Tyler Robert Sheldon, MFA Author of Everything is Ghosts (Finishing Line Press, 2024) and When to Ask for Rain (Spartan Press, 2021).

Helen Raica-Klotz teaches literature and composition courses at a regional university in Michigan.

Haley Bossé (they/them) calls for an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the people of Palestine.

Allison Albino is a Filipina-American poet and French teacher who lives and writes in Harlem.

Jaz is an Award-winning Published Poet, Singer, Author, Performance Poet, Playwright, Actress, ASCAP Member-Songwriter and Educator.

Donna Vorreyer is the author of three full-length poetry collections.

Berent LaBrecque (he/him/his) is a history teacher who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Cecil Morris retired after 37 years of teaching high school English in Roseville, CA, and now he tries writing himself.

Caroline Earleywine is a poet and educator who taught high school English in Central Arkansas for ten years.

Christopher Clauss (he/him) is an introvert, Ravenclaw, father, poet, photographer, and middle school science teacher in rural New Hampshire

D. R. James, a year+ into retirement from nearly 40 years of teaching college writing, literature, and peace studies.

Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of three full-length collections, most recently Midlife Abecedarian (Riot in Your Throat, 2024).

Valerie A. Smith’s first book of poems, Back to Alabama, is forthcoming from Sundress Publications.

Francis Strickler is a “teacher who writes,” originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA.

Chloe Yelena Miller is a recipient of a 2020 and 2022 DC Arts and Humanities Fellowship (Individuals) grant.

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Carolyn Alessio teaches high school on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Her work appears in The Pushcart Prize anthology, Chicago Tribune, & more.

Carolyn R. Russell’s latest novel is "Q & A," a humorous YA mystery which will be published by Vine Leaves Press in June of 2023.

Rachel White (she/her) is an American-born poet and artist who lives and works on Kaurna land in South Australia.

Noah Renn has lived as a working writer and educator in Southeastern Virginia for over 15 years.