Sasha Bailyn holds an MFA in Nonfiction and Fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work is published in numerous journals, including Wayne State University Press, The Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts, The Maine Review, and The Bold Italic. She presents papers on memoir, feminism, and fairy tales at events held by the London Arts-Based Research Centre, University of Cambridge, and IAFA (International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts). In 2024, she was awarded IAFA's David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar award.

A San Francisco native, Bailyn always finds herself close to trees and large bodies of water, the better to cast spells. She lives in Oyster Bay, New York with her two humans and dog, and is working on publishing her first creative nonfiction book and finishing a novel.

A writer and journalist, Kelley Vick is the host of the Literary Prospects Podcast, where she interviews authors and other literary professionals about books, publishing and the writing life. Her short fiction, essays, and reported pieces appear in a wide range of publications, and she has regularly appeared as a journalist on true-crime shows like Oxygen’s Snapped and HLN’s Vengeance.

Originally from Georgia, Kelley holds a degree in International Business from The University of Georgia, a Master’s Degree from The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and an MFA in Fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She teaches writing and literature at CUNY and lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and son, where she is currently working on her first novel.

Malachi Lily is a neurofunky, Philly-born, agender, liminal Black person. Lily writes speculative fiction and metaphysical commentary through magick, Black-anarcho politics, and nature wisdom to deconstruct colonial fears around the unconscious, sexuality, and femininity. They were a 2023 Tinhouse and Roots.Wounds.Words fellow, and in 2024, a writing resident at Stove Works, Queer Materials Lab, and Chateau d’Orquevaux. Lily is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association Fellow, a Trans Journalists Association Fellow, and a culture writer for In These Times. Their writing can be found on Substack as The Magick Artist or on their website www.malachilily.com.

Tara Yazdan Panah is an essayist from Carlsbad, CA. A recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School's Master of Theological Studies program, Tara publishes cultural commentary and critical essays about literature, film, feminism, philosophy, and whatever else in the zeitgeist that might happen to pique her interest. Her writing has been published in Literary Hub, Teen Vogue, LIBER Review, Epoché, and more. She is currently based in Cambridge, MA, where she works as a teaching fellow at Harvard University. As a vintage fashion lover, she also dabbles in editorial styling and assisting.

Claire van Doren holds degrees in English literature and journalism as well as a certificate in LGBTQ+ studies from Arizona State University. After graduating, she worked as clerk for the Japanese secondhand store BookOff and helped open the company’s first Arizona location. She was an editor for ASU’s award-winning newspaper, The State Press, and is a volunteer reader for Uncharted magazine, a publisher of genre fiction. Her writing has been published by Inner Worlds, Zocalo Public Square, and ASU News.

Alexandra Rae is a feminist writer, editor, and re-visionist from Ohio. She is a submissions reader for Narratively and editorial assistant for Brink Books. Find her on Instagram @theresonationofalexandra.

Tara is a freelance copy editor with a bachelor's degree in English from the United States Naval Academy, a master's in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and an advanced certificate in copyediting from UC Berkeley Extension. Originally from Washington State, she now lives in New Jersey with a small, unruly menagerie that includes her family, a German shepherd, and an assortment of farm animals and local wildlife. When not tending to her wild horde, she is completing a collection of speculative short stories.

Emily Mendez is a writer and former therapist who explores the quiet intersection between mental health and everyday life. Her bylines can be found on WebMD, eCounseling, SonderMind, TherapyTribe, and Migraine Again (by Everyday Health). She’s been featured as a source in articles by Healthline, Verywell Mind, and TIME.  Emily finds joy in yoga, dance, and pickleball. She spends most afternoons sipping on a chai at her favorite local coffee shop, savoring small moments of inspiration.