Founding/Managing Editor: Travis Mossotti started Saxifrage Press back in 2008 while working on his MFA in poetry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Since then, he has been a faculty lecturer at the University of California Santa Cruz and McKendree University, and his poetry continues to appear widely. Mossotti was awarded the James Hearst Poetry Prize from the North American Review in 2009 for his poem “The Dead Cause” by contest judge Robert Pinsky, and his poem “Decampment” was adapted to screen by his brother  Josh Mossotti (Art Editor for Saxifrage) in 2010 as an animated short film. His first collection of poems, About the Dead (Utah State University Press, 2011), was awarded the 2011 May Swenson Poetry Award by contest judge Garrison Keillor. Mossotti currently resides in St. Louis with his wife, Regina.

Fiction Editor (Editor Notes): Rick Pechous lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Knee-Jerk Magazine, The Nashville Review, Underground Voices and elsewhere. His short story, "Outside and Inside" was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He received his MFA from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale this spring.

Poetry Editor (Editor Notes): Mark Jay Brewin Jr is a graduate of the MFA program of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.  His poems have been published or are forthcoming in numerous journals including Southern Poetry Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Packingtown Review, La Fovea, Yalobusha Review, Los Angeles Review, New Delta Review, Milk Money, Copper Nickel, The Labletter, The Pinch, Poet Lore, River Oak Review, North American Review, Greensboro Review, Cold Mountain Review, Prairie Schooner, West Branch and South Carolina Review.  They have also placed as finalist in the Guy Owen Poetry Prize, the 2011 Third Coast Poetry Prize and the New Letters Literary Award Contest, won the Yellowwood Poetry Contest at the Yalobusha Review, as well as been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Art Editor (Editor Notes): Josh Mossotti lives in Los Angeles, California earning his keep as a visual effects artist for feature films and television. His work has been cast upon silver-screens worldwide in over 30 films, and he was nominated for VES (Visual Effects Society) award in 2009 for his work on the large format IMAX film 'Grand Canyon: River at Risk." In 2010 he adapted the poem "Decampment," written by Travis Mossotti, to a short animated film. Josh is currently working on a digital art series 'Shift,' taking his vision to the fine art arena.