Haley (she/her) is an art-hungry Michelin server from Annapolis, Maryland that lives in San Francisco, California. She has published poetry in Slipstream, Rattle, The Shore Poetry, Breakwater Review, Folio Literary Journal, and elsewhere. She is a University of Memphis MFA Creative Writing program graduate. Her poems are influenced by the intrinsic connections between humans and the environment; obsessed with inhabiting toxic patriarchal voices to satirize the societal systems that oppress the Earth. But sometimes she wakes up and needs to just wade in a pastoral. In her undergrad, she studied Environmental Studies and Creative Writing, with specific focuses on environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, and poetry.

Ellery Beck is an artist of many mediums: poet, silver worker, lino stamp artist, photographer and more. They graduated from Salisbury University with a degree in English and currently work at both a coffee shop & a wine and book store. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, they were also the Founding Interview Editor for The Shore Poetry and a reader for Poet Lore. They have poems published or forthcoming in Passages North, Sugar House Review, Typehouse, Atlanta Review, Waccamaw, Cider Press Review and elsewhere.

Silas Denver Melvin (he/him) is a transsexual poet and creative from New Hampshire. His debut book of poetry, GRIT, was published with Sunday Mornings at the River in November of 2020. He has been published with WACK, SCAB, Doghouse Press, Bullshit Lit, Beaver, Toyon Literary, and other outlets. silas is a Best of the Net nominee and a New England Young Writer’s Conference attendee (Middlebury College). He can be found on Instagram @sweatermuppets and on Tumblr/Twitter @sweatermuppet.

Emma Rowan is a writer from New York. She is currently pursuing an MFA at Miami University where she is the CNF Editor for Ox Mag. She has work published in Spellbinder, Hominum Journal, Bruiser, Beaver, and other places. Instead of revising, she likes to read old Nancy comic strips. 

Aether (they/them) is a nonbinary poet from Texas living in Memphis, TN. They are 2/3rds of the way through an MFA in poetry at the University of Memphis and are working on a thesis of lesbians and longing and death through the lens of nature and surreality. Aether has been published in Hunger Mountain Magazine. 

CD Eskilson is a trans nonbinary poet, editor, and translator. They are a recipient of the C.D. Wright/Academy of American Poets Prize, as well as a Best of the Net, Best New Poets, and Pushcart Prize nominee. Their debut poetry collection, Scream / Queen, is forthcoming from Acre Books in 2025.

Casey Dow (they/he) is a nonbinary writer, actor, and artist. They earned their Bachelor’s degree in linguistics with further concentrations in writing and theatre. During his studies, he received two runner-up awards for his fiction and poetry. Their work has previously been published in Main Street Magazine and the second Yas Press student anthology. They have a special adoration for queer literature, plays, and eclectic vocabulary.