Amber J. Phillips (she/her/abundance) is a storyteller, filmmaker, and creative director. She creates world building narratives using warm visuals and vulnerable performances through her lens of being a fat Black queer femme auntie from the Midwest.

Angela Ford Johnson (she/her) is a writer, freelance editor and writing coach. She is the author of Feeling Some Type of Way, a book of poems and short stories.

aureleo sans (she/they) is a Colombian-American, non-binary, queer, disabled, formerly unhoused writer and poet who lives in San Antonio, Texas. She is a Tin House Scholar, a Periplus fellow, and a flamingo. Tweet her at @aureleos.

Christian G. Crawford (he/him/his) is a writer, scholar and theologian from Birmingham, Alabama. He enjoys writing about politics, race, and religion in Alabama. He can be found reading and writing in his room with lineless paper, a gatorade, and a pack of Ritz crackers.

Cris Izaguirre (he/they) is a farmer, educator, writer, trans, queer Nicaraguan immigrant of Afro-Indigenous descent. He is an old school jaded New Yorker with a big laugh, creating spaces that celebrate the brilliance of QTBIPOC.

Janae Newsom (she/her) is a Mama, Writer, Educator, & unapologetic hype woman from Deep East Oakland California. Links to her think piece These Bullets Have All of Our Names, her short story For All The Girls Like You, and her chapter publication with @voyage_ya can be found in her Bio.

KC Lehman (she/her) is a writer from Los Angeles, CA. In 2021, she was awarded an Author Fellowship to the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and was selected to participate in KCRW's Podcast Bootcamp. Connect with KC Lehman on all social media platforms @absolutaries.

Malorie Marshall Reid (@maloriewrites, she/her) has been writing since before Beyoncé was a member of Destiny’s Child. She’s studied poetry and journalism and fiction and she hates the concept of “Florida Man.”

Melanie Dione (@thegates0fmel, she/her) is a New Orleans storyteller whose earliest memory involves her pulling herself upstairs in a body cast; a reminder that sometimes obstacles are just speed bumps.

Patrick Joseph Caoile (@caoilepa, he/him) is a Filipino American writer from New Jersey and an English PhD student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His work is found in StorySouth, Porter House Review, and elsewhere.

Sushmita Jaya Mukherjee (she/her) is a writer and educator based in Chicago, IL. Her first book, Here for the Cake, is available on kindle under her pen name, Emily Poule. Follow Sushmita on Instagram @sushmitam.

Cristina Marie Mendoza (she/her, @xtonson) is a creative nonfiction writer from Chicago whose work focuses on the intersection of politics, assimilation, and race within Latin American communities, Latina feminism, and pop culture.

Danielle Stelluto (she/they) is a womanist, mother, and multidimensional artist. Boricua and Italian. Lesbian. Bronx Bound. She loves creating new lyrics and riding the waves of music in her home studio.

Destiny Lopez (she/her) is a partially deaf, Puerto Rican storyteller that is passionate about amplifying marginalized voices. Her writing contemplates generational trauma, marianismo & disability.

Elizabeth DeHaan (she/her) is a Jamaican-Guyanese-American writer, poet, and the creative force behind enovaturient.com, a lifestyle blog highlighting world news, mental health, dating and everything in between. Follow her on social media @e_novaturient.

Jasmine Wigginton (she/her) was born the week of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky following a line of more than six generations in the city and the state. Currently, she lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her cat Ramin. Jasmine is earning her Master’s in Social Work with the hopes of becoming a clinical social-worker and providing therapy for Black families.

Lily Medina (she/her) is a recognized leader, here and abroad, in school-based, DEI-related efforts. Through honest and open reflection, she asks leaders to help create brave and inclusive spaces for all children to learn.

Sam (she/her) is a spoken word/performance artist recently published in RWW’s most recent anthology. Sam can be found in BK with mozzarella sticks in hand wearing a colorful outfit. Follow her @sensiblesam_

Silvia Solorzano (she/her) is a short-story writer from San Jose, California. Though she grew up in California, she was born in Managua, Nicaragua, and immigrated to the United States early in her childhood. Silvia writes fiction and non-fiction short stories. Her non-fiction storytelling primarily focuses on Nicaraguan and Nicaraguan-American experiences.

T. (they/them) is an artist, scholar, and organizer who centers storytelling as a way to understand difference, promote empathy, and create change. Twitter @tabby_da_nobody.

Yareliz Mendez-Zamora (she/her/ella) is a daughter of revolutions. Her family comes from La Tierra de Lagos y Volcanes– Nicaragua. As the first-born daughter of an immigrant family, Yareliz explores the dynamics between intergenerational trauma, migration, love, and shattered dreams. Find her on Twitter and IG: @yari_elena.

Yollotl Lopez (she/her) is the queer daughter of Mexican immigrants. Her work centers on Latinx culture in personal essay. She is also an editor, writer and historical costumer who loves to thrift.

Camille (she/her) is a theopoet interweaving mental health and mythology to encourage and equip people pursuing healing practices aiding our collective liberation. / Twitter, IG, & TT @hellocamilleh.

Czaerra Galicinao Ucol (@czaerra) is a queer Filipino writer from Chicago. They are the Programs and Communications Director of Luya, a local poetry organization centering POC. They enjoy communing with Lake Michigan.

Erin Jin Mei O’Malley is a queer Asian adoptee writer who is based in New York and Arizona. They are an Interdisciplinary Enrichment Fellow in Arizona State University’s MFA Program. @ebxydreambxy.

Gabriel X Hendrix (He/Him/His) is a Latinx Queer writer born in Miami FL, who maintains a Bachelors of Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida. His work of poetry explores identity, morality, sexuality, and gender. Contact him on Twitter: @GabrielXHendri1.

Gray Agpalo (they/them) is a Pinoy poet. Their work has appeared in TLDTD Journal, Recenter Press, and elsewhere. Agpalo resides in Pittsburgh, PA with Blue, the cat. You can connect with them on Twitter @agpalo_gray.

Haru Matsuura (he/they) is a Japanese-American poet from Asheville, North Carolina. They can be found on Instagram at @haruishere10.

Makshya Tolbert (she/they) found her way back into Virginia. Her recent poems have been published in Interim, Emergence, and Tupelo Quarterly. She is an MFA Candidate in Poetry at UVA. You can find them at @processdaily.

Monica Shah was born in London and grew up all over the world. Her writing often explores the intersection of identity, culture, race, and society. She crafts poems as a form of meditation.

Nikita (she/her) is a recent graduate living in Toronto and rediscovering her passions. When she isn’t nose-deep in the latest science news, you can find her obsessing over her dog, astrology, 🏀 or all 3 at once! Find her at @Nikii123L.

RaeJeana Brooks (she/they) is a poet, essayist, and movement artist. She always has extra fruit in her bag to share. She is occasionally online at raejeana.com or on instagram @baejeana.

Solange Neema (@solangenaz, they/them) is a storyteller, doula, and organizer living with their dog and dreams on Lenni Lenape land aka West Philadelphia.

Travis Love is a poet and playwright born and raised in Atlantic City NJ. He is currently enrolled in the Rutgers School of Public Health Graduate Program where he plans to continue centering the stories of people of color and advocating for cultural humility within clinical spaces.

Audrey T. Williams (she/her) writes poetry, fiction, and CNF. Her work is rooted in ancestral connections. She helps uplift the voices of emerging BIPOC SFF writers through AncestralFutures.org. @audthentic_stories | @Virgule2020

Chelsea (@chelsmonikil, she/her) is an Atlanta native residing in Brooklyn where she teaches 2nd grade. In 2021, she received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School and is working on a speculative fiction novel.

Erin E. Adams (she/her) is a first-generation Haitian American writer and theatre artist. She holds a BA from Brown University and is currently completing her MFA at NYU. Jackal, her debut novel, will be published Penguin Random House this fall. @IamEEAdams.

huiying b. chan (he/him, keoi 佢) is a visionary poet, healing practitioner, and educator. his poetry explores matriarchal legacies, self-remembrance, and queer and trans lineages. connect with him on Twitter: @huiying.b and huiyingbchan.com.

Leinani Lucas (she/her) is a millennial who enjoys reading, writing and exploring the Pacific Northwest with her friends. Leinani can be found on Twitter @LeinaniLucas, when she’s not telling stories or singing loudly in the car.

Shakara Wright (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary teaching artist with a degree in Acting from Point Park University. Her pronouns are she/her and her twitter is @FroLifeWright.

Shebati Sengupta (she/they) is a PhD student in American Studies. She is the recipient of fellowships from the MVICW and Brooklyn Poets. She has published in Lantern Review and the Rights Collective Zine.

Sheila García Mazari's (@ssgarcia23) work is rooted in the themes of assimilationist violence, immigration & grief. Find her in her tia's kitchen asking about the use of cuachalalate or researching folk illnesses at home.

Talia Kimberly Wright (they/she) is a poetry/prose writer, bookseller, and maker born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. You can find them and their work on twitter @restinplants.

Tenaja Jordan (she/her) is Black queer woman writer and nonprofit fundraising consultant living in Brooklyn, NY. You can catch her on Twitter grammar checking bigots @zoranealhurtem.