A native of Kentucky, Hank Hudepohl graduated from Harvard, served in the US Navy, and earned an MFA from Hollins University in Virginia, where he also taught creative writing and was assistant editor of The Hollins Critic. He has published six books of poetry:  Four Hearts, The Journey of Hands, Riverbank, Praise Poems, Psalms, and Heights. His work has appeared in literary journals and magazines, and has been featured several times on the NPR show The Writer’s Almanac. He now lives with his family in Kentucky.  

Contact: hank @pinerow.com

Kendra Ralston is a writer, content designer, and dancer based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University and is a graduate of Smith College. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Poetry South, Gyroscope Review, Metphrastics, Anthropocene, Chariot Press, Cathexis Northwest Press, and Cider Press Review. 

You can find her work at www.kendraralston.com. 

MAWI SONNA is both a Kansan and an MA student in Creative Writing at Kansas State University, where she teaches undergraduates and works as a Poetry reader for Touchstone Literary Magazine. Her interests include Asian American Literature, Spanish American Poetry, and Art, particularly papermaking and printmaking. She enjoys planning new adventures and hopes to pursue an MFA in the future.  

ANDREW HUTTO currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky, where he is under consideration for graduate teaching assistantships for an MA in English. His interest centers around 17th century English poetics and the relationship between the commonwealth’s politic-linguistic response to the New World. He finds joy in watching squirrels cross the sidewalk. For more information: www.andrewhutto.org

KATHLEEN FIELDS (She/Her) is a secondary English teacher, TED ED Innovative Educator, Co Founder of The Women’s Education and Chicagoan. Kathleen graduated from St. Norbert College and holds an MA in Literature from Northwestern University. Kathleen is a three time National Endowment for the Humanities teacher fellow and participated in the Kenyon Review’s Summer Writing Workshop. Her work is featured in a wide variety of publications such as The New York Times, Chicago History Museum, Louisa May Alcott Orchard House, and New Scriptor Journal.  You can find out more at her website: www.kathleen-fields.com 

AMANDA IACAMPO is a poet and high school English teacher from the small state of Rhode Island. She has a BAS in Secondary Education and English, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Salve Regina University, in Newport, where she previously served as Executive Editor of The Willow. Amanda spends her free time exploring the city of Providence and attending open mics, kayaking in the summer, and writing ekphrastic poetry on surrealist artwork. Follow her adventures at amandaiacampo.com 

MICHAEL CHANG (they/them) is the author of several collections of poetry, including BOYFRIEND PERSPECTIVE (Really Serious Literature, 2021), ALMANAC OF USELESS TALENTS (CLASH Books, 2022), & SYNTHETIC JUNGLE (Northwestern University Press, 2023). Tapped to edit Lambda Literary's Emerge anthology, their poems have been nominated for Best New Poets, Best of the Net, & the Pushcart Prize. They were awarded the Poetry Project's prestigious Brannan Prize in 2021, & serve as a poetry editor at the acclaimed journal Fence.