Juana Goergen is a Latin American literature professor at DePaul University, As a poet she has published La sal de las brujas (finalist, Letras de oro, 1997), La piel a medias, Las ilusas/Dreamers in Desarraigos, and Mar en los huesos.

Silvia Goldman published two books of poetry: Cinco movimientos del llanto and De los peces la sed. A section of the former book was translated and published under the title No one rises indifferent to sorrow.  Her manuscript, miedo, was a finalist for the VI Fernández Labrador international award.

Miguel Marzana is a poet and writer. Founder of Editorial Andras, he is the author of the collection of poems Decomposiciones - aceite de un cielo. He currently directs contratiempo’s literary workshop and coordinates the project of poetic performance and scenic poetry: Prohibido leer.

Oriette D’Angelo is currently pursuing her MFA in Spanish creative writing at the University of Iowa, where she was awarded the Iowa Arts Fellowship. In 2014, she obtained the Prize for Works of Authors Unpublished granted by Monte Ávila Editores with her book Cardiopatías.

León Leiva Gallardo is a fiction writer and poet. He is the author of the novels Guadalajara de noche and La casa del cementerio , short fiction book El pordiosero y el dios, and poetry collections Breviario, Tríptico: tres lustros de poesía, and Desarraigos. His works also appear in international magazines and anthologies.