It was founded by Australian poet Paul Stevens in 2006, who was soon joined by Nigel Holt and Angela France, who also edits the U.K. print magazine iota[REF] as its poetry editors, Don Zirilli as its art editor, and Patricia Wallace Jones as artist-in-residence.
Paul Stevens chief-edited the first ten issues until health problems caused him to step down in late 2009, replaced by Rose Kelleher.