Amy Soricelli has been published in numerous publications, including The Westchester Review, Pure Slush, and Glimpse Poetry Magazine. Amy has three chapbooks published by Dancing Girl Press (2019, 2021, 2024) and one coming in Spring 2026. Twice nominated for BOTN and once for a Pushcart. Nominated by Billy Collins for the Aspen Words Emerging Writers Fellowship/2019, Grace C. Croff Poetry Award, 1978. Instagram: @poetamy7

Johnny Stanton was born in Manhattan and has never lived anywhere else. His Siamese Banana Press published Paul Auster, Joe Brainard, and many other influential writers and artists of the 1960s and ’70s. He is the author of many short stories and the novel Mangled Hands, published in 1985 by Sun & Moon and republished 2021 by Tough Poets Press.

Heliana Stoichkova was born in 1980 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has a Bachelor’s degree in public speaking, a specialization in theatrical dramaturgy, and worked on a PhD with a focus on main characteristics of the attractive character through his speech. She has written many short story collections, children’s books, and novels. Instagram: @helianastoichkova

Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Lithuanian/Russian/ Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, Door Is A Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Edward is also a published poet who has had over 700 poems published and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times.

Kaz Sussman is a carpenter, and lives in a home he has built in Oregon from abandoned poems. He got into poetry just like everyone else because that’s where the big bucks are. He has been published in a variety of journals including Nimrod, Kingpin Chess, Interdisciplinary Humanities, The Healing Muse, Rattle, and Gastronomica. Website: mrkazbo.wixsite.com/kazsussman

Aden Thomas has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in The Red River Review, San Pedro Review, Third Wednesday, and The Yellow Chair Review. His first book of poems, What Those Light Years Carry, was published in 2017. Instagram: @sagebrushpoet

Matthew Thorburn is the author of six books, including String, a novel in poems; The Grace of Distance, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize; and the book-length poem Dear Almost, which won the Lascaux Prize. Originally from Michigan and for many years a New Yorker, he lives near Princeton, New Jersey. Instagram: @thorburnpoet

Lauren Tivey is the author of four chapbooks, most recently Moroccan Holiday (winner of the Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2019). Her full-length collection is Traveler in the Sunset Clouds (Main Street Rag, 2022). Her hybrid poetry/ photography collaboration is Fire Carousel (Main Street Rag, 2023). Her work appears in Split Lip, Connotation Press, and Grimoire. She lives in St. Augustine, FL. Instagram: @laurentivey / Facebook: facebook.com/lauren.tivey

Kevin Tosca has been published in a wide range of literary magazines as well as in seventeen limited-edition chapbooks with ten different independent presses. In 2023, he founded Sacred Parasite in Berlin, Germany. His next book, Disco Pam Pam, is forthcoming from Bateau Press in 2026. Website: sacredparasite.com / Instagram: @sacredparasitebooks

Raya Tost is from a small town in the Appalachian foothills, though she often finds herself in London. While she completes her English degree at Georgia Southern University, she spends her free time romancing video game characters, drinking hot tea, and writing around her keyboard-hogging cat. Her work has been previously published in Sink Hollow. Instagram: @rayatost

John Tottenham is the author of four volumes of poetry. He is also a prolific essayist, artist and performer whose work has been described as “magnanimous misanthropy” and “magical cynicism.” His first novel, Service, was published in 2025 by Semiotext(e). He is not married and doesn't own a dog. He lives in Los Angeles. Website: johntottenham.com / Instagram: @johntottenham

Edwin Vásquez is a multidisciplinary artist whose bold photography, poetry, and mixed-media work explore human nature and the environment. His art has shown internationally and across California, including MOAH and Brand 48, where he won the Associate’s Award. He is currently developing #TheJoshuaTreeChronicles, an ongoing creative project.