Adam Breier is a Yonkers, NY based poet and educator. He is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection Mumbled Promises (The Poetry Lighthouse, 2027). Adam's work has appeared in: Three Panels Press, The Northeast Coast, The West 4th, Willows Wept Review, Azarão Literary Journal, friends of friends, Mad Persona Magazine, Broken Stone Review, Thistle and Thread Press, Bristol Noir, and So It Goes: The Kurt Vonnegut Library Literary Journal, among others. You can follow Adam on Instagram @adam_breier_poetry or at adambreier.com.

Rachel Turney, Ed.D. (she/her) is the 2026 Writer in Residence at NKollectiv in Englewood, Colorado. A multi-talented creative and advocate for immigrant rights and artist empowerment, her poems, research, and drawings appear in numerous publications, and her photography has graced several magazine covers. Rachel is a Writers’ Hour prize winner with nominations for Best of the Net and Best Microfiction. She is the founder of the Poetry (in Brief) reading series and PIB (the Magazine), reads for The Los Angeles Review, and writes the monthly column "Friday Night in the Suburbs" for Bare Back Magazine. She is the author of two poetry collections: Record Player Life (the b-side) (The Poetry Lighthouse) and Retired Wannabe Club Kid (Parlyaree Press). Connect with her at turneytalks.com, on Instagram @turneytalks, and on Bluesky @rachelturney.

Sa'ada Isa Yahaya (she/her) a Nigerian teen writer and a member of Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation, Abuja, is a three-time winner of the on-the-spot poetry prize and recipient of the Star Prize Award (Female) at HIASFEST, winner of the Art Place Poetry Slam, and the Lady Ejiro Umukoro Prize for emerging writers. 

Her works have received nominations for the Creators of Justice Literary Award (Youth Category), Kofi Awoonor Poetry Prize 2025, Rhonda Gail Willford Poetry Prize and National Copyright Commission award. She is also a finalist for the Wakaso poetry prize, Dawn Poetry Project, BKPW contest, Akachi Chukwuemeka Prize for Literature, The Folorunsho Editor's Poetry Prize, BCD UTULU prize for literature and the Idumaese Alao prize for literature. Her works appear or are forthcoming in literary journals including Blue Marble Review, Còn-Scìò, Poetry NND Column, Molecule, IHRAM Press, Uproar Magazine, Soul Poetry, Prose and Arts Magazine, NWF, Three Panels Press, MAAR review, Kalahari review and elsewhere.

Elle Estérre is a Pacific Northwestern multidisciplinary artist and poet. Her creative endeavors are often inspired by the natural world, absurdity, death, womanhood and interpersonal relationships. Her sonnet, “Garden of Venus,” received the 2026 Best Ekphrasis Panel Award from Three Panels Press. Her work has appeared in Unbroken Journal and Three Panels Press. She is a regular contributor to Hot Lead Is Dead Magazine. To keep up with Elle, you can subscribe to her art and literature newsletter, Cupboard Monthly. This and more of her budding projects can be found on ellesportfolios.wixsite.com/elle-esterre.

Johannah Simon (she/her) is a corporate strategist, adjunct professor, and somebody’s mom. She’s a Midwestern GenX multi-genre writer, with tiny pieces in Three Panel Press, Troublemaker Firestarter, BULL, Dodo Eraser, MCRB, Underbelly Press and Electric Pink. Hit her up on X @JohannahWrites and IG @johannahcanwrite. Find her work at www.thewritingtype.com.

​Christian Lopez is a navy veteran and father of five living in Las Vegas, NV. Known as @oncour on IG and Threads, you can find him terrorizing his mutuals with bad poetry readings. Besides family and writing, he enjoys gaming and hiking.