Ashley Elizabeth (she/her) is a Pushcart-nominated writer and teacher whose work has appeared in SWWIM, Voicemail Poems, Rigorous, and Sage Cigarettes, among others. Ashley's debut full-length collection, A Family Thing, is published by Redacted Books/ELJ Editions (August 2024). She is also the author of the chapbooks red line (Garden Party Collective, 2024), CHAM(ed) (fifth wheel press, 2024) black has every right to be angry (Alternating Current, 2023) and more.

Alissa Hetherington is a high school English teacher from Pennsylvania. She is a 2020 graduate from Bloomsburg University and is currently pursuing a Creative Writing MFA from Arcadia University. When she's not in the classroom, Alissa enjoys spending time outdoors with her two dogs, Rosco and Copper. Her work has been previously featured in Beyond Words Magazine.