Nicole Rollender’s poetry and nonfiction have been published or are forthcoming in various literary magazines, including <i>Alaska Quarterly Review, Creative Nonfiction, Dark Matter Journal, Enizagam, The Kenning Journal, Literary Mama, Princemere Poetry Journal, Ruminate Magazine, Salt Hill Journal, the strange fruit, Third Wednesday</i> and <i>The Whirlwind Review</i>. She’s the winner of <i>Ruminate Magazine’s</i> 2012 Janet B. McCabe poetry prize for her poem, “Necessary Work,” as well as <i>Princemere Poetry Journal’s</i> 2012 Princemere’s Poetry Prize for her poem, “Quickening.” Her poetry chapbook <i>Arrangement of Desire</i> was published by Pudding House Publications in 2007. Nicole, who has an MFA in creative writing from Penn State University, is editor of <i>Stitches</i> magazine, which has been nominated for two Jesse H. Neal Awards and won the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) 2011 Magazine of the Year Award.