Nini Berndt is a graduate of the MFA program in Fiction at the University of Florida and the author of the novel There Are Reasons for This. Her work has appeared in One Story, The Southampton Review, Subtropics, Split Lip, Adroit, Passages North, and elsewhere. She teaches at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, where she lives with her wife and son. Website: niniberndt.com / Instagram: @neenjb

Carolyn Maria Bevington published her first book of graphic poems called The Wide Eyed Wonders Graphic Poetry Project. She is twice the recipient of Boise States Grace Jordan Poetry Award. She also received BSU Womens Center student humanitarian award and the United Vision for Idahos Human Rights Leader of the Year. She lives with her husky-malamute Sky Blue in sunny Boise Idaho. Instagram: @carolynbevington

Sven Birkerts is the author of a number of books of essay and memoir. Former editor of the journal AGNI, and former director of the Bennington Writing Seminars. He spends his days in rumination, and these can be found on Substack: @svenbirkerts375678

Originally from Brooklyn, novelist, poet, performer, playwright, and screenwriter John Biscello has lived in Taos, New Mexico, since 2001. He is the author of five novels, Broken Land, A Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man's Brooklyn, and The Last Furies; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag; two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. His new novel, No One Dreams in Color, is scheduled for an April release (Unsolicited Press). Website: johnbiscello.com / Instagram: @johnbiscello

Amy Branson's work deals with the underbelly of things, the lost and overlooked, and the humanity that finds its root, its footing, in those unnoticed places and the people who inhabit them. She has been published in Artisan, Rockford Literary Review, Scribble, and District Lines. When not writing you'll find her on her yoga mat and playing with babies.

Finn Brown’s (they/ them) writing lives in publications including Queer Life, Queer Love 2 (Muswell Press), The Raven Review, Booth Journal, Annie Journal, Meniscus Journal, The Bombay Review, The Bittersweet Review, and Snowflake Magazine. They are editor at queer press t’ART. Instagram: @finnlbrown / Bluesky: @finnbrown.bsky.social

Marsha Burger studied Fine Arts at Rutgers University. She''s also taken classes at the Art Students League in NYC and McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville. She resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband, Jon, and cat, Po.

Peyton Burgess is the author of The Fry Pans Aren’t Sufficing. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, Tin House online, New Orleans Review, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, AUTRE, and Joyland Magazine, among others.

Dario Calmese is an artist, writer, and design theorist whose work examines how image, language, myth, and power shape collective life. The first Black photographer to shoot a cover for Vanity Fair, he is the founder of the Institute of Black Imagination, a cultural R&D platform building new infrastructures for thought and public life through archives, media, and public space. Website: dariocalmese.com / Instagram: @dario.studio

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is the author of Common Grace (Beacon Press) and Ubasute (Slapering Hol Press). His honors include a MacDowell Fellowship, a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship, and a CT Office of the Arts Artist Fellowship Award. His work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, RHINO, The Cincinnati Review, and Shenandoah. Website: aaroncaycedokimura.com / Instagram: @aaroncaycedokimura / Facebook: @AaronCaycedoKimuraArt / Bluesky: @aaroncaycedokimura.bsky.social

Clodagh Chapman is a writer based between London and Manchester, UK. As a playwright, her work has been longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, and Papatango Prize. In film, her work has played in BAFTA-qualifying festivals worldwide, and been funded by the British Film Institute. "Mossland" is her debut piece of prose fiction. Website: clodaghchapman.co.uk / Instagram: @clochpmn

June Chua used to read stories out loud to her little sister when her family lived in Malaysia. Eventually, they moved to the Canadian prairies, first living in a trailer! This passion for the written word has translated into a career in journalism, filmmaking, and communications. She resides in Berlin and is currently working on a prose-poem collection supported by a literary grant. Website: junechua.com / Instagram: @re.juneration