JOURNAL EDITORS

ANNAM MANTHIRAM,  our volunteer Associate Editor, is retiring from Grey Sparrow Journal.  She is the author of the novel, After the Tsunami (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2011) and a short story collection, Dysfunction, which was a Finalist in the 2010 Elixir Press Fiction Award.  She received an Honorable Mention in the Leapfrog Press’ 2010 fiction contest. A graduate of the MA Writing program at the University of Southern California, Ms. Manthiram resides in New Mexico with her husband, Alex, and son, Sathya.  URL:  AnnamManthiram.com    We require a one year commitment as a volunteer at Grey Sparrow and she has helped us tirelessly and cheerfully for two.  Annam has provided copy edit for many of our issues with great care, evaluated work for consideration, and offered sage advice.

JOSEPH MICHAEL OWENS is retiring after approximately two years of service to Grey Sparrow with our spring issue as well.  Joe's writing, the first story Grey Sparrow published by him prior to volunteering at the Sparrow, was recognized with storySouth as one of the top 100 stories on the net.   Joe has helped us tirelessly, with good humor, and wonderful competence as well. 

DIANE SMITH, Principal Editor and Founder, was born in the United States. She retired from child welfare and writes about the homeless, immigrants, the poor, healthcare; those who have little visibility or power in society.

BOOK EDITORS

AMANDA (MANDI) CASOLO, Manuscript Editor for Overwatch by Allen Gray and Shenanigans! by Joseph Michael Owens, is currently employed at Yale University Press.  She graduated with a BA in English literature with a concentration in creative writing in 2010 from the University of Connecticut and was a fiction editor for the nationally award-winning literary journal, Long River Review.

TIM STOBIERSKI, Poetry Editor for Overwatch by Allen Gray and Shenanigans! author Joseph Michael Owens, is a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut.  While a student, he worked for two years on the universities' literary journal, The Long River Review.  This past year, he served as the Creative Non-fiction editor, and interns at Yale University Press in the Acquisitions Department.  He was our poetry editor for the first poetry book published by Grey Sparrow Press, Overwatch by Allen Gray.