Stephanie Anderson (she/they) is a library worker, grant writer, and union organizer in Baltimore. With writing and collage nominated for Best of the Net, she holds an MS in Professional Writing from Towson University and is the author of SOMEONE ELSE’S FEELINGS (Ghost City Press, 2025). She’s @whoastanderson everywhere that matters, but they’d love you to sign their guestbook at whoastanderson.com.

Eleanor Ball (she/her) is a Social Sciences Librarian and Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Northern Iowa. She was a 2025 Junior Fellow in Literary Programming at the Library of Congress and a 2024 Nonfiction Fellow with Abode Press. She serves as a Literature Editor at fifth wheel press, and her work has appeared in publications including Barnstorm, Strange Horizons, and Yalobusha Review. Find her online at eleanor-ball.com.

Haley Bossé (they/them) believes our queerness and transness save us. Their work can be found haunting the internet at haleybosse.com and their first chapbook is just waiting to emerge from the depths of Game Over Books. They’d love it if you read their Pushcart-nominated poem, “In a World That Cares for the Unidentified Woman Found By My Childhood Home” in GARLAND Issue 2 from fifth wheel press.

Romy Rhoads Ewing writes from Sacramento, California, where she was born and raised on a steady diet of shoujo manga from the library, pop-punk, and sour candy. Her work has appeared in HAD, Oyez Review, Rejection Letters, Bullshit Lit, Major 7th Magazine, and more. She is the author of please stay (Bottlecap Press, 2024) and also edits poetry and nonfiction for JAKE. She runs the archival site SACRAMENTO DIRTBAG ARCHIVES and can be found at romyrhoadsewing.xyz.

Qetsi’ah Joachim-Baggott (any pronouns) is a queer disabled poet, writer, editor, and general chaos causer from the UK. a Pushcart Prize nominee, her debut collection Gospels For The Tongue-Tied (2025) published with kith books. he can be found on twitter @iamgoingtocry15, on bluesky @iamgoingtocry.bsky.social, and they run a substack called Qetsi’ah&Answers.

nat raum (they/them) is a queer disabled artist and writer based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Baltimore as well as a BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art. nat is the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press in addition to editorial roles with Welter, MEMEZINE, and Mason Jar Press’ Jarnal. They are the author of origin trilogy, with gasoline, journal of various worries, and many other collections of poetry, prose, photography, and other acts of hybridity. They are a contributing writer for the Baltimore Beat, and their creative work has been published by Poet Lore, Muzzle Magazine, Float Magazine, Split Lip Magazine, beestung, and others. Find them online at natraum.com.

arushi (aera) rege (they/she/he) is a queer, chronically-in-pain, Indian-American poet, Arizonian student at UCLA, working in sports management & law. A Pushcart and BOTN nominee, they are the proud author of exit wound (no point of entry), BROWN GIRL EPIPHANY, and suburban suicides. they can be found on twitter @academic_core and facing the perils of Instagram @aera_.writes. they are also the EIC of ink&ivy lit and Bus Talk. their writing lives both nebulously on the internet and also at arushiaerarege.carrd.co.

Christine Salek is a former high school water polo player living in Wisconsin. Once a WNBA reporter, they’re now content with their library science degree and the lifestyle that entails. Learn more about them at christinesalek.com.

Ren Koppel Torres is a Jewish Chicano poet, artist, and bobarista living in San Antonio, Texas. He is the editor-in-chief of Alebrijes Review, a literary magazine by and for Latin@s. His work has appeared in Diode, Apogee Journal, ANMLY, La Raíz Magazine, and elsewhere. His favorite soup is pozole rojo. Find him online at KoppelTorres.carrd.co.

Erica Leslie Weidner (she/they) is a librarian, writer, and editor based in the great state of New Jersey. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of underscore_magazine, a literary project with a focus on the city. Her literary and academic work has appeared in multiple online and print publications. Keep up at erica-leslie.com.