Poetry Contributor
Lauren is a 22 year old student from the North East of England and is currently undertaking a research Master’s in British children’s poetry at Newcastle University. Lauren is a two-time winner of the Terry Kelly Poetry Prize and has since become the award’s coordinator. She placed second in the Young Poets Network Carol Ann Duffy poetry challenge and performed her poem at the British Academy’s celebration of Duffy’s Laureateship.
Poetry Contributor
Sarra Culleno is a London born, Manchester based UK poet, a mother of two and an English teacher. She performs at poetry events across the UK. She writes about children’s rights, motherhood, identity, gender, age, technology, the environment, politics, modern monogamy and the education system. Sarra is widely published and longlisted for the Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Prize. She has appeared at numerous literary festivals as Featured Poet. Sarra has co-hosted Write Out Loud at Waterside Arts.
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THE CONSECRATION OF THE APSARASES
Photography Contributor
Pallavi Narayan is an avid photographer. She holds a PhD in literature, has been Frankfurt Fellow 2018 of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, and has worked in academia and publishing in Singapore/India. Her short stories, poetry, book and performance reviews, and translations have been published in Jotted by Bound India, Jala, Kitaab, We Are A Website, Muse India, Literary Paritantra (Systems): An International Journal of Literature and Theory, Commonwealth Business News, The Book Review, and more.
Poetry Contributor
Anne Rundle’s poetry has appeared in Kissing Dynamite, Coffin Bell Journal, Common Ground Review, Artful Dodge, and Common Threads. She has a Master of Fine Arts from Ashland University. Her poem, Now the Teacher Becomes the Student, won the 2017 Ides of March contest. Anne resides in Westerville, Ohio.
Fiction Contributor
Mandira Pattnaik’s work has been published by The Times of India, Panoplyzine, Spelk, Lunate, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Gasher, Eclectica, DoorIsAJar, among others. Fiction is forthcoming at Heavy Feather Review, Star 82 and Watershed Review. Her work is currently listed among 46 top Editor’s Picks at JuggernautBooks. She tweets @MandiraPattnaik
After a Room full of Muddled Melodies
Poetry Contributor
Tori Eberle is a writer based out of Brooklyn, NY. She lives with her dog, cat, and a few wild-found animal skulls. Her work focuses on trauma and emotional violence, as it relates to love, loss, and the fragility of the human body.
It’s so Hard to Remember When it’s Wanted
Poetry Contributor
Carl Alexandersson is a queer writer and performance poet. He is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His work has been published in the 2019 Solstice Shorts Festival: Time & Tide anthology, the Lies, Dreaming podcast, The Inkwell, and more.
Poetry Contributor
Anna Teresa Slater is a high school literature and drama teacher from Iloilo, Philippines, and a postgraduate student in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in Poetika Anthology 2018, Better Than Starbucks, The Fib Review, Shot Glass Journal, Poetica Review, The Literary Nest, The Big Windows Review, Door is a Jar, and Hedgehog Poetry Press. She lives on a farm with her husband, dog, and cat.
Poetry Contributor
Ed Higgins’ poems and short fiction have appeared in various print and online journals including: Monkeybicycle, Danse Macabre, and Triggerfish Critical Review, among others. Ed is Asst. Editor for Brilliant Flash Fiction. He has a small farm in Yamhill, OR, raising a menagerie of animals—including a rooster named StarTrek.
Poetry Contributor
Anne White is a photographer, poet, and lifelong activist. After retiring from her photography career, she turned to writing poetry and was recently the Featured Poet at the Hudson Valley Writers Center Open Mic. She also initiated Poetry in the Pavement, embedding poems in a sidewalk alongside the Hudson River, and Coffee Poems, a monthly contest with winning poems posted at Coffee Labs Roasters for people to enjoy as they order their java of choice.