Nikola Madzirov, a poet, essayist, translator, and editor. His poetry has been translated into more than thirty languages. His book in English is Remnants of Another Age, and his international awards include the Hubert Burda Prize for East European Poets, the DJS award in China, and Miladinov Brothers prize in Vienna.

Mahnaz Badihian is a poet, painter, and translator. Her work has appeared in Exiled ink! in the UK, International Poetry Magazine, and Marin Poetry Center Anthology. Currently, she runs an online multilingual literary magazine, MahMag, in northern California.

Tjawangwa Dema is a poet, former chair of the Writers Association of Botswana, and an Honorary Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa. A founding member of her country's spoken word movement, she previously hosted an annual poetry festival and produced a CD anthology of twelve Botswana poets.