Harriet Riley is a freelance writer focusing on creative nonfiction. She taught creative writing for eleven years with Writers in the Schools Houston. Harriet also taught journalism, worked as a nonprofit director, and as a newspaper reporter. She has her MA in journalism from UT Austin.

Long Chu oversees grantmaking for Houston Endowment's arts and culture portfolio. Prior to joining the foundation in 2015, he was associate director of Writers in the Schools. His poems have been published in several anthologies, including From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the Vietnam War.

Keith S. Wilson is an Affrilachian Poet, Cave Canem fellow, graduate of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, and recipient of three Bread Loaf scholarships. He holds an MFA in poetry from Chicago State University. Keith works as a writer and game designer in Chicago.

Megan Peak received her MFA in poetry from The Ohio State University Her first book of poetry, Girldom, won the 2018 Perugia Press Prize from Perugia Press and 2019 The John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters.