Description: Jess Jelsma Masterton is a creative writer, editor, and educator. She lives in Pennsylvania, where she is an assistant professor of publishing and media entrepreneurship at Susquehanna University. She is also the director of SU Press. Her fiction, nonfiction, and audio work have appeared in publications such as the Gettysburg Review, The Normal School, The Southern Review, and Quarterly West.
writing (6038) fiction (3521) short stories (819) creative nonfiction (72) literary works (8) novel in progress
Matt Jones is a writer, reporter, and photographer from Houston, Texas. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama and a BA in English writing and rhetoric from St. Edward’s University.
As a writer, Matt has received support from organizations such as the Ohio Arts Council, the Vermont Studio Center, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, the Leopold Writing Program, and Oregon State University's Spring Creek Project. His essay “No Heart, No Moon” was selected for the 2019 Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology, and his short story “The Changeling” was chosen as a distinguished story in The Best American Stories 2018 . His short fiction has been nominated for the Best of the Net
As a reporter, Matt has written for outlets including The Atlantic and Tahoe Quarterly Magazine . His article “Into the Big Blue Abyss” was recognized by the Nevada Press Foundation as the Best Sports Feature Writing of 2022. He currently works as an assistant news editor at The Standard Journal , based out of Milton, Pennsylvania. In 2023, he secured a $7000 reporting grant from Grist Magazine and the Center for Rural Strategies to write a series on the challenges faced by local volunteer fire companies.