Poetry Contributor
Rob McKinnon lives in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. His poetry has previously been published in ‘Adelaide: Mapping the Human City’ Ginninderra Press, ‘Messages from the Embers’ Black Quill Press, Backstory Journal (Swinburne University), The Saltbush Review (Adelaide University), Nightingale and Sparrow, Wales Haiku Journal, and other online and print journals.
Fiction Contributor
Faber academy alumnus Kiira Rhosair is a GP by day and a YA fantasy writer by night. She writes micro-fiction in her spare time with pieces published by @FlashBackFic, @nationalflashfd, @ellipsiszine, @Funny_PearlsUK She was shortlisted by @TSSPublishing (Spring ‘18) and was a reader for NFFD 2019.
Poetry Contributor
Prithiva Sharma is a student from India, juggling boredom and procrastination. Her life is at an interlude, and she writes to make sure she doesn’t go crazy. She wants to feel her words, and she wants her words to make someone else feel.
Poetry Contributor
A writer with one-and-a-half day jobs, Jessica Minyard currently lives in Kentucky with her family. She has an MFA from Lindenwood University and her short fiction and poetry has appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine, Slink Chunk Press, Capulet Magazine, Vamp Cat Magazine, salt + vinegar zine, and is forthcoming from Kaleidotrope. Her poem, “the names they call us”, was most recently anthologized in War Crimes Against the Uterus by Wide Eyes Publishing.
@callmeshashka | @jessica_minyard
Poetry Contributor
Colette Tennant has two books of poetry, Commotion of Wings, 2010, and Eden and After, 2015. Her poems have appeared in various journals including Prairie Schooner, Rattle, Southern Poetry Review, and others. Her most recent book, Religion in The Handmaid’s Tale, a Brief Guide will be published this September to coincide with Atwood’s release of the sequel to the original novel.
Poetry Contributor
A former elementary school teacher, Catherine has also taught writing at Emerson College and ESL writing at Urban College in Boston. She is published in Peeking Cat Literary Magazine, Crossways Online Journal, Mused Bella Online Journal Metfore Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, 34th Parallel Magazine, Borrowed Solace, Ariel Chart, and New Readers Magazine. Currently she is living with her family in Frederick and she is working on a YA novel. Catherine volunteers as an ESL Coordinator with the Literacy Council of Frederick County and she is very passionate about adult literacy.
Poetry Contributor
Kassandra Montag grew up in rural Nebraska and now lives in Omaha with her husband and two sons. She holds a master’s degree in English Literature and her award-winning poetry and short fiction has appeared in journals and anthologies, including Midwestern Gothic, Nebraska Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and Mystery Weekly Magazine. After the Flood is her first novel.
Creative Nonfiction Contributor
Alexondria Jolene is a Colorado-based fiction writer and teacher. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Professional Creative Writing from the University of Denver. She teaches college composition and is currently working on a collection of flash fiction. She has work forthcoming in The Sunlight Press.
Poetry Contributor
JD is an American currently living and working in Singapore. Previously she wrote and performed with International House of Poets in Shanghai. She recently completed her Masters in Creative Writing with University of Edinburgh. JD’s favorite things are her cat, black coffee, and really nice pens.
Fiction Contributor
Jieyan Wang is a fiction writer from northern Idaho. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Bitter Oleander, The Blue Nib, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and elsewhere. She is also a reader for Polyphony Literature.