Angelica Poversky
Angelica Poversky is an avid member of the Spoken Word Community in Vancouver. She has actively been performing at many events in the community, such as Pandora’s Summer Dreams, The CHIMO Violence Against Women Conference and the The Top 25 Environmentalist Awards. She is Vancouver’s Top 24 Under 24 in recognition for her spoken word and has been published in numerous different literary journals such as Farrago, Misfit Lit, The Really System and Re:Zine.
Terry Minchow-Proffitt
Terry Minchow-Proffitt lives in St. Louis, MO. His poems have appeared in Arkansas Review, Big Muddy, Christian Century, decomP magazinE, Deep South Magazine, Desert Call, Freshwater Review, Hash, Mud Season Review, OVS Magazine, Oxford American, Penwood Review, Pisgah Review, Prick of the Spindle, Tower Journal, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Wild Violet, Words and Images Journal and The Write Room. His chapbook, “Seven Last Words,” was recently published by Middle Island Press.
Susan Niz
Susan Niz’s short work has appeared in Blue Bonnet Review, Two Words For, Belleville Park Pages, Ginosko, Cezanne’s Carrot, Flashquake, Opium Magazine, and Summerset Review. Her first novel “Kara, Lost” (North Star Press, 2011) was a finalist for a Midwest Book Award (MIPA) for Literary Fiction.
W. T. Paterson
W. T. Paterson is a Chicago writer. A Pushchart Prize nominee, winner of the WildSound Writing contest, and inductee of the Academy of American Poets, his recent works can be seen in places like Maudlin House, The Gateway Review, and Twisted Vine. Check out his full length novel ‘Dark Satellites’ due out soon, or send him a tweet @WTPaterson
Brian Howlett
Howlett received hhis B.A. in English from McMaster University, Canada. As the Chief Creative Officer of an ad agency, he has frequently contributed to magazines such as Communication Arts (Los Angeles) and Applied Arts (Toronto). His commercial films have won many international awards, including the Cannes Festival Lion. In 2013 Howlett was a finalist in the Fresh Voices Screenplay competition. He was recently named a finalist in the Writers Union of Canada 2015 Short Prose Competition and is about to have his first short story published in Limestone Magazine.
Fatima Jamal
Fatima is a Saudi writer. She had her master in Creative Writing from the University of Sydney and was the Glimmer Train Family Masters finalist. Her fiction appeared in CRATE magazine. She lives in Jeddah with her husband and two kids.
Claire Polders
Claire Polders is a Dutch author of four novels. She holds a double master’s degree in Literature and Philosophy and has studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Her short prose has appeared online and in printed anthologies and magazines in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Currently she’s finishing her first novel in English. You can find her at @clairepolders.