Matthew R. K. Haynes teaches creative writing and literature at College of Western Idaho. His first novel, Moving Towards Home was published in 1999. He was an Idaho State Writing Fellow in 2010, and his collection (monograph) of multi-genre writing, Distant Tides, will be published in 2013-14.

Bryan Borland is founder of Sibling Rivalry Press, where he edits Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry, and publishes Jonathan: A Journal of Gay Fiction and Adrienne: A Poetry Journal of Queer Women. He is the author of two collections of poetry, My Life as Adam and Less Fortunate Pirates.

LeAnna Crawford is the Managing Editor of Gertrude Press, the longest consecutively publishing queer press in existence. A poet, she is an English and Writing Instructor at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon.

Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning author and anthologist writing in both Spanish and English, who has published over 100 books in many different genres. He is also the publisher of poetry press A Midsummer Night's Press. He lives in Madrid, where he is a Spanish to English translator.

Carrie Seymour