Lauri Ramey is founding director of the Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, professor of English and creative writing, and faculty adviser of Statement: A Journal of Literature and Art at California State University, Los Angeles.

Dr. Lila Teresa Church has been a member of the Carolina African American Writers' Collective since 1995. She serves as archivist and membership chairperson for the organization.

DéLana R.A. Dameron is the author of Weary Kingdom and How God Ends Us. She is an arts and culture administrator in New York City.

Lenard D. Moore is associate professor of English at the University of Mount Olive. His literary works have appeared in more than 400 publications, including Callaloo, North American Review, and Prairie Schooner. He is author of A Temple Looming, among other books. He is founder of Carolina African American Writers' Collective.