ABOUT

People Who Made This Possible: 

Christopher Krazmus:

Chris began writing short stories in 2007, when Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series began. The lively art of the spoken written word was new and exciting to him then and has been becoming more and more so ever since. Feeling so happy/thankful and lucky/blessed to be able to do stuff like this, he decided to donate all proceeds from the sales of his second collection of open-mike material, Selected THC, GFS, and BG Readings (Tamale Hut Cafe; Gumbo Fiction Salon; Bad Grammar Theater), to a writers contest to promote how cool it is to live in civilization and write for pleasure. He simply mentioned it to Gina Buccola and Robert Rodi in summer 2013 and all of a sudden there the THC Writers Contest 2014 was. He's so glad you're on this page, interested in participating, wishes you all all the best, and can't wait to hear the winning stories when they're presented in June 2014 at Tamale Hut Cafe.

His book, Selected THC, GFS, and BG Readings is currently available here:
http://www.amazon.com/Selected-THC-GFS-BG-Readings/dp/1491063246/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1385613379&sr=8-2&keywords=christopher+krazmus

Robert Rodi:

Robert Rodi is the author of nine novels (most recently Baby), two memoirs (most recently Seven Seasons In Siena), and one volume of literary criticism (Bitch In A Bonnet: Reclaim

ing Jane Austin From the Snobs, The Stiffs, The Simps, And The Saps). He has just self-published his first Young Adult novel, Parallel U., under the name Dakota Rusk. He is also an accomplished spoken-word performer and musician. He lives in Chicago with an alarming number of dogs and, somewhere among all that fur, a husband. He is old enough that if you ask where he was when Kennedy was assassinated, he will tell you. So. Don't ask.

You should, however, check out his site:
http://www.robertrodi.com/


Regina Buccola:

Regina is an Associate Professor of English and a Core Faculty Member of Women's and Gender Studies at Roosevelt University. She has a PhD in English Literature (with a concentration in Women’s Studies) from University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as a MA in English Literature from the University of Kentucky, and a BA in English and Journalism.
She teaches more classes than there are fingers on both hands, and has been an enthusiastic supporter of this writing competition, providing indispensable guidance and advice. Feel free to check out her full profile on the Roosevelt site: 
http://sites.roosevelt.edu/rbuccola/

You can also follow her on Twitter: @thelittleprof


Tina Jens:

Tina teaches the Fantasy Writing courses at Columbia College-Chicago .Her short stories have appeared in numerous mass market and small press publications. the former editor and producer for Twilight Tales, she is a three-time Bram Stoker Award nominee; an International Horror Guild Award nominee; and winner of the National Federation of Press Women's Award for Best Novel. 

Alec Kerestesi:

While still a student at Columbia College-Chicago, Alec is also the co-owner and founder of Twisted Loop Comics, a comic book collective based out of Chicago, IL and Sacramento, CA. Their first complete book, Harlen Martyr is already on sale (http://www.lulu.com/shop/eric-myers-and-rob-cannon/harlen-martyr/paperback/product-21298616.html) and it will soon be followed by seven more, completely original comics. You can check most of them out on their website: twistedloopcomics.wix.com/twistedloop

Also, come visit them via Social Media. They are lonely nerds:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twistedloopcomics
Twitter: @thetwistedloop
Tumblr: thetwistedloop.tumblr.com

Tovah Burstein: 

A New Hampshire native, she is currently an MFA candidate at Roosevelt University in Chicago.  During the workweek, Tovah coordinates literacy tutoring programs in Chicago Public Schools. Her work has previously appeared in MAKE, Santa Clara Review, Book Slut, and the Chicago Reader. She has recently been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was awarded a Luminarts Fellowship in November of 2013. Tovah currently serves as Review Editor for Ghost Ocean Magazine. 

Timothy Moore: 

He has work published of forthcoming in Pear Noir!, Nap, Thieves Jargon, Oyez Review, the Chicago Reader Fiction Issue, Red Lightbulbs, and the Rose Red Review. He has also received the 2011 Friends of American Writers Scholorship and second place in the 2012 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Creative Writing Competition. Check out his blog: readmyblogplease.com and the Marble Reading series, which he co-curates at the Parlor in Wicker Park.