Karissa Chen is the fiction and poetry editor at Hyphen magazine and co-founder of Some Call It Ballin'. She is the author of a chapbook, Of Birds and Lovers, and has published in numerous publications. She holds fellowships and scholarships from VONA, Kundiman, and the Napa Valley Writers' Conference.

Eugenia Leigh is the author of Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows. She serves as the poetry editor of Kartika Review and is currently a doctoral candidate in the program for writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Ed Lin is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards.

Tina Bartolome is a writer and filmmaker. Her work has been featured in Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice, National Queer Arts Festival, and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.

Regie Cabico is a former Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Champion and appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and NPR's Snap Judgement. He took top prizes in three National Poetry Slams and co-edited Flicker & Spark: An Anthology Of Queer Spoken Word & Poetry. He teaches performance at the Banff Center & Kundiman.