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) .

 

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 Linnet’s Wing and her works have recently been seen in Every Day Fiction, Open Magazine, Mason’s 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), Linnet’s Wings (Ireland), The Recusant, Hackwriters, Ranfurly Review, Delivered, Neonbeam, Writer’s 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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