Jeffrey Lependorf serves as the shared Executive Director of America's two national service organizations for independent literary publishing: the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and Small Press Distribution.

Halimah Marcus is the co-editor of Electric Literature, an innovative digital publisher based out of Brooklyn, NY and its weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading. Her writing has appeared in One Story, Philadelphia Noir, Sports Illustrated, and elsewhere.

Matvei Yankelevich is a writer and translator living in Brooklyn, New York. He is a founding editor of Ugly Duckling Press, where he curates the Eastern European Poets Series and co-edits 6x6. He is a member of the Writing Faculty of the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.

Nicole Baxter has worked at BookMobile for over fifteen years. She is the Marketing and Publisher Services Manager. She has also served on the board of Rain Taxi. BookMobile provides innovative digital services and solutions with a reputation for excellent quality and great customer service.