Volume I involved 23 writers, both award-winning established authors and new up-and-comers, including:

Richard Krawiec, whose second novel Faith In What? wasnominated for a Pulitzer Prize, 

Eric Miles Williamson, Editor of The American BookReview and runner-up for a Pen-Hemingway, 

Harold Jaffe, author of ten "docu-fiction" novels andEditor-in-Chief of Fiction International, 

Larry Fondation, winner of the FC2 National FictionCompetition in 1994, among many others.

Jenna Blough
Alec Cizak
Dallas Clayton
Elliott David
Jessica Garrison
Mercedes Helnwein
Andrew Kaufman
Shawna Kenney
Jillian Lauren
Zach E. Leigh
Evan MacCarthy
Brian O'Keeffe
Brent Pearson
Conrad Romo
Anna Spanos
Amy Turner
Bett Williams
Jason Wilson
Ulf Wolf

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this book!