Deborah-Zenha Adams (she/her) is an award-winning author of novels, short fiction, CNF, and poetry. You’re invited to visit her website at www.Deborah-Adams.com

Tolu’ A. Akinyemi (also known as Tolutoludo & Lion of Newcastle) is a multi-award-winning author in the genre of poetry, short story, children’s literature and essays. His works include: Dead Lions Don’t Roar (poetry, 2017), Unravel Your Hidden Gems (essays, 2018), Dead Dogs Don’t Bark Tolu’ A. Akinyemi (also known as Tolutoludo & Lion of Newcastle) is a multi-award-winning author in the genre of poetry, short story, children’s literature and essays. His works include: Dead Lions Don’t Roar (poetry, 2017), Unravel Your Hidden Gems (essays, 2018), Dead Dogs Don’t Bark (poetry, 2018), Dead Cats Don’t Meow (poetry, 2019), Never Play Games with the Devil (poetry, 2019), Inferno of Silence (short stories, 2020), A Booktiful Love (poetry, 2020), Black ≠ Inferior (poetry, 2021), Never Marry a Writer (poetry, 2021), Everybody Don Kolomental (poetry, 2021), I Wear Self-Confidence Like a Second Skin (children’s literature, 2021), I Am Not a Troublemaker (children’s literature, 2021), Born in Lockdown (poetry, September 2021), A god in a human body (poetry, forthcoming – January 2022), City of Lost Memories, (poetry, forthcoming – August 2022), You need more than Dreams (poetry, forthcoming – January 2023), and The Morning Cloud is Empty (poetry, forthcoming – March 2023).

Tolu’ has been endorsed by Arts Council England as a writer with “exceptional talent.” He is a co-founder of Lion and Lilac, a UK-based arts organization and sits on the board of many organizations. 

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Ennis Bashe is a novelist, poet, and cat dad whose work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Cricket, and Liminality Magazine. Their novel A Scheme of Sorcery is about lesbians fighting fascist wizards. Find them at https://www.ennisrookbashe.com/ or on Twitter at @rookthebird.

Jack C. Buck lives in Boise, Idaho. He is the author of the books Deer Michigan and Gathering View.

Priya Chouhan is currently pursuing their final year of graduation in Economics Honours from St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, Rajasthan (India).

Whatever is happening in the society,  goes deep down into their conscience and they believe that one should not have parched lips while witnessing anything wrong!

They have been writing poems since Class 6th! 

For them, poetry is a spontaneous thought, weaved into the words.

Maid Corbic from Tuzla, 22 years old. In his spare time he writes poetry that repeatedly praised as well as rewarded. He also selflessly helps others around him, and he is moderator of the World Literature Forum WLFPH (World Literature Forum Peace and Humanity) for humanity and peace in the world in Bhutan. He is also the editor of the First Virtual Art portal led by Dijana Uherek Stevanovic, and the selector of the competition at a page of the same name that aims to bring together all poets around the world. Many of his works have also been published in anthologies and journals (Chile, Spain, Ecuador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, San Salvador, United Kingdom, Indonesia, India, Croatia, Serbia, etc.) as well as printed copies of the anthology of poems “Sea in the palm of your hand,“ “Stories from Isolation” and “Kosovo Peony” and many others. 

Lawal Eneye is a graduate of English and Literary Studies from the prestigious Kogi State University. He writes poetry and teaches it as well.

Christian Garduno’s work can be read in over 100 literary magazines. He is the recipient of the 2019 national Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry, a Finalist in the 2020-2021 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Writing Contest, and a Finalist in the 2021 Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. He lives and writes along the South Texas coast with his wonderful wife Nahemie and young son Dylan

David S. Higdon is a writer from Kentucky. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Rust + Moth, Exposition Review, Lucky Jefferson, Coffin Bell Journal, and others. He is the 2021 winner of The Grand Prix Prize from the Kentucky State Poetry Society. He lives with his family in Louisville, Ky.

Nancy K. Jentsch’s poetry has appeared recently in Scissortail Quarterly, Third Wednesday Magazine, Tipton Poetry Journal and Verse-Virtual, and appears in numerous anthologies. In 2020, she received an Arts Enrichment Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Her chapbook, Authorized Visitors, was published in 2017, and her collection Between the Rows is forthcoming from Shanti Arts. Her writer’s page on Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/NancyJentschPoet/

Charissa Lynne graduated with her MA in English from East Tennessee State University, and she has been teaching or working with school libraries in Ohio ever since. She is a previously unpublished emerging writer who hopes to start sending out her first novel for publication within the year. Despite her love for academia, she wants to spend her life simply writing.

Joan Mazza has worked as a medical microbiologist, psychotherapist, and taught workshops on understanding dreams and nightmares. She is the author of six psychology books, including Dreaming Your Real Self, and her poetry has appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Adanna Literary Journal, Poet Lore, and The Nation. She lives in rural central Virginia, where she writes a daily poem. www.JoanMazza.com

KG Newman is a sportswriter who covers the Broncos and Rockies for The Denver Post. His first three collections of poems are available on Amazon and he has been published in hundreds of literary journals worldwide. The Arizona State University alum is on Twitter @KyleNewmanDP and more info and writing can be found at kgnewman.com. He lives in Hidden Village, Colorado, with his wife and two kids.

Ivan Peledov lives in Colorado. His poems have been published in Artifact Nouveau, Illuminations, Sonic Boom, Eunoia Review, and other magazines. He is the author of the book Habits of Totems (Impspired, 2021). He can be found online on Twitter at @habitsoftotems or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ivan.peledov.

Amy Le Ann Richardson was born and raised in Morehead, KY. She grew up running through the hills with cousins and walking barefoot through her parents’ garden letting her imagination run wild. Her love of stories led her to earn her Bachelor’s in English from Morehead State University (’07) and MFA in Writing from Spalding University (’09). She currently resides and works on her farm in Carter County making art, writing poems and stories, growing veggies, making maple syrup, and homeschooling her kids.

Abdulrazaq Salihu is a Nigerian poet ,Spoken word artist and writer. He was the winner of most valuable contestant (male) at HIASFEST 2021, First runner up for spoken poetry and second runner up for on the spot poetry contest. He is a member of the hilltop creative arts foundation and also an organizer of HIASFEST(The biggest teen literary event in Africa). He has some of his poems published/upcoming in SHAGAZ anthology; an Indian Anthology that won fastest compiled anthology, Konya Shamsrumi magazine, Christmas tide, Waah re kisan, stories from the heart, Amulet poetry magazine Icefloe magazine and more.

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Alyse Sammarco is a writer and attorney who was drawn home to the Ohio River Valley after years in both the West and the South. She is popular in greater Cincinnati’s open mic scene and has had poems published in the online arts journal, Aeqai, and elsewhere.

Alyse’s poems draw from the stories and landscapes of her Ohio Valley home. Largely narrative in nature, they speak to her experience of growing up female.

Dustin is a company director that loves creating; everything from new products to stories. His short fiction has found a home in horror anthologies. When he’s not working or writing, you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking for his family.

Felix Taylor is a twenty-something writer, living and working in Oxford, UK. Most of his writing tends towards the fantastic and the weird

Mikhaela Woodward (she/her) is a poet living in Denver, CO. Her work explores the bodily maze, queerness, and the colorful, layered roots of friendship. She received her BA in Linguistics from Western Washington University.