Barbara Nickel's work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Poetry Ireland Review, Notre Dame Review, and The Walrus; her most recent collection is Domain (Anansi).

Megan McDermott is a recent graduate of Susquehanna University with a degree in Creative Writing and Religious Studies. Her poetry has been published in the Saint Katherine Review and in the Susquehanna University literary magazine Rivercraft.

Kathryn Smith has an MFA in creative writing from Eastern Washington University. Her poems have appeared in Third Coast, Rock & Sling, Verse Wisconsin, and elsewhere.

Bryan Dietrich is professor of English at Newman University and the author of a book-length study on comics, Wonder Woman Unbound, and six books of poems. He is also co-editor of Drawn to Marvel, the world’s first anthology of superhero poetry.

Mark J. Mitchell studied writing at UC Santa Cruz. His work has appeared in various periodicals and five anthologies over the last thirty-five years. His chapbook, Three Visitors (Negative Capability Press), and a novel, Knight Prisoner (Vagabondage Press) have recently been published.

Richard Schiffman is an environmental journalist, poet, and author of two biographies. His poems have been published in the Southern Poetry Review, the Alaska Quarterly, the New Ohio Review, the New York Times, and many other publications.