Founded in 2005, Conte is an online journal that aims to celebrate, explore, and expand the boundaries of both narrative writing and digital publishing.

Conte is:

Adam Tavel, Poetry Editor
The recipient of the 2010 Robert Frost Award, Adam Tavel is the author of two forthcoming collections: The Fawn Abyss (Salmon Poetry, 2014) and Red Flag Up (Kattywompus Press, 2013), a chapbook.  His latest poems appear in West Branch, Indiana Review, The Cincinnati Review, The Los Angeles Review, The Minnesota Review, Zone 3, South Dakota Review, At Length, Waccamaw, and diode, among others, as well as in the anthologies Dogs Singing, Manifest West, The Waiting Room Reader II, and  A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry.  Tavel is an associate professor of English at Wor-Wic Community College on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where he also directs the Echoes & Visions Reading Series.  

Robert Lieberman, Prose Editor
Born in Maryland, Robert earned a B.A. in History from the University of Pittsburgh.  He was featured as a finalist in the Pittsburgh City Paper’s 2006 short fiction contest, and currently works as an English teacher in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Eric Anderson, Contributing Poetry Editor
Eric Anderson’s poetry and fiction have appeared in The Sun, Prairie Schooner, Artful Dodge, and The North American Review, among many other literary magazines. He has published a novella, Isn’t That Just Like You? (Cleveland State University Poetry Center), and a chapbook of poems, Confederate Season. He recently participated in the November 2010 Project. Currently, he is an adjunct professor of English at Lorain County Community College and BGSU-Firelands. His first full-length poetry collection, The Parable of the Room Spinning, was recently published by Kattywompus Press. 

Emeritus Staff

Ashley Seitz Kramer, Contributing Poetry Editor 

Andy Hefner, Producer 

Brian Safdie, Producer