Maria Giesbrecht is a Canadian poet whose writings explore her Mexican and Mennonite roots. Her work has previously been published in Queen's Quarterly, Contemporary Verse 2, Talon Review, and is forthcoming in OnlyPoems and Canadian Literature. She is the runner-up for the 2022 Eden Mills Poetry Contest and a graduate of the post-graduate Creative Writing program at Humber College. Maria is the founder and host of the writing table, Gather, and spends her days nurturing creative folks to write urgently and unafraid.

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

Love, Will (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.

Sophia Joan Short is a writer and (somewhat accidental) illustrator currently living in California where she works as a copywriter. She published a short collection of aphorisms in 2021 with Thought Catalog, and you can find her latest work @sophia.joan.short on Instagram. When she's not writing, Sophia enjoys running, observing the neighborhood birds, and drinking too much coffee.