Joseph Horst received his Master’s degree in English, with a concentration in Creative Writing, in 2005 from East Carolina University. His thesis, the full-length stage play Enemies, has won 7th place in the 76th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition (Stageplay) in 2007 and recently received an Honorable Mention in the 2011 Ohio State University at Newark’s Inaugural Play Competition. In 2012, Horst’s ten-minute play Calliope was performed in the Tenth Annual North Park Playwrights Festival (San Diego, CA) and the “8×10” Ten Minute Play Festival (Napa, CA).