Mark Lyons is co-director of the Philadelphia Storytelling Project. He is a fiction writer who has published several short stories, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He is a recipient of Pennsylvania Council of the Arts fellowships for 2003 and 2009, and the J.P. McGrath Memorial Award from Whetstone Magazine.August Tarrier is an editor and manuscript consultant, specializing in novels and screenplays, as well as scholarly and academic work, including articles for professional journals, dissertations, and books. She was formerly the Editor of New City Press. She has won four national awards for her short stories, including the Zoetrope Prize.
