Travis Schuhardt is a writer from Long Branch, New Jersey, who specializes in short-form poetry and fiction. His writing is informed deeply by his relationship to his older brother, who spent much of his childhood in-and-out of hospitals due to a prolonged illness.
Jacque Margaux is a 22-year-old poet and musician from Upstate New York. He’s a drifter and a job hopper, a starving artist trying to make it in the world. His work is sometimes published on the instagram account of his friend, @notrileycreative
Raised in a New York housing project, she practices as a psychologist in Lexington, Massachusetts. Marian Kaplun Shapiro, now in her 80’s, has had Upbringing, her fifth book of poetry, a collection of experimental graphic poems, published by Plain View Press in January January 2023.
Venessa Lee-Estevez has been an educator for Miami-Dade County Public Schools for over 21 years. Much of her poetry is inspired by physical pain as she has had surgery for scoliosis, lumbar fusion, and sacroiliac fusion. Writing poetry has been extremely theraputic for Venessa throughout her life and she hopes that her poetry resonates with the people who read her pieces and share similar experiences.
Scott McLean, a physician/writer living in San Antonio, TX, is working on chapbooks of poetry, short fiction, and a book of prescriptive/practical nonfiction – First Steps to Improve Your Genetic Health.
Dave Malone holds degrees from Ottawa University and Indiana State University. He is a poet and screenwriter who lives in the Missouri Ozarks, and his most recent poetry book is Bypass (Aldrich Press, 2023).
Alex Stolis most recent chapbook, Postcards from the Knife-Thrower’s Wife was recently released by Louisiana Literary Press, http://www.louisianaliterature.org/2024/04/11/new-release-announcement-alex-stolis/
CC Hart, is a neurodiversity advocate, artist, and author. She is a founding board member of the International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists (IASAS). CC lives in San Francisco, California, and holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco.
Jean Gordon Kocienda is a former Silicon Valley geopolitical risk analyst. Now retired, she volunteers with refugees in the San Francisco Bay Area, translates Japanese poetry, and finishes up her first novel, Girl in a Box: The Story of Yosano Akiko, Japan’s Feminist Poet. (www.accidentalfeminist.net)
Skip Renker has retired to Petoskey, Michigan after working for many years as an English Professor at Delta College. His poems have been published in numerous journals as well as three books. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee.