Willow Sommer is a writer and poet based in Amsterdam, where she hosts cultural events exploring the relationship between agency and identity. She is writing a novel inspired by nightlife, and in between, like dancing, poetry has become an outlet to express difficult emotions, and to weave sense out of life’s layers. Website: willowsommer.com / Instagram: @willlowsommmer

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.

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

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. He lives in Berlin. Website: sacredparasite.com

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 this year 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.

Wendy Walker is the author of The Secret Service (Tough Poets) and other books, most recently TSexual Stealing (Temporary Culture). In 2024 she helped the actor and director Paul Sand to rewrite his play The Pilot Who Crashed the Party. It will open in London next year. Website: wendywalker.com

Omar Zefier is an artist, sound designer, director, and writer from Fort Worth, Texas. He is currently working toward the release of his debut poetry collection. Primarily known as an artist, he has had art published in previous publications. Instagram: @polarboiyeahz