Maya Miracle Gudapati
FIREWATCH
Maya Miracle Gudapati (she/they) is a biracial bisexual poet born and raised in Boise, ID. She co-coordinates the Incarcerated Writers Project through Phoebe Journal. Their writing can be found or is forthcoming in Peach Fuzz Magazine, Sky Island Journal, Eunoia Review, and elsewhere. Contact her through www.mayamiraclegudapati.com
Jay Griffith
tenderling
each month a bird
Rattle home.
Jay Griffith (he/any) is a writer, educator, and not quite human being living in North Jersey. He is a graduate from the Rutgers-Newark MFA program, and a sometimes maker of zines which you can find @badling.press on instagram. His work has been featured in ghost city review, new words {press}, and Shapeless Press.
Manuel A. Melendez
boyelegy
Manuel A. Melendez is a hybrid writer born and partially raised in Camagüey, Cuba. He received his MFA in Poetry from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has been published in Apricity Magazine, The Bicoastal Review, Midway Journal, Superstition Review and others. He has received several awards for his writing (across multiple genres), including The 3rd and 4th Annual Derick Burleson Poetry Contest Awards, the E. L. Bartlett Contest for Literary Criticism Award, and The Farthest North Fiction Contest Short Story or Single Chapter Award. He dreams of one day living in a world where poetry can take permanent physical shape, but he settles for a fierce latte, vibrant verses, and being penniless but ravishing on his deathbed. He can be found on Instagram at @marvelzednelem and on his website, manalemel.squarespace.com.
Sarah Chin
The Birds Come Back Wrong This Year
Sarah Chin is a writer with a day job in politics. Her work has been published in Epiphany, HAD, SmokeLong Quarterly, Points in Case, and more. She lives in Chicago, Illinois and can be found at sarahchin.net.
Sergii Pershyn
The Corner
Sergii Pershyn is a Ukrainian-American writer working on his debut novel. Pershyn explores reality and perception through literary fiction infused with magical realism and urban surrealism. His short works have appeared in The New York Times' Metropolitan Diary section, Tint Journal, and Midsummer Dream House.
Maggi McCormik
Character Creator
Born in Boise, Idaho, Maggi is a multi-disciplinary painter and mixed-media artist. His work focuses on imagined extraterrestrials called HOMOS, inspired by gay history and pop culture. He has exhibited at Boise State’s Student Union Gallery, The New Rosenthal Gallery at the College of Idaho, and other local venues.