Jonathan Chibuike Ukah is a Pushcart-nominated poet living in the United Kingdom. His poems have been featured in literary journals and anthologies, eg, Atticus Review, Written Tales, Unleash Lit and elsewhere. He won the Alexander Pope Poetry Award in 2023 and the Wingless Dreamer Poetry Prize in 2024.

Austin J. Fowler is a husband, father, and nonprofit manager from Seattle, WA, US. His short stories have appeared in The Chamber Magazine and Dark Speculations (forthcoming). His favorite tales (to write and read) are dark, speculative, redemptive, and humorous, especially if all at once.

Jeffery Allen Tobin is a political scientist and researcher based in South Florida. His extensive body of work primarily explores U.S. foreign policy, democracy, national security, and migration. He contributes to both the academic community and policymaking sphere. He has been writing poetry and prose for more than 30 years.

Jackie Chou is a poet of Japanese short-form poetry and free verses from Southern California. Her collection of poems, Finding My Heart in Love and Loss, can be purchased on Amazon. Besides writing, she loves to watch Jeopardy and talent competitions on TV.

Denise Landry is a disabled writer living in Montreal, Canada. She has several poems and short stories published in several magazines and small press anthologies. Publishers include (Sweetycat Press/ Steve Carr 2022). Written Tales Chapbooks, and Wicked Shadow Press (2023).

Luisa Kay Reyes has had pieces featured in "The Raven Chronicles,” “The Windmill,” “The Foliate Oak,” “The Eastern Iowa Review,” and other literary magazines. Her essay, "Thank You,” is the winner of the April 2017 memoir contest of “The Dead Mule School Of Southern Literature.”

Anhai Roantree is an undergraduate student at George Washington University. She is a recipient of the Lannon Fellowship, awarded to students demonstrating great promise in and dedication to poetry. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in "Capitol Letters" and "WWPH Writes."

Persis R Singh is a pseudonymous Fiji-born writer. ’No Crying Aloud,’ her first book of poems, was snapped up by a university press a decade ago. Fearful of family backlash, the author decided against publishing at that time.

Andy Oram is a writer and editor in the computer field. His editorial projects have ranged from a legal guide covering intellectual property to a graphic novel about teenage hackers. Print publications where his writings have appeared include The Economist, the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and Vanguardia Dossier.