Dan Portincaso is a writer and Associate Professor of English at Waubonsee Community College in the suburbs of Chicago. He teaches fiction and nonfiction writing courses and is the faculty advisor for the student literary magazine and club. 

Sharon Coleman teaches creative writing at Berkeley City College. She directs the journal, Milvia Street. She's a contributing editor at Poetry Flash, a member of the Northern California Book Reviewers, and a curator the reading series Lyrics & Dirges. She was nominated twice for a Pushcart.

Kathryn Kysar is the author of two books of poetry, Dark Lake and Pretend the World, and she edited Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers. A previous AWP board member, Kysar is the founder of the creative writing program at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Minneapolis. 

Christina M. Rau is the author of the sci-fi fem poetry collection, Liberating The Astronauts and the chapbooks WakeBreatheMove and For The Girls, I. She teaches English and creative writing at Nassau Community College.