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Rae Cline, Founding Editor

Rae Cline is the author of the short story collection The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals (Patasola Press, NY). Her debut novel is forthcoming from 7.13 Books in spring 2026. Her stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in print and online at The Paris Review, The Missouri Review, McSweeney’s, DIAGRAM, North American Review, Gargoyle and more. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have won prizes, scholarships and fellowships from Johns Hopkins, American University, Aspen Writers Foundation and North American Review. She earned an M.A. in Writing at Hopkins and received her M.F.A. in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction from American University, where she was the recipient of the Starr and Sartwell scholarships. She has lectured on campuses and other venues including Hopkins, American University, the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and others. Rae splits time between NYC and the Gulf of Mexico with her husband Rand and Havanese puppy Sophi. She is the founding editor of Eckleburg and is represented by Jennifer Carlson with Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency. Read more at raecline.com.

Thomas Cowell, Editorial Assistant Thomas Cowell has stories in SmokeLong Quarterly, Across the Margin, Hawaii Pacific Review, Eunoia Review, and some other places. He has written three novellas looking for homes. He is currently traveling through Asia with no pressing plans of returning to the US anytime soon. He grew up on a small island in Washington state. Read more here.

Caitlin Hamilton Summie, Marketing & Publicity

Caitlin Hamilton Summie earned her MFA with Distinction from Colorado State University. Her short stories have been published in Puerto del Sol, Wisconsin Review, and Beloit Fiction Journal. In 2017, Fomite will publish her first book, a short story collection. She is the former Marketing Director of MacMurray & Beck and also of BlueHen Books/Penguin Putnam. At each company she also managed imprint profile and directed all publicity, hardcover & paperback. In addition, for nearly two years she simultaneously directed and handled sales nationwide for MacMurray & Beck. In 2003, she founded Caitlin Hamilton Marketing & Publicity, LLC, an independent book publicity and marketing firm.

 Johnathan Williams, Tech

Johnathon Williams: poet, programmer, editor, parent, and author of The Road to Happiness. With poems such as “Mossing” and essays on the hungry undead of Wal-Mart, Williams offers a quaint-but-slanted perspective to flyover-state life. He is the head creative at oddjar.com.

Current and Past Guest Editors and Judges: Cris Mazza, Rick Moody, David Wagoner, Molly Gaudry, Ben Loory, Vallie Lynn Watson, Luke Wallin, Laura Ellen Scott, Roxane Gay