Amy Wise Rothschild’s poetry appears in Tupelo Quarterly, ONE ART, Maudlin House, HOOT, and the Bellevue Literary Review, where she was the 2024 winner of the John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry. She taught pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten for more than twelve years, mostly in Washington, DC. She now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Evan Freemyer is (still) an English teacher, working at Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, IA. This is his first publication!

An educator, writer, and poet, M.B. McLatchey is the author of six books, including the award-winning titles The Lame God (Utah State University Press), Smiling at the Executioner (Kelsay Books), and Beginner’s Mind (Regal House). Her poetry has been published nationally and internationally and has won several awards, including the American Poet Prize. Formerly Florida's Poet Laureate for Volusia County and currently a Poetry Reader for the Miami-based literary journal SWWIM.

An Arkansas native, Sarah Watkins is an educator by trade and a writer by necessity. She currently resides in northeast Arkansas with her husband. Her work has recently been featured in several publications, including Menagerie, Moss Puppy Magazine, and Heart of Flesh Literary Journal. Instagram: @sarahwatkinspoetry