Jared Stanley is the author of two collections of poetry, The Weeds and Book Made of Forest. A research fellow at the Center for Art + Environment, he teaches in the BFA in creative writing program at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada.

Sandra Lim is the author of two collections of poetry, Loveliest Grotesque and The Wilderness. She was awarded the 2013 Barnard Women Poets Prize for The Wilderness. She is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Stephanie Vanderslice's most recent book is Rethinking Creative Writing. Professor of creative writing and director of the MFA program at the University of Central Arkansas, her column "The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life" appears regularly in the Huffington Post.

Alex Lemon’s most recent book is The Wish Book. He is the author of Happy: A Memoir and three poetry collections: Mosquito, Hallelujah Blackout, and Fancy Beasts.