
Second Place, The Art League of Alexandria, All Media Show,2012
Third Place, The Art League of Alexandria, All Media Show, 2011
Honorable Mentions The Art League of Alexandria 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013
Honor Society and Awards of Merit in Photography, Montgomery College
Sarah Jane Stoll is a Frederick based fine artist and illustrator. She has a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has exhibited work in galleries in Baltimore, Boston, New York, and publications such as the Guide Artists Magazine.
Vicki Favilla began painting as a child in Montgomery County, MD. She excelled in Art throughout her school years painting and drawing scenes from nature and portraiture. She fell in love with the work of Henri Matisse, Paul Gaugin and Pablo Picasso. While studying Art History in college, Vicki’s practical side took over and she began a full-time career in property management, causing her to set aside her art. Married with two (now grown) children, Vicki always had the Itch to be an artist and found creative outlets through renovating and decorating homes with her husband, but it wasn’t en
Karen Jenise Richey is a visual artist and graphic designer in Frederick, Maryland. Blackbird Art & Design is her portfolio of past and current passions and projects. She received her Fine Arts degree from the University of Maryland with a concentration in Applied Design. After over twenty-five years in the field of advertising and marketing, she is happy to be working in the studio again, primarily painting, but also exploring new mediums and techniques through further study and practice. Her work can often be seen at art galleries in and around Frederick, Maryland.