Jim Mentink's publications include feature pieces with NewEnglandFilm.com and Clovis News-Journal as well as stories in Bending Genres and one forthcoming in the Maine anthology Dirigo Dreams. He was also a runner-up in the Eliza So 'Finish Your Book' fellowship and named an Honorable Mention in the Literary Taxidermy Short Story Contest. Additionally, he was granted art residencies with Hewnoaks (2015) and Wildacres (2019) on the merit of his fiction. He is a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.