Kristin George received her BA in English from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA and currently serves as the Development Director for Sarah House, a local non-profit hospice. Her chapbook, We Are Mostly Water, was a finalist in the 2011 New Women’s Voices contest and will be published by Finishing Line Press in March 2012.

Dave Harrity has lived for nearly twenty years in Kentucky. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The L.A. Review, The Portland Review, Ruminate Magazine, New Southerner, The Xavier Review, Confrontation, Copper-Nickel, Existere, and The White Pelican Review.

Aimee Mackovic received her BA from Wake Forest University and her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University. Her chapbook, A Sentenced Woman, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2007. Her work has appeared in Barbaric Yelp, Main Street Rag, Blood Lotus online literary journal, Red Lion Square online poetry review, and others. She currently teaches online for Keiser University. Her hobbies include yoga and taking her three-legged dog for walks.

Charles Strietelmeier is pastor at Augustana Lutheran Church in Hobart, Indiana and a regular contributor to The Cresset.