Nathan Fako (he/they) is a poet from Salt Lake City, Utah. He currently lives in Bowling Green as an MFA candidate in poetry at BGSU. He has work forthcoming in West Trade Review. @nfako.bsky.social

Donna Vorreyer is the author of Unrivered (forthcoming, 2025), To Everything There Is (2020), Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story (2016) and A House of Many Windows (2013), all from Sundress Publications. Her poetry, fiction, and essay work have appeared in Ploughshares, Cherry Tree, Poet Lore, Salamander, Harpur Palate, Booth, and elsewhere. She lives and creates in the Chicago area where she hosts the monthly online reading series A Hundred Pitchers of Honey.

Mary Lou Buschi (she/her) has 3 full length poetry collections. Her 3rd book, BLUE PHYSICS, 2024 (Lily Poetry Review) was a finalist for Contemporary Poetry in The International Book Awards. Her poems have appeared in literary journals such as Ploughshares, Glacier, Willow Springs, The Laurel Review and Jet Fuel Review.

Abby E. Murray (they/them) is the editor of Collateral, a literary journal concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. Their book, Hail and Farewell, won the Perugia Press Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Abby served as the 2019-2021 poet laureate for the city of Tacoma, Washington, and currently teaches rhetoric in military strategy to Army War College fellows at the University of Washington.

Ashley Kirkland writes in Ohio where she lives with her husband and sons. Her work can be found in Cordella Press, Boats Against the Current, The Citron Review, Naugatuck River Review, HAD, Major7thMagazine, among others. Her chapbook, BRUISED MOTHER, is available from Boats Against the Current. She is a poetry editor for 3Elements Literary Review. You can find her at lashleykirkland.bsky.social and lashleykirklandwriter on Instagram.

Christina Linsin is a poet and teacher in Virginia. Her work examines connections with nature, complexities of mental illness, and difficulties creating meaningful connections with others amid life’s obstacles. She currently serves as the Western Region Vice President of the Poetry Society of Virginia, and her poems have been published in Still: The Journal, Stone Circle Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Whale Road Review, The Mid-Atlantic Review, and others.

Christopher Barry teaches English and runs long distances. His work has appeared in "Rising Phoenix Review," "Northern New England Review," "the Henniker Review" and "The Golden Hour.”

Michael Bazzett is the author of five collections of poetry, including The Echo Chamber (Milkweed Editions, 2021) and more.

Barry Peters lives in Durham, North Carolina. His fiction has appeared in Baltimore Review, Broad River Review, The Mackinaw, and more.

Kasumi Parker is a writer and high school English teacher. Her prose has been published Black Warrior Review, PRISM International, and more.

Ralph James Savarese taught for forty years, at every level, and retired in May.

Jaz is an Award-winning Published Poet, Singer, Author, Performance Poet, Playwright, Theater Artist, Songwriter (ASCAP), Composer and more.

Sally Toner is a writer and high school English teacher who has lived in the DMV for over 25 years.

James Dickson teaches English and Creative Writing at Germantown High School, just outside of Jackson, MS.

Megan Munger is a Kansas poet and Pacific University MFA Candidate. She received her M.A. in English from Pittsburg State University.

Sofi Guven is a writer and poet from Cincinnati, Ohio. She has previously been published by Wilderness House Literary Review and more.

Jean Prokott's poetry collection The Second Longest Day of the Year won the Howling Bird Press Book Prize (Howling Bird Press).

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Jennifer Hyde Dracos-Tice (she/her) has poems published in SWWIM Every Day, Witness, Psaltery & Lyre, Crab Orchard Review, and more.

Kathleen Hellen is the author of three full-length poetry collections, including Meet Me at the Bottom, and more.