Dana Levin is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Banana Palace. A recipient of honors from the NEA and the Library of Congress, as well as the Rona Jaffe, Whiting, and Guggenheim Foundations, she serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in Saint Louis.

Erin Belieu is the author of five poetry collections, including Slant Six, chosen by the New York Times as one of the ten best books of 2014, and the forthcoming Come Hither Honeycomb. Recent poems have appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry, APR, New York Times, and Kenyon Review.

Carmen Giménez Smith, publisher of Noemi Press, is professor of English at Virginia Tech. Most recently, she is author of Cruel Futures and Be Recorder. Her last poetry collection, Milk and Filth, was a finalist for the NBCC Award.

Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart and Apocalyptic Swing. Her third book of poems, Rocket Fantastic, recently won the Publishing Triangle's Audre Lorde Prize. She has poems forthcoming in the New Yorker and other journals. 

Ruth Ellen Kocher's most recent books are Third Voice, Ending in Planes, Goodbye Lyric: The Gigans and Lovely Gun, and domina Un/blued. She teaches poetry, poetics, and literature at the University of Colorado-Boulder.