Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of the novels Haywire, Tetched, and Roughhouse. He teaches at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn and at the Writer's Voice of the West Side YMCA in Manhattan. He was awarded a 2012 fellowship in fiction writing from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Debra Di Blasi is founding publisher of Seattle-based multimedia company, Jaded Ibis Productions and its imprint Jaded Ibis Press. She is the author of six books, including The Jirí Chronicles, Drought, and Skin of the Sun, and she often lectures on the intersection of narrative and technology.

Valerie Fox is a writer, editor, and teacher. Since 2001, she has taught at Drexel University. She has taught at many other institutions, including Sophia University, in Tokyo. Her most recent books are Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets, written with Lynn Levin, and The Glass Book.

Jeffrey Ethan Lee directs Many Mountains Moving Press (2006-now) and has published award winning poetry books by Patrick Lawler, Anne-Marie Cusac, Susan Settlemyre Williams, Rebecca Foust, and Renato Rosaldo. His books include identity papers (2006 Colorado Book Award finalist) and invisible sister.

Koon Kau Woon is the publisher of Goldfish Press and president of the Chrysanthemum Literary Society.