NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Dorothy Allison San Francisco
Robert Boswell Houston
Sandra Cisneros San Antonio
Katy Flato San Antonio
Robert Flynn San Antonio
Horton Foote Texas
Ernest J. Gaines Louisiana
Edward Hirsch New York
Tony Hoagland Houston
Phillip Lopate New York
Terry McMillan California
W.S. Merwin Hawaii
Antonya Nelson Houston
Naomi Shihab Nye San Antonio
Gregory Orr Charlottesville
Carolyn Osborn Austin
Martha Rhodes New York
Richard Russo Maine
John Phillip Santos New York
Ellen Bryant Voigt Vermont
Chuck Wachtel New York 
Marion Winik Pennsylvania