Joseph Milosch graduated in 1995 with his MFA from San Diego State University. He has published poetry and essays in various magazines, and has had multiple nominations for the Pushcart Award. His first book, The Lost Pilgrimage Poems was published by Poetic Matrix Press. He received an honorable mention for his poetry in The Chapel Jazz Poetry Contest in the spring of 1999. He received an Excellence in Literature award from Mira Costa College. His first chapbook, On the Wing, was published by Barnes and Noble as a regional publication, and his second chapbook, Father of Boards and Woodwinds, was published by the Inevitable Press for the Laguna Poets Series. He was a finalist in the Tennessee Middle State Chapbook contest in 1996 for his chapbook, If I Could Imagine. He won the 1997 Tennessee Middle State Chapbook contest with his chapbook Among Men. In 1999 The Laguna Poets Series published his fourth chapbook Now She Bends Away with Inevitable Press.