Our 2011 Team of Judges

Photography

Paul Michael Kane

Paul Michael Kane combines his extensive background in visual communication with traditional and alternative photographic processes utilizing the latest advances in digital media.

Larry Katzman

Larry Katzman grew up in New York’s Washington Heights, the only son of German immigrants. He studied photography at The Westchester Arts Center and was President of Ground Glass fine art photography group, from 1997-2008.

Gene Costello

Gene has over 30 years photography experience on more than five continents. A graduate of the New York School of Visual Arts, Gene has worked for Modern Salon Magazine and was the personal photographer for Miss America 1999.

Poetry

Renée Ashley

Renée is poetry editor of The Literary Review, advisory editor for Serving House Books, and on the faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s two low-residency graduate programs, the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in Creative Writing and Literature for Educators.

Danielle Rose

Danielle is a features writer for North Jersey Media Group, Danielle's columns, ‘The Health Nut’ and ‘The Well Stocked Pantry’ are featured weekly online and in “The Suburban Trends” newspaper.

Dorothy Quinn

Dorothy is a member of the Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation – promoting writing, enjoyment and the audience opportunity for adolescent poets. She holds a BA from Montclair State University, English Major with a concentration on British Literature.

Art

Bonnie McGown

Bonnie was born a northern girl on Long Island in New York. When she was in elementary school her family moved to sunny Miami, Florida. Lucky for me, Miami was a wonderful place to grow up. I always loved art and even had some private painting lessons in grammar school.

Sal Reale

Mr. Reale’s love of art has taken him in many directions, yet the figure in its many forms appears constantly, entertaining his eye and fulfilling his need for excitement and variety. His use of positive and negative space is constantly fresh.

Denise de Marco

Denise received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parson’s School of Design in 1989. She studied in both New York City and Paris and majored in illustration. Since then she has had a varied and successful career in the fashion industry, illustration, fine art and now in designing murals and decorative painting.