[Alex Pepple]

Dear Eratosphereans,

I am please to announce our new moderator, a long-time Eratospherean of immense talent in poetry and fiction, and well-known in these parts. Let's have the drum rolls for John Riley, who will be co-moderating the Non-Metrical Poetry forum! Here's a little more about John:

John Riley lives in North Carolina, where he works in educational publishing. His fiction and poetry have appeared in or are forthcoming in Falling Star, SmokeLong Quarterly, Willows Wept Review, Loch Raven Review, Hardboiled, The Centrifugal Eye, Frame Lines, The Houston Literary Review, San Pedro River Review and Hobble Creek Review.

Please join me in extending a warm welcome to John!

Cheers,
...Alex

[Maryann Corbett]

Yay! Thanks for doing this, John!

[Tim Murphy]

John Riley, it is a pleasure to applaud this announcement.

[Janice D. Soderling]

Welcome John, you have long been a thoughtful and discerning poet/critter at Non-Met. I am ever so pleased that you have joined the moderator team!

[Donna English]

Good choice! I'm sure John, along with Dee and Janice, will continue to help nuture good poems and goodwill from the posters at Non-Met.

Donna

[Elle Bruno]

This is great news.
Congrats John. I look forward to working with you! Dee

[Kevin Greene]

All the moderators and administrators should have prayers offered for them. It can't be an easy task. To use an overworn expression, it must be like herding cats! Thanks to all and congratulations to John.

[Gregory Dowling]

John, welcome! And thanks for joining us,
Gregory

[Seree Zohar]

mazeltov! much success to you and us!

[John Riley]

Thanks for the kind words. It was an honor to be asked.

John