Jacqueline Kolosov has published book-length fiction and poetry, most recently Memory of Blue and Paris, Modigliani & Me. Her nonfiction, fiction, and poetry appear in Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, The Sewanee Review, and others. She serves on the creative writing faculty at Texas Tech.

Imad Rahman is the author of I Dream Of Microwaves. His short fiction has appeared in One Story, The Fairy Tale Review, Gulf Coast, and in the anthology xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, among other venues. He is an associate professor of creative writing at Cleveland State University.

Jacob Shores-Arguello is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Ukraine, the Dzanc Books ILP International Literature Award, and the Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship in Provincetown. His manuscript, In The Absence of Clocks, was awarded the 2011 Crab Orchard Series Open Competition.

William Wenthe is the author of four books of poems; the most recent is God's Foolishness. He has received an NEA fellowship in poetry and two Pushcart Prizes, and publishes critical essays as well as poetry. He teaches poetry and creative writing at Texas Tech University.

Anne Sanow is the author of the story collection Triple Time. Her awards include the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for Fiction, the Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, and an NEA fellowship in prose.