Meghan K. Barnes is a English & creative writing Instructor who holds an MFA in nonfiction from The University of North Carolina Wilmington, AWP’s 2nd ranked nonfiction program in the country. Her book For the Love of God was released in Spring 2013. Her work has been featured multiple literary magazines such as Creative Nonfiction, The New York Times Magazine, The Beat & Charlotte Viewpoint, as well as six anthologies: So Long, Writers Block, Yes I Can, Christmas, Christmas, Real & Thoreau’s Rooster. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in both nonfiction and fiction, and will be on a panel at this years Southern Women Writers Conference as well as AWP.