Marta Ferguson's chapbook, *Mustang Sally Pays Her Debt to Wilson Pickett,* was published by Main Street Rag in 2005. Her work has appeared widely in literary magazines, including recent poems in Bluestem, Poet Lore, and The Comstock Review. She has had a reprint at Poetry Daily and has twice been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. Her full-length manuscript is currently making the contest rounds.
Marta has been the sole proprietor of Wordhound Writing & Editing Services, LLC, for 11 years. She specializes in literary and academic editing, including poetry manuscript review. She is a former poetry editor of The Missouri Review and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia.