Maria Giesbrecht is a Canadian poet whose work explores her Mexican and Mennonite roots. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming inThe Literary Review of Canada, Narrative, Grain, ONLY POEMS, The Washington Squaare Review,and elsewhere. She is the winner of the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, the Lesley Strutt Poetry Prize, a finalist for the 2025 Narrative Poetry Prize, a Best of Net nominee, and the founder ofGather, an international writing community that connects poets worldwide. Born in Durango, Mexico, she now lives in Toronto, Canada.

Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state now living in Mexico City. She studied creative writing at Western Washington University, is the winner of the 2024 Jack McCarthy Book Prize with Write Bloody Publishing, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and the author of the chapbook Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus. Her work has appeared in Pank, Third Point Press, The Rebis, and more. Find her on Instagram:@isabellecorreawrites and on Substack:A Poem Is A Place

Will Alberts is a queer poet whose work explores themes of love, identity, and self-discovery through evocative imagery and raw emotion. With a distinctive voice that balances vulnerability and strength, their poetry invites readers into deeply personal yet universally resonant experiences. Author of Sacred Misfit, a daring collection of queer love poems, Love, Will uses layered storytelling and a keen sense of white space to craft pieces that linger in the heart, offering connection and introspection in the complexities of human relationships.

Hannah Levy is a writer in Northern California. She’s been published in Strange Pilgrims, Variant Literature, Luna Luna Magazine, Humana Obscura, and elsewhere. She's the founder of The Rebis, an annual tarot-themed print anthology. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s hiking in the redwoods, horseback riding, and playing extensive make-believe games with her daughter.

Alina Kalontarov is an educator, poet, and amateur photographer based in New York City. In both  written and visual form, her work explores themes of duality, nostalgia, loss and the shifting relationship of self to home. She is a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee with work that can be found inSky Island Journal, Gather, Wildscape, Thimble, Sand Hillsand elsewhere. 

Mary Geschwindt writes from NYC. A Pushcart Prize nominee and co-editor of the 2025 Gather Anthology, her poems have been published in the Upon Learning That Anthology, Gather, the Harvard Urban Review, and Rookie Mag. She is a transportation planner by day, poet by night, always looking for poetry in the movement of the city. Connect with Mary on Instagram @poemsasmaps.