ISSUE TWO features literary works by dozens of award-winning and Pushcart-nominated authors, as well as many newcomers. Including the $1,000 winner of the 2008 Tonka Fiction Contest and the two $150 Editor's prizes for fiction and poetry, this issue features: 40 poems, 7 short stories, 3 flash fiction pieces, and 5 works of creative nonfiction. Below is a list of the contributors.
Troy Alvey
Verna Austen
Stan Badgett
Barry Ballard
Scott Bloom
Ann Bogle
Doug Bolling
Elizabeth Browne
Michael Carrino
Anne Champion
Susan Chiavelli
Dallas Crow
Philip Dacey
Isolda Dosamantes
John Dutterer
Kelly Madigan Erlandson
Stacia M. Fleegal
Crystal S. Gibbins
Bruce Henricksen
Peter Huggins
Jennifer Jerome
George Kalamaras
Toshiya Kamei (translator)
Dimitri Keriotis
Dave Kiyvyra
Cyn Kitchen
Amy Kolen
Mary C. O'Malley
J. E. Robinson
Terry Savoie
Mika Shin
Lisa L. Siedlarz
Dan Sklar
Matt Urmy
Mark Wagenaar
Carole Waterhouse
Cary Waterman
A. D. Winans
Anna Witiuk