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Walter Simon

Since 1960 I've worked in Seattle after two years learning my trade on Madison Avenue. By 1975 after writing PR for the Pacific Science Center which gained international publications, understood it was time to work for

Alma Garcia

Alma Garcia is the author of All That Rises (University of Arizona Press, 2023). Her short fiction has appeared as an award-winner in Narrative Magazine, Enizagam, Passages North, and Boulevard;

Sarah Dalton-Erickson

Sarah Dalton is a Latina writer, editor, and teacher. She is an alumna of VONA, Macondo, and San Jose State. Her nonfiction has appeared in [pank], MUTHA Magazine, Reed, River

Dilruba (Ruba) Ahmed

Dilruba Ahmed is the author of Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry Series, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020). Her debut book of poetry, Dhaka Dust (Graywolf Press), won the Bakeless

Isabella Bravo

Bella Bravo is a writer new to Seattle. They earned an MFA in fiction from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2022. Their stories and essays have appeared in NY

Elise McHugh

Elise McHugh is a senior acquisitions editor for the University of New Mexico Press. She holds an MA in creative writing and has taught English 101, poetry, and publishing classes