Eileen P. Kennedy is the author of three collections of poetry. Banshees (Flutter Press, 2015) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and won Second Prize in Poetry from the Wordwrite Book Awards. Touch My Head Softly (Finishing Line Press, 2021),Literary…
Born in Sweden in 1996 to a family with eight siblings, writing and art have always been huge parts of my life.
Theresa Janson grew up in the American Midwest and uprooted to Colorado in the mid-’90s. Writing has always been in her blood, and she has culled stories from working as a paralegal with attorneys and law enforcement—knowing everyone’s secrets. Her…
Hazel Hart has been writing since she was a teenager. Her short stories and early novels have a contemporary setting. However, with her first series, the Pierce Family Saga, she returned to her childhood love for frontier fiction. All of…
Will Cole is a queer, transgender man, professor, scientist, activist, a “seahorse dad” to an adult son, and proud husband to a fellow writer. In 2026, he completed an MA in Writing Nonfiction at Johns Hopkins University, received the David…
Born in Orsk, Russia, in 1944, weighing less than four pounds. My memory goes back to the age of two. Moved to New York at the age of six.
I immigrated from Johannesburg, South Africa, to New York in 1966. I was thirteen years old and came with my family. My father was a doctor, and we had my mother and two sisters, aged fifteen and four, with us.…
Born and raised in North Idaho, Amanda taught K-12 in both private and public schools, raised three children (plus many, many more cats), and spent over a decade as a nurse in urgent care and pediatrics before renewing her childhood…
Magnus Baikie has spent most of his career attempting to warm the planet (his home country of Canada is rather frigid). As it appears that he has not been too successful in his endeavor (Canadian summers still being more of…
Rebecca Day is a writer and author specializing in music journalism, arts and culture stories, and songwriting. She is a regular contributor to publications such as The Epoch Times and The Objective Standard. In 2019, she released her debut novel,…
Diane Skye Gropper has been a professional writer throughout most of her long career. She spent nearly two decades as a writer and editor at a major financial magazine, where she won several journalism awards, and as a freelance writer/editor.…
I think you should hear this from me. I could write it in the third person and try to make myself sound interesting, but where’s the accountability? Born the second of five children (perfect positioning), I grew up in the…
My work primarily explores visceral feelings and experiences such as grief, trauma, and emotions that overwhelm the human body. Body’s supreme capabilities fascinate me—the same bodies that hold generations’ worth of grief and trauma can still opt for more vulnerability,…
Marie Lisette Rimer earned an MA in Secondary Education and a BA in Sociology from the University of Connecticut. She was a publicist for the Connecticut legislature and an award-winning English teacher at Rectory School in Pomfret, Connecticut. Life was…
Mallory M. O’Connor holds degrees in art and art history from Ohio University and taught art history at the University of Florida and at Santa Fe College. She also served for ten years as director of the City of Gainesville’s…
Growing up near a reservation in Washington State inspired Colin Kersey to write stories about fairness, underdogs, and spirituality. His first novel, Soul Catcher, featured a legendary, vengeance-seeking Native American spirit wind. His second, Swimming with the Angels, explored themes…
Gary Keith is a long-time resident of Austin, Texas. He and his wife walk with their goldendoodle Ivybelle and enjoy Austin’s vibrant music and food scenes. After retiring from teaching and writing academic works, Keith moved to Oregon, where he…
Margaret Bryden, MBA, CMHC, is a therapist, author, and speaker who is passionate about making mental health more accessible. With degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, San Jose State University, and Westminster University, Margaret brings together expertise in psychology,…
I have been a literary critic for several newspapers and magazines such as Times Today: Radio Magazine for the duration of my twenty-year career. Over this time, I have read, analysed, and given my opinions on a wide variety of…
I have been a brother in the Capuchin Franciscan Order since 1991. I was born in 1967 and was raised in Wilmington, DE, and pursued music, which was my first passion in my youth. I studied piano and composition and…