Katie Zillah

Katie Zillah, nicknamed “Pink Katie,” by her colleagues at the University of Idaho College of Law processes their emotions via pen. Their undergraduate degree is in Accountancy with a Sustainability Minor from Boise State University. She is seeking an emphasis in Native American Law via the Natural Resources track and hopes to work to bolster tribal sovereignty in Idaho following the bar exam. Katie believes that making art is fundamental as a way of knowing oneself. “Rot,” (Katie’s first publication) is what they describe as a result of feeling like you’re watching a trainwreck that lasts years as your loved one’s unreconcilable ideological views collide with your moral standards. The piece was written following the death of their youngest sister and is dedicated to her younger sister.  Katie and her partner are "disgustingly cute and happy" living in Boise with their cat and dog.

Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin

Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin (they/them) is a queer and trans, biracial, Vietnamese American diaspora writer whose work revolves around themes of dreaming, fantasizing, and futurizing, and focuses on topics of diaspora, transness, ecology, empire, and intergenerational histories. Originally from the Bay Area, CA, they now live in Cambridge, MA. Kyla-Yến's work has appeared in The Offing, Beyond Queer Words, Vănguard, and more. They are the Managing Editor at Rawhead, a Member of the Reader Board at Sundress Publications, and a Fiction Reader for Okay Donkey. They have been awarded residencies, workshops, and/or fellowships from Tin House, the Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA), Seventh Wave, Abode Press, and more. You can visit Kyla-Yến's author page at www.kylayenhuynhgiffin.com, and find them on Instagram @yenshrine.

Maya Miracle Gudapati

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

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

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

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

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.

Liso Y. Jeon

Liso Y. Jeon is a writer born on the longest night of 1997.

Blake Hunter

Blake Hunter is a journalist and essayist enjoying their eighth year in Boise. Originally from the rural Magic Valley, Blake’s written and community work focuses on finding the gaps where our collective emotions need to catch up with our collective goals. Blake writes a daily newsletter called Hey Boise and is a co-founder and co-editor of Paper Plane Press, a new literary press from the Backyard Artists. Most importantly, they are a baker at heart. 

Maggi McCormik

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.