Current and Former Directors

Matt Love - Current Director and President of the Board
Matt began his own publishing company, Nestucca Spit Press, in 2003 with the mission of exclusively publishing books about Oregon. His books include The Beaver State Trilogy: Grasping Wastrels vs. Beaches Forever, Inc: Covering the fights for the soul of the Oregon Coast (2003); The Far Out Story of Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life (2004); and Red Hot and Rollin': A Retrospection of the Portland Trail Blazers'1976-1977 NBA Championship Season(2007); He also published Let It Pour: An Unconventional Drinking Guide to the North Oregon Coast. Matt is the editor of Citadel of the Spirit: A Literary Compendium Commemorating Oregon's Sesquicentennial. He is a book reviewer for The Oregonian, and a columnist for Bear Deluxe magazine and Oregon Coast Today.  Matt is also a wildly adored teacher of English, Journalism and History for the Lincoln County School District.

Steve Chrisman - Director February 2007 through April 2008
"Six years ago, after being dragged by my wife to watch a Nye Beach Writers' Series event, I was instantly hooked. I believe every individual and family has a great story to tell and now I'm dedicated to getting people to start writing and to keep writing. I freely admit I had never written anything prior to attending that first event, but now it's my favorite recreation. After parenting, writing is the most rewarding thing I do."

Dorothy Mack - Director January 2005 through January 2007
Dorothy Mack has taught at IIT, the University of Michigan, Oglala Lakota College, Linn-Benton Community College, and Oregon Coast Community College. She was a contributing editor at Calyx and is currently President of Willamette Writers Coast Branch. She is Writer In Residence at Oregon Writers Colony and leads creative nonfiction workshops at various locations.

Carla Perry - Founder and Director 1997 through December 2004
Carla Perry, a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers Workshop, is the founder of Writers On The Edge and the Nye Beach Writers' Series. She received the Oregon Governor's Art Award, the Stewart Holbrook Special Award, and an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in fiction. Former editor/publisher of Wild Dog magazine, and Talus & Scree International Literary Journal. Her poetry, essays, interviews, and short stories have been published widely. Owner of Dancing Moon Press.