A free-lance writer, and Gover Prize finalist, Justin is a poet and writer of short stories, biographies and essays. In February of 2013, his collection of poetry, Digging to China, was released through Sweatshoppe Publications. In August of that same year he released a Kindle single, Lime Green Buddha, in anticipation of his short story collection, slated for a release at the end of 2014. His work will be featured in Best New Writing (2014 edition), and has appeared previously in the Rusty Nail, eFiction, Burningword, See Spot Run, The Crisis Chronicles, The Whistling Fire, The Hellroaring Review, The Bellwether Review and other fine literary magazines. He previously served as managing editor of ePoetry Magazine and the Bridge online newspaper. He works as a freelance writer, editor, and ghost writer and is a proficient blogger (http://pdxjpricefirstblog.blogspot.com, http://pdxkaraokeguy.hubpages.com). Justin enjoys a good beer, the Seattle Seahawks, the Oakland Athletics, drawing, cooking, the Food Network, board games, the beach, candy, theology, and a puff or two on his trusty tobacco pipe. He lives in a suburb of Portland, Oregon with his wife, Andrea, their dogs, Bella and Sauvee and a black moor goldfish named Howard J. Wolowitz.You can find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorjustinwprice and on Twitter @PDXJPrice