Sara Graefe is a playwright, screenwriter, and television story editor. Her produced work includes Sadly As I Tie My Shoes, Dreamspyre, and Yellow on Thursdays. She is a faculty member in the Optional-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

Andrew Gray is the author of a collection of short fiction, Small Accidents, which was shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Award and an IPPY award in the US. He is the founder and current coordinator of the Optional-Residency MFA Program at The University of British Columbia.

Melissa Bashor is a freelance writer and editor, and the Program Coordinator for the Low-Residency MFA at Queens University of Charlotte, where she received her MFA.

Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press and founder of Warner Coaching Inc. She is the author of two books, What's Your Book? and How to Sell Your Memoir. Brooke’s expertise is in traditional and new publishing. Her website was selected by The Write Life as one of the Top 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2014 and by the Association of Independent Authors as a winner of “Best Websites for Independent Authors.” She lives and works in Berkeley, California. She is actively involved with SheWrites.com, where she blogs twice a month and moderates two groups.

Jennifer Stewart