Sandra Kolankiewicz’s poems and stories have recently appeared in, or been accepted by, Gargoyle, Per Contra, Solo Novo, Bellingham Review, Rhino, New Plains, Monkeybicycle, Cortland Review, 2River, Anomalous, Inertia, SNReview, Bluestem, Prick of the Spindle. Her short fiction has been featured in the anthologies Sudden Fiction and Four Minute Fictions. Turning Inside Out won the Fall Black River Chapbook Competition at Black Lawrence. Blue Eyes Don’t Cry received the Hackney Award for the Novel. She teaches Developmental English in at West Virginia University Parkersburg.