William Stobb is the author of five poetry collections, including the National Poetry Series selection, Nervous Systems. He works as associate editor of Conduit and as chair of the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission. He teaches on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.

Jenny Boully is the author most recently of of the mismatched teacups, of the single-serving spoon: a book of failures. Her other books include The Book of Beginnings and Endings and The Body: An Essay.

Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of the nonfiction books, Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer, Pot Farm, and Barolo; and the poetry books, The Morrow Plots, Warranty in Zulu, and Sagittarius Agitprop. He teaches at Northern Michigan University.

Elena Passarello is the author of Let Me Clear My Throat, a collection of essays on the human voice in pop culture. She is an assistant professor in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and a faculty mentor in Murray State University's low-residency MFA program.

Caleb Curtiss is the author of A Taxonomy of the Space Between Us. His poetry and essays have appeared in Hayden's Ferry Review, New England Review, Passages North, and TriQuarterly. He edits poetry for Hobart, curates the Pygmalion Literary Festival, and teaches high school English.