Egale Tolbler is a college student studying journalism and a writer for his college’s newspaper.

Bhupin Butaney is a poet and writer drawn to the quiet forces that shape human experience—emotion, memory, and elemental change. His work blends lyrical restraint with metaphysical inquiry, often turning to the natural world as a mirror for interior transformation. His poems have been featured in Lone Mountain Literary Society (Duality & Pradox), Antonym, Ariel’s Dream Literary Journal, In Parentheses, Black Works, ParABnormal Magazine, Tales of the Strange, and other literary publications.

Dakota William Szaniszlo is a poet and prosist from Tucson, AZ. They are a committed practitioner of shower-singing, a volunteer life-coach for the dead, an unlicensed self-surgeon, and an avid collector of tossed-out ideologies. They enjoy contemplating ineffable abstraction, dreams constantly, and spends most of their free time on long drives through various mental landscapes. They have been previously featured in various journals including: The Antonym - A Bridge to Global Literature, Canyon Voices, Punt Volat, LatineLit, and The Ana.

Jake Wright is a published poet (on the Word’s Faire no less) who is pursuing a minor in creative writing at UBCO. When Jake isn’t writing, he’s usually crying over university, skiing, or gaming. He wrote this story for his girlfriend, who seemed to enjoy it, thank goodness! Jake can be found on his youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@WritingwithWright

Matthew Wood is a cum laude graduate of CSULB’s creative writing program. He has had fiction published in Heartwood Literary magazine, Chapter House, carte blanche, Washington Square Review LCC, and El Camino College’s Myriad, where he was awarded the Tom Lew Prize for Fiction

Abby Pullan is a 21-year-old creative writing graduate and working-class woman from Huddersfield. Her debut collection Bread & Blood is available on Amazon.

Ezra James Fiddimore is a writer, artist, musician and Tourette's Syndrome advocate based in Brighton, the bustling queer capital of England. By day, he is calling in sick to work. Ezra grew up between Germany and England, and holds a BA in English and Drama from Royal Holloway. He been published in Bar Bar, Oscurita and The Orbital. He enjoys a subversive approach to spelling, punctuation and grammar, and is not (where possible) prone to briefishness.

A. J. Frantz is from Detroit and currently studies urban planning at Oberlin College. Her work has appeared in Folio, Meniscus, Prime Number Magazine, ellipsis, and elsewhere.

O.P. Jha’s works appeared in more than one hundred journals including Rigorous, Mantis, In Parentheses, Shot Glass, Odessa Collective, Backchannels, Poetry Pacific, Five Fleas, miniMag, Iceblink, Infinite Scroll, The Rome Review, Kelp, pulplit, etc. His poems are in anthologies "We were Seeds" and "We are Resilient".

Harry Bauld was twice first-team All-Ivy shortstop at Columbia and broke Lou Gehrig’s records. (Unfortunately his academic records.) A writer, painter, translator and teacher in the Bronx, he has won awards for work that has appeared in numerous journals in the U.S. and the U.K. He was included by Matthew Dickman in the anthology Best New Poets 2012 (UVa Press) and has performed in New York and elsewhere as a magician and jazz pianist.

Jones Irwin teaches Philosophy and Education in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. He has published poetry most recently in Espacio Fronterizo (Borderland/ Espace Frontière), and with Moonstone Press and Tofu Ink Press. He is resident Poetry Critic and Columnist with Red Ogre Review. His first Chapbook of poems, entitled 'GHOST TOWN' was published by Moonstone Press, Philadelphia, US, in Summer 2022. His second Chapbook of poems, entitled 'American Haikus', was published in Autumn 2024, also with Moonstone Press. His third Chapbook, entitled ‘Deep Image’, will be published by Tofu Ink Press in early 2025.

Joshua Sabatini was born in Hartford, Connecticut. In October 2002, he moved to San Francisco, California. He's currently on retreat in Katama, Massachusetts. His 2023 published writings include “Jack and the Trumpet” in Rock Salt Journal. In 2024, he published "Cosmic Harmonies," a collection of 49 haiku. The author can be reached at JoshuaSabatini@gmail.com.

Margaret Marcum graduated from the MFA program in creative writing at Florida Atlantic University. Her poems have appeared in Amethyst Review, NonBinary Review, Scapegoat Review, October Hill Magazine, among others. She is also author of the poetry chapbook, Recognition of Movement (Bottlecap Press, 2023).

Henry (7) Reneau Jr. is the author of the poetry collection, freedomland blues (Transcendent Zero Press.) His work is published in Superstition Review, TriQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, Notre Dame Review; Punt Volat; The Ana and Oyster River Pages.

Garrett MacKenzie was born and raised in Rochester, New York, before going on to study English and Political Science at SUNY Oswego. After graduating he moved to the Pacific Northwest to start a career in wildfire. He is currently a career smokejumper. He has spent the past five years traveling and chasing fires across North America. He spends his winters with his fiancée, Tori, and their two dogs, Talulah and Finley.

Briana Grace Hammerstrom has participated in the National Poetry Slam, Individual World Poetry Slam, the Southwest Shootout, Flagstaff Poetry Slam, Bigfoot Poetry Festival, and earned titles such as Haiku Deathmatch Champion. She has been pubished in Red Orgre Review, Palette Poetry, Clepsydra Magazine, and other publications. BGH's work is a journey through queer joy, sheer outrage, and the enchantment of everyday language. Discover updates and upcoming performances at bghpoetry.wordpress.com.

Jonathan Jones lives and works in Rome where he teaches English and American literature at John Cabot University.

Emily Clara Dehne is a previously unpublished writer from Cincinnati, Ohio. She works as an English tutor for her college, and plans to pursue a career in editing.

Carol Ann Wilson’s work with public schools and higher education institutions focused on issues of democracy and social justice, as did her writing. When she turned to creative nonfiction, her first book, Still Point of the Turning World: The Life of Gia-fu Feng, won Foreword Review’s Book of the Year Award. Another biography, Because We Wanted To! was a finalist for the same award. Carol’s essays have appeared in Under the Gum Tree, The Write Launch, bookscover2cover, Wrath-Bearing Tree, Unlimited Literature, and the Awakenings Review. Her essay “House of Mirrors” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Carol lives and writes in Boulder, Colorado. For more information, please see https://carolannwilson.info

Dylan McDonie is an aspiring author from St. Augustine, Florida. He studied Literature at Florida State University and from then on has held a handful of odd and forgettable jobs. He hopes to one day to capture some vestige of truth in his work, like a moth in glass

Cate Herrold is a writer interested in personal essays and prose poetry. Hailing from Massachusetts, she landed in Los Angeles where she currently lives with her 2 cats. She is an editor for the LA Valley College’s literary journal, The Bite, and publishes work on her Substack, which you can find at catethoughts.substack.com

Annie Zhu is a student at Westwood High School in Austin, Texas. Her writing explores nuanced emotional experiences and personal narratives through introspective prose. Annie's work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, district-level competitions, and has appeared in literary journals including E&GJ. In her free time, Annie loves to bake desserts, attempt overly ambitious DIY projects, and collect oddly-shaped shells.

Alan Hill has been writing for 25 years and is none the wiser . He has become more comfortable with the unknowable, and for this great gift that writing has given him he is eternally grateful. His latest book 'In the Blood' was published by Caitlin Press in 2022

Miranda Keith (she/her) is an Iowa native who received her bachelor's degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Iowa State University in 2022. She is a poet, photographer, and entrepreneur. Miranda's work focuses on the paradoxes of being human, the pain and joy of love, and existential crises discovered along the way. You can find Miranda on Tik Tok, Instagram, and Tumblr as @metaphoricallymk.

Danny Diaz is a native Texan currently living in San Antonio. When he is not writing, he enjoys cooking and spending time with his wife and their three dogs.

Ludivine Massin was born and raised in Paris, France, and has been living for the past ten years in Berlin, Germany, where she works and raises her two daughters. She mostly writes nonfiction essays about motherhood and addictions. Her work has appeared in The Word’s Faire and Tint Journal. You can follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/ludivine_bodymind

Michelo Isola resides in Georgia with his husband of twenty years and three needy dogs. He is a later life writer who relishes stories about marginalized people.

Brianna Roberto is a 22-year-old artist and writer based in Fremont, CA whose work has been featured in multiple publications and exhibitions. Having just finished her undergraduate program at Santa Clara University, earning a B.A. in both Child Studies and Studio Art, she is continuing her graduate studies at SCU to earn a Masters in Education. More of her work can be found at colorbybri.com.

Peter Conrad’s work was a runner up in the My Dream Writing Contest 2024 and appeared in Wingless Dreamer's 2024 anthology Summer Fireflies 2. His writing appears in LOFT Books, Issue VI, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, The Cost of Our Baggage anthology. His stories appear in over thirty literary journals including The Taborian, WayWords Literary Journal, Umbrella Factory Magazine, CafeLit, Bare Hill Review, Impulse, The Paradox Literary Magazine, In Parentheses, The Hemlock, Livina Press Golden Issue, Folklore, Novus, Half and One, Superpresent Magazine, Poor Yorick, and the Datura. His work will be published in Wingless Dreamer’s 2025 anthology, Unfolding Colours. His work appears in over thirty literary journals worldwide.