David Alpaugh's essay "The Professionalization of Poetry" has prompted much spirited-debate from poets on-line and off since it appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine. His poetry collection Counterpoint won the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize and was published by Story Line Press in 1994. His poetry, drama, fiction and criticism have appeared in over 100 journals and anthologies, including Exquisite Corpse, The Formalist, Modern Drama, Poetry, Wisconsin Review and Zyzzyva. He has also published three chapbooks: The Edge and Slow Burn for Ozymandias (Coracle Books) and The Greatest Hits of David Alpaugh (Pudding House Publications). He was a guest speaker at The Squaw Valley Community of Writers in the summer of 2003 and will discuss his essays on "Professionalization" at the Associated Writing Programs convention in Chicago in March 2004. David Alpaugh coordinates and emcees a popular monthly poetry reading series in Crockett and operates Small Poetry Press, a chapbook design and printing company.