Sylvia Chan (she/her) is an amputee-cyborg writer, educator, and activist. She served as nonfiction editor for Entropy Magazine for six years, curating series for stories on literacy narrative, foster care, and a #MeToo and domestic violence brave space. She has taught writing workshops for death row prisoners, domestic violence survivors, and foster and crossover youth in therapeutic group homes.

Tonia Dixon (she/her) holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts. She has consulted in book designs and coached inspiring authors on self-publishing projects. Outside of that, Dixon is a college professor of English, literature, and creative writing. She has taught for two decades in higher education, helping students write and develop their academic and creative voices. She enjoys collaboration with other writers and scholars on various topics.

r. erica doyle (she/her) is the author of proxy (Belladonna* Books), and her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Gay and Lesbian Writing, and Letters from The Future: Black Women/Radical Writing, among others. She is a former guest editor for the Academy of American Poets Poem A Day and member of Belladonna* Books editorial collective.

Dominique McPhearson (he/him) is an aspiring southern storyteller raised out of the red clay of Decatur, GA. He finds stories in the cracked seats of truck-rattling Cutlass Supremes and the leather leaves of magnolia trees. When he's not busy studying the intricacies of plot, character, and voice, he's somewhere playing with his two dogs.

Pegah Ouji (she/her) has several years of experience in helping writers refine their stories. She believes transformation and healing are possible when a writer weaves a story in an authentic voice, taking risks to render life's invisible dimensions visible. Pegah listens to what the story and its writer need: tweaking words, improving a sentence's flow, or considering the overall narrative design.

Omaria Sanchez Pratt (they/them) is a Black trans and queer writer from North Carolina. They hold an M.F.A. from the University of Kentucky where they received the 2018 Nikky Finney Fellowship. They’re a 2023 Periplus fellow, 2023 Kimbilio fellow, 2023 Lambda Literary fellow, and Hurston/Wright fellow. Their work can be found in Taint Taint Taint Magazine, Story Magazine, & elsewhere.