Weekly Artist

Name: Margaret F. Chen

Margaret F. Chen has lived all over the United States, including Iowa, Virginia, and California.  She is currently based in San Diego, where she is raising two children and three cats, which means she is actually raising five children.  Her non-fiction has appeared in Reader’s Digest, Virginia Parent News, and on Yahoo! Associated Content, and her fiction has appeared in The Shine Journal, Monkeybicycle, Long Story Short, and Yesteryear Fiction.  In 2010, Margaret's story “Mephistopheles in Miami” received an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s February Contest for New Writer’s and another story, “The Pirate from Blackmoor,” was named a Semi-Finalist for the Kirkwood Prize.

Education:    Iowa State University, B.B.A., Finance; currently pursuing a Certificate in Long and Short Fiction at UCLA Extension’s Writer’s Program

Likes:        Stories

Dislikes:    Dictators






- - -

NAME: Michael Gibson

Michael Gibson was born and raised in Ft. Worth, Texas. He currently resides in Palm Springs, California.


I work mostly with charcoal and pens on canvas or sketching paper

g1bs0n@yahoo.com

http://facebook.com/unfregado

Name: Allison Shafer
Aka: Allison KMS
http://sometimesiliketowritethings.blogspot.com/
http://allisonkms.tumblr.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/allisonkms/

I'm eighteen and I've always been an artist at heart. My parents have always encouraged me to work hard at my art while still enjoying it, and have been cheering me on through every course my life has taken. I'm currently double majoring in Theatre and English(with a focus on Creative Writing) at a small liberal arts school in Ohio, and I couldn't love it more there.

I love art of all forms, from dance to photography. I've been drawing since age four, although it's been less of a focus for me as of late. I've dabbled in photography, and one day I hope to get a good camera and really explore the possibilities. My main forms of expression, however, are acting and writing. Acting came more in my adolescence, while I've been writing since a young age. I had my first publication(and, as of now, only), a poem about 9/11, at age ten. I've done a lot more poetry than prose, but I've been exploring my abilities with fiction a bit more lately. I'm working to improve the quality of my work, in hopes that someday, I might write something worth publishing. I'm not sure exactly where I'm heading career-wise, but if it can involve both of these loves that I have, I will be more than satisfied. :)