Standing ovation for you Nicole. I am super happy for ya, congratulations as even getting a nomination is a great honor. I hope you win the prize and we all get to see your poem in their yearly anthology.
Wow, look at my bloggerific friend Rachel who is the featured writer in the Fall 2008 Up The Staircase Lit Mag. I am really happy for you Rachel, you deserve it!!
She's got several poems, her photo, bio, a personal interview, and recordings of her reading a couple of the featured poems frm the home page there. Check it out!