Saúl Hernández is a queer writer from San Antonio, TX, raised by undocumented parents and as a Jehovah Witness. He has a MFA in creative writing from UTEP. He's a semifinalist for the 2018 Francine Ringold Award for New Writers (Nimrod Literary Journal). He's part of Macondo Writers Workshop.

Joe Jiménez is the author of Rattlesnake Allegory, his second poetry collection. His essays and poems have recently appeared in the Adroit Journal, Iron Horse, RHINO, Aster(ix), and Waxwing and on the PBS NewsHour and Lambda Literary sites.

David Lopez is a queer writer and librarian. He received an MFA from University of California, Riverside and an MLIS from San José State University.

Jesus Peña is a second year MFA Writing student at the University of Texas at El Paso. He currently teaches rhetoric and writing studies.

Gustavo Hernandez is a Queer Mexican immigrant poet. His poems have been published in several literary journals in the United States and abroad. His first full-length poetry collection, Flower Grand First, is forthcoming.