[1] Founded in 1996[2] by Chris Lott and Tom Dooley,[3] Eclectica's extensive and growing archives contain poetry, fiction, non-fiction, miscellany, travel, opinion and reviews by hundreds of authors from around the world.

[4] In 2004, Eclectica took top honors in storySouth's Million Writers Award.

[5] Eclectica has published stories by nominees for the Pulitzer Prize (Teresa White),[6] the Nebula Award (Mary Soon Lee),[7] the Emmy Awards (Sean Gill)[8] and the Pushcart Prize.

Current and past editors of Eclectica include David Ewald, Chris Lott, Julie King, Mitchel Metz, Kevin McGowin, Paul Sampson, Michael Spice, Elizabeth Glixman, John Reinhard, Jennifer Finstrom, Pamela Gemin, Colleen Mondor, and Evan Martin Richards.

Chaffin, Thomas Hubschman, Don Mager and Ann Skea.