MJ McGinn received his MFA from Adelphi University where he received the Robert Muroff award for creative writing. His work has previously appeared in the Guernica/PEN Flash Series and The Lantern literary magazine.

Anelise Chen is the author of So Many Olympic Exertions, an experimental novel that blends elements of sportswriting, memoir, and self help.

Kerry Howley is the author of Thrown, a 2014 New York Times Notable Book, and an assistant professor in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Her essays, short stories, and reportage have appeared in Granta, The Paris Review, Harper's, and New York magazine.

Dvora Meyers is a staff writer at Deadspin where she covers Olympic sports. She is also the author of a book about women's gymnastics called The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score From Nadia to Now.

Katherine Hill is the author of the novel, The Violet Hour. An assistant professor of English, she is on the MFA faculty at Adelphi University.