Welcome to the April 2004 issue of Net Author's E2K!

If you missed the previous announcement, we've gone to a quarterly format, and we hope you'll like the new, heftier feel to the journal. We're re-printing our publisher's editorial from the last issue, just in case you missed it the first time around and need a hasty update.

Remember that while we've changed structure, and poetry submissions are still paused for the moment until we clear our backlog, we are still accepting fiction, writing-related nonfiction, and creative nonfiction, so don't hesitate to submit. Given our staff limitations and format change, however, return time may be a bit longer than usual.

In this issue, you'll find the return of familiar faces such as Bunny Goodjohn, Kay Sexton, and Robert Scholes, but we suspect you'll be equally pleased by the appearance of a few new poetry voices as well. Nancy Julien Kopp delivers up her thoughts for writers trying to avoid some of the pitfalls associated with the craft, and Julia Brown and Magdalena Ball return with their usual columns. It's an eclectic collection of writing we offer this issue, and one we hope you enjoy as much as we have.

• Fiction: "Vand-A-Lism" by Bunny Goodjohn
• Fiction: "Race Day" by Kay Sexton
• Fiction: "Merry Christmas, Evelyn Settich" by Robert J. Scholes
• Poetry: "Salt" by Laurel Lamperd
• Poetry: "Part Joseph, Part Village Girl" by Richard Fein
• Poetry: "Primal Sleep" by Dianne Thomas
• Features: "How to Avoid Being Trapped" by Nancy Julien Kopp
• Features: Honing the Craft. Interview, and Review of Jenna Glatzer's Outwitting Writer's Block by Magdalena Ball, Staff Writer
• Features: Book Buzz. Review of Ben Mezerich's Bringing Down the House by Julia Brown, Staff Writer
  
  
  Next publication date: 15 July 2004