Joseph Cooper is the author of six collections, most recently Splash Fields (VA Press, 2024). His latest collection, The Thief of Mars, is forthcoming from Carbonation Press in the fall of 2025. He lives in Lewisburg, WV, with his wife, three children, two dogs, six cats, and three chickens.

Emily Coppella (she/her) lives on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. Her poetry has been published in several international literary magazines. Instagram: @emilycoppella

Will Cordeiro is the author of Trap Street and Whispering Gallery and co-author of Experimental Writing: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology. Will co-edits Eggtooth Editions. Will’s been published in 32 Poems, AGNI, Bennington Review, Pleiades, and The Threepenny Review.

Megan Davis is an actress and poet living in New York. Her debut best-selling poetry book, What Breaks Us, has won several awards, and has been celebrated by critics, including a Kirkus review comparing her work to Sylvia Plath. Instagram: @meggydavis

Charles Day, Brooklyn-born writer, began crafting stories in 2019 through NYPL and Reading Room workshops. His work spans short fiction and theater, with The Floating Violin featured on Guardianes de la Memoria podcast. He studied at The Barrow Group, debuted Rise and Shine at Snap, and staged his short play Side Effects at the 2025 Social Justice Shorts Festival. Instagram: @adayatthetheater

Sarah Rose de Souza has written for Ambit, Berfrois, 3:AM Magazine and Porridge. She worked in publishing for five years, commissioning fiction for Hachette UK and Atlantic. She lives in Mexico City where she edits novels and teaches creative writing. Instagram: @sarahrosedesouza

Jaydn DeWald is the author of The Rosebud Variations and Sheets of Sound, both from Broken Sleep Books. They direct the Creative Writing Program at Piedmont University.

Brian Engles is a writer and musician from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He was a reporter for Cape & Islands NPR before moving to Chicago. His novel Wildball earned coverage in the Boston Globe. He releases original music as Racing Days. Instagram: @brian.engles

Corwin Ericson is the author of the novel Swell, and the collection Checked Out OK. His work has been published in Harper’s, Jubilat, Volt, Sortes, Galaxy Brain, and elsewhere. Instagram: @corwin.ericson

Rachel Desiree Felix is a Malaysian writer based in South Korea. Her work explores cultural dissonance, memory, and quiet resistance, often shaped by the tension between visibility and erasure in cross-cultural spaces. Instagram: @racheldesiree

Nicholas Fillmore is the author of Smuggler, an IndieReader Discovery Award-winning memoir; The Gospel of Satan, a novella; and Sins of Our Fathers, a novel. Allocution, poems, will be published by Tough Poets Press in 2026. Website: nicholasfillmore.com