E. M. Foster (Emma) is a writer, poet, and graduate student at the University of Cambridge. Her work has been featured in Aurora Journal, 50 Word Stories, Sledgehammer Lit, and more. Her chapbooks can also be found at Origami Poems (2021), Yavanika Press (2022), and Ghost City Press (2023). You can find her portfolio and blog at fosteryourwriting.com.
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Hiba Heba is a Pakistan-based writer and poet. She earned her Bachelor of English Literature and Linguistics degree from Air University and currently she is applying for scholarships abroad.
Some of her poems have appeared in Daily Times, Terror House Magazine, Autumn Sky Poetry, Women's Spiritual Poetry, Visual Verse, Feminist Voices Anthology: Volume II, OpenDoor Poetry Magazine, The Raconteur Review, The Wild Word, Ofi Press Magazine and New Feathers Anthology.
The links to her previous publications as well as her social media handles can be found here: https://linktr.ee/hiba.heba_
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Shloka Shankar is a poet, editor, and self-taught visual artist from Bangalore, India. She enjoys experimenting with Japanese short-forms and myriad found poetry techniques alike. A Best of the Net nominee and award-winning haiku poet, her poems and artwork have appeared in over 200 online and print venues of repute. In addition, she has edited and co-edited six international poetry anthologies since 2016.
Shloka is the Founding Editor of the literary & arts journal Sonic Boom and its imprint Yavanika Press.
Visit her website: www.shlokashankar.com
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Lennart Lundh is a poet, photographer, short-fictionist, and historian. His work has appeared internationally since 1965.
Photo of poet by Jen Pezzo, June 2015
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Jen Schneider is a community college educator who lives, works, and writes in small spaces in and around Philadelphia.
Recent works include A Collection of Recollections, Invisible Ink, On Habits & Habitats, and Blindfolds, Bruises, and Breakups.
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When not writing, Emalisa Rose enjoys crafting and drawing. She volunteers in animal rescue and tends to cat colonies. Living by a beach provides much of the inspiration for her art. She walks with a birding group on Sundays.
Some of her work has appeared in Writing in a Woman's Voice, The Red Wolf Edition, Origami Poems Project and other wonderful places. She can be reached at
Chuck Harp is a writer and winner of the Mad Cave Studios Talent Hunt. He released two poetry collections with Unsolicited Press, What Must Go On and Working Title. In 2021 Chuck released a poetry spoken word/music EP under the name, Katcheen Tongues.
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Joris Soeding's most recent collections of poetry are Forty (Rinky Dink Press, 2019) and Home in Nine Moons (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, 2018). Soeding’s writing has appeared in publications such as Another Chicago Magazine, Columbia Poetry Review, and Red River Review. He is a fifth grade Language Arts teacher in Chicago, where he resides with his wife, son, daughter, and kittens.
Photo taken by Christa Poskozim in July, 2021, in front of the statue, "David & Yonatan"
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