Us? You want to know who we are? How flattering!
I'm the editor, I go by the monicker of "ed" if I'm making snide
corrections to someone's copy, or by the sig of DA if the stuff is
mine. I write for a national magazine, run some
web-sites and, err... that's it really.
The Doktor is a wit, a musician and songwriter, a poet, a
photographic artist, a sarcastic bugger, a doctor of english. His recent
near-death experience has given him food for thought
alright!
Our senior contributor is JBP. He's a much published
author and award-winning poet who is, quite frankly, slumming it here in our
company. He's had a film made from one of his his novels you know!
The Weevil has the benefit (or handicap) of youth. He did the
art-work (except for the crappy bits I did) and he writes and records
music. He can write too. He
designs web-sites and stuff with computers.
Miss Winamop has mop number five. And why not indeed! She even
wrote a story.
JA is a contemporary of JBP. He was a novelist, a literary
biographer, a poet and he has penned
a script or two. He died in 2009.
BGZ was a thinker with a devilish sense
of humour. Life was cruel to him and he liked to get his own back through his
writing. He died in 2001 and that shouldn't have happened. (We couldn't send
him a mop as we don't have his current address...)
Wayne H.W Wolfson is a California
based author. He recently completed a collaboration with Boston based producer
composer Grenadier on a CD The Last Martini. For more information on
Wayne, or to buy the CD, go to www.waynewolfson.com
JH is a teacher of history, an avid reader and a Shakespeare
enthusiast. She has an MA in the bard's work.
Chris Major is the proud owner of Mop 9, he sent us
some poetry, so could you!
TEXTBEAK is Mopmaster number 10. He supplied "Nets The S'ize of Souls" & others
Sean McGahey is from Wolverhampton and contributed several poems
to us including "Threesome", "Day dream" and
"Inflamed"
Marc Fiszman lives in Cornwall and is the author of the Teleport
Chronicles. Chapter one of book 1 is featured on
Winamop.
Unlucky Alf was awarded his mop for not sending us any of
his terrible poetry. The mop was damaged in the post and Alf cut himself on the
splintered remains after which he rushed to the bathroom, banged his head on
the cupboard, fell into the bath which he'd forgotten to empty and caught a
chill. His brand new Girls Aloud T-shirt was ruined. Aren't you glad you didn't
get mop 13?
Ashok Niyogi was born and educated in Calcutta and now divides his
time between Delhi, Moscow and California. His works have appeared in Books
("Reflections in the Dark" and "Crossroads" by A-4 Publications, India),
magazines in the UK, the USA, New Zealand and Australia and on-line. His book
of poems is on sale in in the USA as of March 2005.
Marion Hudson lives in Croydon, South of
London, and is an enthusiastic and erudite supporter of the performing arts.
She sent this.
Jane Wright is from the West Midlands of
England and sent her first story to us... and won a
Mop!
Al Baker is a musician (he used to play in
the same bands as The Doktor) and writer. He now lives in the North of
Scotland. Not too far from the Old Man of
Stoer...
Claudio De Luca has been writing
poems and stories since his
school days. He lives in South Africa.
Martin Friel lives in London and writes for
"Spark Plug Monthly" or somesuch publication. He has penned a few
page 94s and some excellent stories and poems for
us.
Nancy Gauquier is from California and has
contributed a comedy piece and some
poetry to Winamop. She likes mops.
Clifford K. Watkins, Jr. also known as RoTun, has sent
us many poems over the last few years for which we are very grateful. Check out
his web-site at http://www.myspace.com/rotun.
Eleanor Watson is from Northern Ireland. She has sent
us some excellent poems. We like her.
P.L. George is a writer based on Oklahoma. He has sent
us several pieces and this is one of them.
Pete Lee's former occupations include: army
sergeant/counterintelligence agent, federal intelligence operations specialist,
private investigator, newspaper reporter, and social worker. He now enjoys a
relatively serene life in the middle of nowhere. His
poetry has appeared in hundreds of electronic and print publications.
Michael Estabrook earned mop 25 with
these poems. He writes: "I love poetry but I love
my wife more and am interminably grateful that she has not yet run off with the
UPS guy."
Martin Green is a
retiree/free-lance writer living in Roseville, CA. He's had over 300 pieces in
local and senior papers and over 100 short stories in lit and online magazines.
His self-published short story collection is available online at
iUniverse.com.
Daniel S. Irwin sent us some comic
poetry. He explains: "Et moi? I'm an artist/writer (some would argue about
either or both) who works as a medic in a maximum security prison 'cause my
creditors expect to be paid and I gotsta eat."
Josh is a man , who once was a boy. This boy loved and
learned, held close and tightly but never forgot to let go lightly. He grew and
changed, developed and adapted. Josh is the one some called friend and others
will never understand. He writes and reads, tells stories
and his point of view. Josh is South African and has been writing for a long
while now.
Iranian born Sheema Kalbasi is a
human rights activist, a poet, and literary translator. She is the director of
Dialogue of Nations Through Poetry in Translation, director of Poetry of
Iranian Women, the poetry editor of Muse Apprentice Guild and the associate
director of the Other Voices International Project. Furthermore she has created
the horizontal and vertical poetry and is the first Iranian poet to have
co-authored in English. Her works have been published and translated or are
forthcoming in various anthologies, literary journals and on line magazines.
Her latest collection, Echoes in Exile is due publication this fall. Kalbasi
has worked for the United Nations and the Center for non Afghan Refugees in
Pakistan, and in Denmark.
Today she lives with her husband and daughter in
the United States.
Maxwell Chandler is Our Man On The Coast
bringing you insights into music of many colours, from Fado to Bebop and
beyond. His fame has now spread far and wide and he writes for several
journals.. but we had him first!
Laurel Sparks writes radio advertising copy for a
career, but composes personally for love, money, chocolate and any other
interesting pursuits she deems necessary (perhaps eating and paying rent?). Her
work has been seen in Seven Seas Magazine, Denver Syntax, Cautionary
Tale, and Willow Lake Press.
David McLean has an e-chapbook at
whyvandalism.com,
a chapbook on sale at Erbacce Press at
erbacce-press.com.
He has a full length poetry collection forthcoming at Whistling Shade Press out
around April 2008. There are round 500 poems now in, or forthcoming in, just
over 210 magazines online and/or in print. Details are at his blog at
http://mourningabortion.blogspot.com.
He is a wicked man.
Kyle Hemmings is the author of
three chapbooks of poems: Avenue C (Scars Publications), Fuzzy Logic (Punkin
Press), and Amsterdam & Other Broken Love Songs (Flutter Press). He has
been pubbed at Gold Wake Press, Thunderclap Press, Blue Fifth Review, Step
Away, and The Other Room. He blogs at
http://upatberggasse19.blogspot.com/. He is obsessed
with 60s and early 70s garage and psychedelic music.
Valentina Cano is a student of
classical singing who spends whatever free time either writing or reading. Her
works have appeared in Exercise Bowler, Blinking Cursor, Theory Train,
Magnolia's Press, Cartier Street Press, Berg Gasse 19, Precious Metals and will
appear in the upcoming editions A Handful of Dust, The Scarlet Sound, The
Adroit Journal, Perceptions Literary Magazine, Welcome to Wherever, The Corner
Club Press, Death Rattle, Danse Macabre, Subliminal Interiors, Generations
Literary Journal, Super Poetry Highway, Stream Press, Stone Telling and Perhaps
I'm Wrong About the World. You can find her here:
http://coldbloodedlives.blogspot.com
Eleanor Leonne Bennett is a 15
year old photographer and artist who has won contests with National
Geographic,The Woodland Trust, The World Photography Organisation, Winstons
Wish, Papworth Trust, Mencap, Big Issue, Wrexham science , Fennel and Fern and
Nature's Best Photography. She has had her photographs published in exhibitions
and magazines across the world including The Guardian (2010), RSPB Birds(2010)
, RSPB Bird Life (2010), Dot Dot Dash (2010 and 2011), Alabama Coast (2010),
Alabama Seaport (2010) and NG Kids Magazine (2010). She was the only person
from the UK to have her work displayed in the National Geographic and Airbus
run, and the only visual artist published in the Taj Mahal Review June 2011.
Youngest artist to be displayed in Charnwood Art's Vision 09 Exhibition (2009)
and New Mill's Artlounge Dark Colours Exhibition (2011).Youngest to be
published in Grey Sparrow Press (2011). Featured artist in Able Muse (2011)
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Yvette Managan is a writer who
works by day maintaining the chemical integrity of the Banana River. At night,
she acts as intermediary between the horse, the hound-dog and the Sun Conyer.
She is taking bets. Yvette reads to remember, writes to forget and re-enacts
the American War Between the States to teach that war is never healthy. She
acts as fiction editor for The Linnets Wing and her works have recently
been seen in Every Day Fiction, Open Magazine, Masons Road, Flashshot,
Sporkpress, Eclecticflash, Killer Works, All Things Girl, Literal Translations,
Polluto 6, Mirror Magazine, and Sinister Tales.
Martin Jaeger has been published
or is to be published in print and online magazines. He tries to create
imaginative pieces that will intrigue the reader, who will then have a greater
appreciation for writers. His credits include: Matilda Ziegler Magazine For The
Blind; L. A. Daily Journal; The Jewish Magazine; The Montana Senior News; The
Ozark Senior Living Magazine; Nuthouse Magazine; Pill Hill Press; 50-Word
Stories; The Cynics Online Magazine; Gumbo Press. He was also the Editor of a
Long Island University Magazine.
Gary Beck has spent most of his
adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn't
earn a living in the theater. He has also been a tennis pro, a ditch digger and
a salvage diver. His chapbook 'Remembrance' was published by Origami Condom
Press, 'The Conquest of Somalia' was published by Cervena Barva Press, 'The
Dance of Hate' was published by Calliope Nerve Media, 'Material Questions' was
published by Silkworms Ink, 'Dispossessed' was published by Medulla Press and
'Mutilated Girls' is being published by Heavy Hands Ink. A collection of his
poetry 'Days of Destruction' was published by Skive Press. Another collection
'Expectations' was published by Rogue Scholars press. His original plays and
translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off
Broadway and toured colleges and outdoor performance venues. His fiction and
poetry has appeared in hundreds of literary magazines. He currently lives in
New York City.
Bruce Harris worked in teaching
and educational research in the U.K. for over thirty years, publishing articles
research-based articles in the national and educational press, including the
Independent, the Guardian and the Times Educational
Supplement. He has achieved the longlist for the Bridport Prize and
the Bristol Prize , and won prizes, commendations or shortlistings in
competitions including Writers Bureau (twice); Grace Dieu
Writers Circle (twice); Biscuit Publishing, Milton Keynes
Speakeasy, Fylde Writers, Segora, Sentinel Quarterly, Southport Writers
Circle, Lichfield Writers Circle, Cheer Reader, JB Writers Bureau
and others, and has also been published in Morbid Outlook (Canada),
Linnets Wings (Ireland), The Recusant, Hackwriters, Ranfurly
Review, Delivered, Neonbeam, Writers Muse, Carillon and others. Full
listing and samples of his poetry, fiction and journalism can be seen at www.bruceharris.org
Tameka M. Sharrette is an
aspiring writer from Louisiana who loves expressing herself through poetry.
When Tameka is not writing she spends her time blogging on Tumblr. You can
check out her poetry blog MEKA'S BOUDOIR at
http://www.mekasboudoir.tumblr.com
for more of her work.
Many more contributors are waiting in the wings. If they see us
crash and burn they'll fade away, if it's a success they'll claim it was their
idea... c'est la vie. Come and join us if you dare!
Unfortunately we've now ceased sending out mops, it was getting
a bit tiresome (and it cost us money!) so future contributors will only have
the kudos that comes from an appearance on Winamop.
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