Ward, Junious: - Junious "Jay" Ward is a poet living in Charlotte, NC and the author of Sing Me A Lesser Wound (Bull City Press). Jay is a National Poetry Slam champion and Individual World Poetry Slam champion who has toured nationally. He has attended and/or received support from: Breadloaf Writers Conference, Callaloo, The Frost Place, Tin House Winter Workshop, and The Watering Hole, and currently serves as a Program Director for BreatheInk and Vice-chair for The Watering Hole. His poems can be found in Four Way Review, DIAGRAM, Columbia Journal, The Amistad, Diode Poetry Journal .