Susan Scheid is the author of After Enchantment, which was inspired by beloved fairy tale characters. Scheid’s poetry has appeared in The Southern Quill, Blue Heron Review, The Mid-Atlantic Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Burgeon Press, Gargoyle, About Place Journal, Truth to Power, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Little Patuxent Review, The Sligo Journal, Silver Birch Press, Tidal Basin Review, and other journals. Her work is also included in the anthologies Poetic Art, Enchantment of the Ordinary, and Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic. Scheid served for a number of years as the Board co-chair for Split This Rock. She lives in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Harry Edgar Palacio is a U.S.-born celebrity: an award-winning author, prize-winning fine artist, and critically acclaimed underground indie/alternative musician. He reached #1 on Luxembourg’s indie/alternative charts with the single “Coral Relief” and has performed with Grammy winners and nominees, including Ari Up of The Slits (godmothers of punk) and former members of The Raincoats—bands championed by Kurt Cobain. He has been featured on MTV.

Elaine taught middle school Language Arts for thirty-six years, co-authored The Great Debate Project and Educators Take Charge, and her plays won the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival and the Premiere Stages New Play contest. She’s a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Dramatists Guild, NEA and NJEA, and is an avid tennis player.

Originally from Austin, I grew up in Dallas and Waco and attended Texas Tech University, where I received a BA in Spanish with a minor in public relations. After teaching Spanish in Midland and Richardson ISD, I received a master's degree in curriculum. Bruce grew up in West Texas and attended school in Wichita Falls and the University of Houston. We retired together in 2020 after returning to Texas from Brazil and currently live out in the country near Horseshoe Bay.

I’m Tinu Abass, a UK-based writer with a passion for telling stories that uplift, educate, and reflect the beauty of African culture. I write both children’s books and fiction, with recurring themes around confidence, identity, healing, and the celebration of self.

Angelino Donnachaidh is a Mexican-American father, author, and Japanese-English translator, and longtime resident of Osaka, Japan. His works include the middle grade historical fiction illustrated novella Tamiu: A Cat’s Tale (North Street Prize Winner), the YA post-cyberpunk AI heist adventure screenplay Brother, and an upcoming samurai scifi-fantasy action-thriller novel entitled The Mayhem Protocols.

Victoria Lopez is a writer, poet, and educator passionate about inspiring individuality and fostering creative exploration. As the Executive Director and Founder of Unfolded: Poetry Project, she has been a driving force in creating accessible spaces for self-expression and connection through poetry in the Rio Grande Valley and beyond.

Ron MacLean is the author of the story collections Apocalypso (forthcoming), We Might as Well Light Something on Fire, and Why the Long Face?, as well as the novels Headlong and Blue Winnetka Skies. His fiction has appeared in GQ, Narrative, Fiction International, Best Online Fiction, and elsewhere. MacLean is a recipient of the Frederick Exley Award for Short Fiction and a multiple Pushcart Prize nominee. He holds a Doctor of Arts from the University at Albany, SUNY, and teaches at Grub Street in Boston.

After attending a grammar school in the East End of London, Keith joined the East London Advertiser newspaper at the age of 20. After working on newspapers in Oxford, Sheffield, Cardiff, Bristol, and Essex, he eventually went to work on The Sunday Times in London.

Rebecca Lake-Bonenfant lives in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, minutes from Lake Winnipesaukee. She lives with her supportive husband, book-crazy daughter, and old-soul little boy. She enjoys spending time in nature, reading, writing, and being a wife, mother, and dog mom to her two doggies.