Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.
Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.
Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.
Dan Brady of Barrelhouse asks which writers and publishers in the indie lit community are consistently pushing things forward, and nominates a few of his favorites in the process.
In my neck of the woods, Matt and Katy Henrichsen run a reading series that always brings together an eclectic mix of new and established poets. Their press, Cannibal Books, puts out beautiful handmade chapbooks and broadsides as well.