Cindy Williams Gutiérrez is a poet, playwright, producer, educator and artistic collaborator. She is the author of three poetry collections and five produced plays. Her awards include: 2025 Humanities Washington
Greg Stump is a longtime contributor to The Stranger and a former writer and editor for The Comics Journal. His work in comics includes the graphic novel Disillusioned Illusions, the
Taneum Bambrick is the author of Intimacies, Received (Copper Canyon Press, Sept 27th 2022) and Vantage, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Award (American Poetry Review 2019). She received support from Bread Loaf Writers'
Ashley Adair is the owner and founder of Beguiled Books, Seattle's original romance bookstore. She launched the business as a mobile 'booktique' in a renovated cargo trailer before expanding into
Elwin L. Wirkala grew up in Naselle, Washington, where he developed an early passion for poetry inspired by Henley’s Invictus and his parents’ readings of the Bible. While studying English
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