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Zac Johnson

Zachary Kellian is the editor-in-chief of an award-winning international literary journal committed to championing new and diverse voices. As an author,​ he has had over a dozen​ short stories published

Kathryn Petruccelli

Kathryn Petruccelli holds an M.A. in teaching English language learners. A former slam host, she's taught young people through California Poets-in-the-Schools and Mass Poetry. Kathryn was a Best of the

Rana San

Rana San is an intermedia artist, film festival curator, and video poetry educator with an interest in experimental modes of storytelling using analog media, stop motion, and direct animation. Rana

Jane Wong

Jane Wong is the author of the memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City (Tin House, 2023), winner of the Washington State book award. She also wrote two poetry collections: How to Not Be Afraid

Amy Bowers

Amy Bowers is a Florida native currently living in Connecticut with her family. Her writing explores art, domestic culture, the insect and natural worlds, and manufactured places and spaces. She

Emme Lund

Emme Lund’s most recent novel, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest, was awarded the 2019 Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in Fiction and was just nominated for The Oregon Book Award. Her

Sarah Neilson

Sarah Neilson (moderator) is a freelance culture writer and interviewer whose work regularly appears in The Seattle Times, Them, and Shondaland, among other outlets. They are an alumni of Tin House Craft Intensive, and

Paulette Perhach

Paulette Perhach’s writing has been published in the New York Times, Vox, Elle, The Washington Post, Slate, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Marie Claire, Yoga Journal, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Hobart, and Vice. She’s