J. Alan Nelson
J. Alan Nelson, a writer and actor, received nominations for a Pushcart Prize, Best of Net and Best Microfiction. He has work published or forthcoming in journals including New York Quarterly, Reed, Brussels Review, Bristol Noir, Blue Unicorn, Hog River Press, Maryland Literary Review, takahē, B O D Y, Litro, Stand, Acumen, Main Street Rag, Texas Observer, Arc, California Quarterly, Connecticut River Review, Adirondack Review, Red Cedar Review, Wisconsin Review, South Carolina Review, Kairos, Ligeia, Strange Horizons, Illuminations, Review Americana, Whale Road Review and Hiram Poetry Journal. He played the lead in the viral video “Does This Cake Make Me Look Gay?” and the verbose “Silent Al” in the Emmy-winning SXSWestworld, and narrated New York Times videos on AIDS programs in Africa.