Sonia Greenfield is the author of three poetry books, Circus Gravitas, American Parable, and Boy with a Halo at the Farmer's Market, winner of the 2014 Codhill Poetry Award and a 2015 Poetry Foundation Staff Pick. Editor of Rise Up Review, she directs the Southern California Poetry Festival.

Corrie Williamson is the author of Sweet Husk, winner of the 2014 Perugia Press Prize, and, forthcoming, The River Where You Forgot My Name, winner of the 2018 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition. Her poems have appeared in the Missouri Review, AGNI, West Branch, and elsewhere.

Candace Williams is a black queer nerd, poet, and middle school educator. Her chapbook, Spells for Black Wizards, won the TAR Series. She’s appeared in Sixth Finch, Bennington Review, and Bettering American Poetry 2016. In a past life, she was in charge of digital marketing at tech startups.

Michelle Menting is poetry and nonfiction editor of Split Rock Review and the author of three poetry collections. The recipient of awards from Sewanee, Bread Loaf, and the National Park Service, she holds an MFA and PhD in literature & creative writing, and is a YA librarian in Belfast, Maine.

Nicole Byrne is a queer poet who earned her MFA degree from Wichita State University. She is the editorial assistant for SFK Press and The New Southern Fugitives. She has previously worked in marketing, social media management, and digital editing. Her work has appeared in several literary journals.