C&R Press is committed to publishing books from new and emerging writers whose work might otherwise be ignored by commercial publishers.  We are interested in supporting authors whose thoughtful and imaginative contribution to contemporary literature deserves recognition and support.  In the near future, we hope to expand our commitment by offering Atlanta and Chattanooga-area workshops on publishing, literary editing, and creative writing.

Ryan G. Van Cleave (Director) is the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington at The George Washington University. The author of five collections of poetry, he has edited Contemporary American Poetry: Behind the Scenes (Longman, 2002) and co-edited five other textbooks and anthologies.  His editorial background also includes working on Black Box Recorder, International Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, Sundog: The Southeast Review, and The Dictionary of American Regional English.

Chad Prevost (Editor) is author of two full-length collection of poems, A Walking Cliché Coins a Phrase (Plain View 2008), and Snapshots of the Perishing World (WordTech/Cherry Grove 2006), and a chapbook of prose poems, Chasing the Gods (Puddinghouse Press 2007).  He is Co-Editor of Evensong: Contemporary American Poets on Spirituality (Bottom Dog). His poems have appeared in places such as: Hunger Mountain , Rosebud, Mid-American Review, The Seattle Review and Puerto Del Sol, as well as in recent anthologies Family Matters: Poems of our Families, Poets in the Their 30s, and Bear Flag Republic : California Prose Poems. Chad has been a contributing editor to the Chattahoochee Review since 2004 and frequently contributes essays on practical criticism to Revue Review. Before moving to Chattanooga , Chad lived in Atlanta where he Co-Founded Terminus Magazine, and received a Ph.D. from Georgia State ’s Creative Writing Program. He teaches as assistant professor of English at Lee University where he has taught since 2004.