Sara Quayle
Sara Quayle a is a native Vermonter whose writing is often inspired by her love of nature and experiences as a mother, daughter and pediatrician, as well as a passion for social justice. She enjoys the outdoors, gardening, theater, reading extensively and watercolor painting.
Her poem, Kaleidoscope, received second prize at Embassy International's 2013 Dancing Poetry Festival and her poem, The Carnival Mirror, was published in The Healing Muse, fall 2014. She was the featured poet in the February, 2021 issue of Mockingheart Review. Her poem, Voices, received second prize in Dancing Poetry Festival 2021. He has also had poems accepted by Write on the Dot and Evening Street Review. She has served on the Board of Directors of The Young Writers Project. Currently she is collaborating with her daughter on a collection of original poems.
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Kat Lehmann is a haiku poet, a potter, and a scientist based in Connecticut, USA. Her poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net and has been honored in The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards (individual poem), the Haiku Society of America Harold G. Henderson Haiku Award, and Japan’s Basho-an Award. She is a panelist in The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award and a judge in the inaugural Trailblazer Contest. Her writing has appeared in over 100 venues, including Rattle, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Frogpond, and Modern Haiku. Her third book, Stumbling Toward Happiness, shares her notes of self-exploration.
Joe Marchia is the author of two poetry collections, Like Movies (2015) and i will sit on the sidewalk i am not joking (2016).
Chella Courington (she/they) is a writer and teacher whose poetry and fiction appear in numerous anthologies and journals including Lavender Review, Spillway, and Gargoyle. With three chapbooks of flash fiction and six of poetry, she recently published a novella-in-flash, Adele and Tom: The Portrait of a Marriage (Breaking Rules Publishing), featured at Vancouver Flash Fiction. A Pushcart, Best Small Fiction, Best New Poet, and Best of the Net Nominee, Courington was raised in the Appalachian south and now lives in California.
Dan Fitzgerald lives quietly in Pontiac, Illinois, tending to home and garden. His poems have been published in The Writer’s Journal, PKA Advocate, Nomad’s Choir and many others. His work is also included in several anthologies.
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.
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.
Lennart Lundh is a poet, photographer, short-fictionist, and historian. His work has appeared internationally since 1965.