Conte is a web journal that aims to promote the art of telling stories. We founded it on the belief that real narrative, in both prose and poetry, is often the best vehicle for communicating feelings, ideas, and experiences in a way readers can truly internalize. We hope to keep Conte unique by offering captivatingly fresh revelations through storytelling, penned by authors who share our love of a good yarn.

Conte is:

Adam Tavel, Poetry Editor
Adam Tavel’s poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in The Cafe Review, Night Train, Apalachee Review, Ariel, Poet Lore, Apple Valley Review, Bad Subjects, Alehouse, Poets’ Quarterly, and The Explicator, among others, and he has new work forthcoming in South Carolina Review, Georgetown Review, Cave Wall, Portland Review, and The Summerset Review. In 2008 he judged the Vibrant Villanelle Award for the Poetry Society of Virginia and was also a nominee for the AWP Intro Journals Awards. He holds degrees from Lebanon Valley College, the University of Toledo, and the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Tavel is an Assistant Professor of English at Wor-Wic Community College on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

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.

Andy Hefner, Producer
A native of Edgewater, MD, Andy made his fortune in 2001 by secretly brokering a deal to resell the Mir space station to a private entity. He was last seen crossing the Russia-Kazakhstan border in an effort to corner the market on Soviet-era replacement parts. (Ed. note: Caveat lector.)

Brian Safdie, Producer
Hailing from the icy wilds of Massachusetts, Brian studied theatre at Shenandoah Conservatory before leaving that world to earn degrees in graphic design and art history in Maryland. His studio, Keep Sleeping Design, is perpetually cranking out ones and zeroes which, when viewed through high-tech equipment, miraculously take the form of visual data.