Steve Vermillion is a writer and editor living in Northern California. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from U.C. Berkeley where he was awarded an Emily Cook Prize in Poetry. He subsequently attended the graduate writing programs at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and later, San Francisco State University. Currently, he is a contributing editor at tNY Press. His recent work appears in print and online in numerous magazines. In 2014 his work was nominated for a 'Best of the Net' award in Short Stories, as well as receiving Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train Magazine's Short Story of the Year.