"Prominent Pen" is a poetry and prose collection book of materials from the May through the August 2011 issues of cc&d magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd), published through Scars Publications. Writers included in this collection are from around the United States (and even around the world), with Melvin F. Ballew, Christopher Barnes, Maxwell Baumbach, S. Paul Bowen, Michael H. Brownstein, Ronald Brunsky, Chris Butler, Nely Cab, Rochelle Cartier, CEE, Michael Ceraolo, Shaun Corley, Roger Cowin, Kenneth DiMaggio, John Duncklee, Irene Ferraro, Stephanie Fleming, Meghan Frank, Peter LaBerge, A. A. Garrison, Cheryl Townsend, Lawrence Gladeview, Fritz Hamilton, Jermaine Harmon, Roy Haymond, Kevin Heaton, Kyle Hemmings, Aaron Wilder, Wes Heine, John T. Hitchner, Stan Hollingworth, Je'free, Brian Forrest, Bob Johnston, Billie Louise Jones, Stephanie Kaylor, Melissa Kosciuszko, Sonja Kosler, Julie Kovacs, Seger Lansdale, Bing Liu, Kriste A. Matrisch, Jim Meirose, Toni Menden, Kristine Ong Muslim, Tendai R. Mwanaka, Edward Mycue, Cherese Eudlyn Nelson, Alicia Parks, I.B. Rad, Ted Rashkow, Nathan Riggs, Andy Roberts, Matthew Roberts, Jonathan Seipp, Don Stockard, Bob Strother, R. N. Taber, Anne Turner Taub, Mel Waldman, Laura Whelton, Kelley Jean White MD, Caleb Yarborough, Sid Yiddish, and Janet Kuypers.