Donald Illich's work has appeared in journals such as The Iowa Review, LIT, Nimrod, Passages North, Rattle, Sixth Finch, Memoir(and), and Barrelhouse. He's been published in several anthologies, and he was named Honorable Mention in Word Works' Washington Prize Competition. Recently, he was selected as a Finalist in Gold Wake Press’ Open Reading. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.