Aaliyah André is a student at University of Galway pursuing a degree in English and Creative Writing with Classics. Originally from the island of Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies, she is an active member of the society life at UG.

Abu Ibrahim popularly known as IB is a Nigerian poet whose work has caused tremendous influence and change.

Alicia Chen is a writer and student from Shanghai, China, currently living in Atlanta, USA.

Having grown up in a Spanish-speaking household, Amy Lemuz-Guerra credits her English fluency to reading the Junie B. Jones series on the school bus.

Ann is a uni student studying biology that loves to read and write in her spare time

Ayòdéjì Israel is a Pushcart Prize and BotN nominee. He is a finalist for the 2025 Rhysling Award.

Brittany holds a Master’s in Design with a focus on design research, specialising in inclusive design practices. Her interest in storytelling informs both her research and design work.

Claire Guo is a writer based in San Jose, California. Her work has been recognized by the Adroit Prizes in Prose and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and is published or forthcoming in The New York Times,

Daniel Cloyd is a second-year student attending Howard University, majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing.

Dominic Anthony (He/They) is a Black, queer poet with roots in Missouri and Arkansas. They learned the power of words through their grandmother who often said, “you have to be able to name a demon to cast them out”.

Dr Sara Louise Wheeler writes the columns ‘O’r Gororau’ (from the borders) for Barddas Welsh poetry magazine and ‘Troi cerrig’ (turning stones) for Golwg360 Welsh news platform, for which she also undertakes freelance reporting.

Drew Payne (she/her) has a BA in Creative Writing with a minor in journalism from the University of North Texas, where she still resides.

Eleanor Graydon (She/They) is a part-time university student at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, with an avid love for writing poetry and her work as a freelance editor.

Emily Bryant is a recent graduate of English Literature with a passion for writing, editing and research.

Fran Fernández Arce is a Chilean PhD student at the University of York currently researching ephemerality and precarity in the works of Ciaran Carson,

Genaro Aguilar Saucillo is a Mexican poet, editor-in-chief and founder of Paratextos, and a poetry reader for Fahmidan Journal and Palette Poetry. Paratextos was a finalist for Chill Subs & CLMP’s 2025 Literary Magazine Incubator.

Johannah Simon is a corporate learning strategist by day and (sometime) creative by night. A Midwest GenX multi-genre writer,

Keegan Thoranin (any/all) is a creature whose comforts lie in the uncomfortable, the unpalatable, the raw. Words have always eluded her as much as nourished her;

Laura is a poet, retired elementary school teacher and grandmother who lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

Lily Sadighmehr is a substitute teacher with a love of poetry and bookstores. Her work appears in Miniskirt Magazine, Nowruz Journal, Stone Pacific Zine.

Micah Scheff (he/they) is a queer, Californian poet.

Nawshin Flora is a researcher, writer and poet based in Dhaka.

Nazia is a reader, writer, dreamer, and Artificial Intelligence trainer based in Dehradun, who fell in love with writing at a young age.

Taskin Quagliani is a mixed-race South African writer with Italian and Asian lineage and it was her diverse upbringing which spawned a love of expression through writing.

Wisdom Adediji, NGP xi, is a Nigerian genre-bending writer. His works have appeared on Icefloe press, Blue press, Weganda review, NND poetrycolumn and elsewhere.

Yasmin Tehrani is a NYC based writer currently finishing her M.A. in Literature, Language, and Theory at CUNY Hunter College where she focuses on modernist studies.

Yvonne Aore is a Kenyan fiction writer whose work explores intimacy, ritual, power, and the unseen forces that shape ordinary lives.

Zarish Khalid is a professional content writer, researcher and mentor from Pakistan. In 2021, she completed her undergraduate studies in English Literature,