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The Cowboy Jamboree Team
Adam Van Winkle, founder & editor in chief
Constance Beitzel, founder & content editor
Kassie Bohannon, content editor & CJ Press book design
Adam Van Winkle was born and raised in Texoma and currently resides with his wife and two sons in South Carolina. He has published, read conference papers, and edited in the academic field on Bob Dylan and James Joyce. In addition to publishing his short fiction and creative nonfiction online and in print at places like Pithead Chapel, Cheap Pop!, BULL Magazine, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and Red Dirt Forum, he has published several novels and plays with Red Dirt Press, Cowboy Jamboree Press, and Leftover Books. Van Winkle is named for the oldest Cartwright son on Bonanza.
M.A.T. Secondary English Language Arts, National Louis University (2013-Chicago)
M.A. English Literature, Southern Illinois University (2009-Carbondale)
B.A. Philosophy (English Literature minor), Texas A&M University (2006-College Station)
Find Adam and his publications online at www.adamvanwinkle.com.
Constance Beitzel is former lead editor and writer for The Buzz Magazine, a weekly culture rag in Champaign, IL. Currently she teaches college writing and literature at York Tech College and is a PhD candidate studying American Literature and Women's Studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
M.A. English Literature, Southern Illinois University (2010, Carbondale)
B.A. English (Comparative Literature minor), University of Illinois (2006, Champaign-Urbana)
Non-fiction:
http://readbuzz.com/author/constance-beitzel/
Kassie Bohannon holds a B.A. in Writing & Linguistics from Georgia Southern University. She edited for BULL Magazine for three years and has designed interiors for Cowboy Jamboree Press. You can read Kassie's fiction in Call Me [Brackets], her forthcoming review in Heavy Feather Review, and her personal writing on her website. You can find Kassie on Twitter @imnotkassie.
M.A.T. Secondary English Language Arts, National Louis University (2013-Chicago)
M.A. English Literature, Southern Illinois University (2009-Carbondale)
B.A. Philosophy (English Literature minor), Texas A&M University (2006-College Station)
Find Adam and his publications online at www.adamvanwinkle.com.
Constance Beitzel is former lead editor and writer for The Buzz Magazine, a weekly culture rag in Champaign, IL. Currently she teaches college writing and literature at York Tech College and is a PhD candidate studying American Literature and Women's Studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
M.A. English Literature, Southern Illinois University (2010, Carbondale)
B.A. English (Comparative Literature minor), University of Illinois (2006, Champaign-Urbana)
Non-fiction:
http://readbuzz.com/author/constance-beitzel/
Kassie Bohannon holds a B.A. in Writing & Linguistics from Georgia Southern University. She edited for BULL Magazine for three years and has designed interiors for Cowboy Jamboree Press. You can read Kassie's fiction in Call Me [Brackets], her forthcoming review in Heavy Feather Review, and her personal writing on her website. You can find Kassie on Twitter @imnotkassie.