Tatiana Johnson-Boria (she/her) is the author of Nocturne in Joy (2023), winner of the 2024 Julia Ward Howe Book Prize in poetry. She's...

Joi’ C. Weathers is an award-winning marketer turned writer and third-generation Chicago South Sider with over 14 years of experience...

Sakena Jwan Washington (she/her)   is a Pittsburgh boomeranger and creative nonfiction writer. She was recently named the 2024-25...

Chidima Anekwe is an emerging writer hailing from the old coastal town of Stratford, CT.  She is a recent graduate from Yale University...

Brittany Rogers is a poet, educator, and lifelong Detroiter. She has work published or forthcoming in Prairie Schooner , Apogee , Indiana...

Ajanaé Dawkins is an interdisciplinary poet, performance artist, and theologian. She writes about her matrilineage to explore the...