Lane Igoudin, MA, PhD, is a published nonfiction writer who blogs for American Journal of Sociology, Family Equality, and The Forward. A tenured English professor at Los Angeles City College, he is familiar with LACCD literary journals such as the Citadel, Hybrid Culture Magazine, and Milestone. www.laneigoudin.com

Maria Brandt teaches creative writing at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York, where she guides capstone students through the annual production of a hand-crafted literary magazine. She herself has published a novella, a short-play collection, and several short stories around the country.

Omar Figueras, a professor at Miami Dade College, sits on the advisory board of Reading Queer. In January 2019, he received a KWLS Teacher & Librarian Scholarship, and in the summer of 2020, with the sponsorship of The Humanities Edge Grant, he created the MDC Student Writers Conference.

Magin LaSov Gregg is an associate professor of English at Frederick Community College. She has advised the student newspaper and will begin advising the literary magazine in the spring of 2022. Her essays appear in the Washington Post, NPR, the Rumpus, Bellingham Review, Full Grown People, and elsewhere.

Joe Baumann teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at St. Charles Community College, where he leads the creative writing program. He possesses a PhD in creative writing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.