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. Being on the committee of the French society as secretary while actively participating in the Photography Society and African and Caribbean society. While spontaneous and flexible, her art often centers women of color and their experience of the world. She hopes one day to reach the level of Adeline Rapon or the intimacy of Maryse Condé. When she isn’t planning photoshoots or writing poems, she misplaces needles embroidering messy flowers. She previously attended the Gerville Réache Lycée, in which she participated (amongst others) in a project against menstrual insecurity, resulting in her photography appearing in the National news.

Christa Fairbrother, MA, is the current poet laureate of Gulfport, Florida.  Her poetry has appeared in Arc Poetry, Pleiades, and Salamander and upcoming work will appear in Grist, Rogue Agent, The Muse.

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.

Emily Bryant is a recent graduate of English Literature with a passion for writing, editing and research. They have participated in freelance writing and editing projects for Gair Rhydd, Quench Magazine, Chasing Shadows Magazine and LGBTQYMRU and hopes to pursue a long term career in the writing or publishing sector.

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

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.

Zarish Khalid is a professional content writer, researcher and mentor from Pakistan. In 2021, she completed her undergraduate studies in English Literature, and since then has worked professionally as a writer for content marketing and career counseling agencies.

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

In 2021, he was part of a group of poets who advocated that the Recording Academy make spoken word poetry a standalone category at the Grammys and this led to the birth of the “Best Spoken Word Poetry Album” category in 2022.

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, Trampset Magazine, Typishly, The National Poetry Quarterly, Eunoia Review, the Bluefire Magazine, and the Alcott Youth Magazine. She believes all words are meant to take on their own meanings and spiral out of the control of their creators. Outside of writing, you can find her playing tennis, crocheting or collecting fountain pens.

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. Her fiction has been published in Apricity Magazine and her nonfiction in Airplane Reading. She loves going to concerts with her earplugs in or writing with her cat in her lap.

Johannah Simon is a corporate learning strategist by day and (sometime) creative by night. A Midwest GenX multi-genre writer, her tiny pieces have appeared in literary journals, including Stanza Cannon, Micromance, Bending Genres, Paragraph Planet, and Janus Literary. You can find her on X @JohannahWrites, @johannah.bsky.social, and at www.thewritingtype.com.

Sehar is a poet, writer, and design student currently residing in Kolkata, India. Her work has been featured in The Hooghly Review, Gulmohur Quarterly, Broken Antler Magazine, Livewire (The Wire), Poems India, The Alipore Post, India Film Project, and Remington Review, among other esteemed publications.

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. His poetry collection, children of the soil, is forthcoming in felis catus press. He currently studies geography at the University of Ibadan and writes from there.

Jimmy is a creative thinker and an inspirational leader who is passionate about literature, particularly poetry, but not limited to it. He has a collection of his poetry that he hopes to have published someday.

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”. Here, in the Black southern tradition of prayer, truth-telling, and conjure, is where their poetry is rooted. They attempt to name and bring to light the most human experiences in order to liberate themselves and the reader. You can read their work in publications such as Bible Belt Queers, Flava: Juneteenth Zine, and Beyond Queer Words: Queer Anthology.

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.

Lily Sadighmehr is a substitute teacher with a love of poetry and bookstores. Her work appears in Miniskirt Magazine, Nowruz Journal, Stone Pacific Zine, Hobart, and elsewhere. She currently serves as a
poetry editor for Miniskirt Magazine. She lives in Seattle with her husband.

René Zadoorian is a queer Armenian writer finishing up his undergraduate degree in creative writing at California State University, Northridge. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and now resides in Los Angeles.

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.