Poems and stories by Carol Carpenter have recently appeared in America, The Christian Science Monitor, Yankee, Quarterly West, Indiana Review, Visions International, Carolina Quarterly, Louisiana Literature, Wisconsin Review, and The Pedestal Magazine. She received the Richard Eberhart Prize for Poetry (Florida State Universtiy, Sun Dog) and first prize for poetry in the Writer's Digest competition. Formerly a college writing instructor and journalist, she now works for a communications and training company.