Kelli Russell Agodon is the author of four poetry collections, including Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room and Hourglass Museum, forthcoming in 2014. She is the editor of Crab Creek Review and the co-founder of Two Sylvias Press.

Susan Rich is author of four books of poetry, including Cloud Pharmacy and The Alchemist’s Kitchen, and co-editor of The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders. A recipient of awards from the Times Literary Supplement and Fulbright Foundation, she teaches at Highline Community College

Elizabeth Austen’s poetry collection Every Dress a Decision was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She is the literary producer for NPR-affiliate KUOW 94.9 and was the 2007 Washington State Roadshow Poet. She teaches at Richard Hugo House.

Sarah Callender is a 4Culture grant recipient and a graduate of Artist Trust’s EDGE Professional Development Program for Writers. She blogs regularly at Writer Unboxed and her personal blog, Inside-Out Underpants. She is at work on her second novel.

Janna Cawrse Esarey is author of the memoir The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman’s Search for the Meaning of Wife. A 2008 Jack Straw Writer, she has taught at Richard Hugo House, the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, and the Whidbey Island Writers Conference.