After exploring the creative realms of written imagination in Northern New York, A.A. Slaterpryce (any pronouns) now pursues possibilities of language & communication on the hills above an Adirondack lake. They find movement in music when struggling to write, & seek the source of life in delicious home-cooked dishes.

Æ et al. (any pronouns) is a collective of a dozen individuals residing in a single body due to dissociative identity disorder. Their work examines memory, trauma, perception, and the sense of "self" they contend with every day as they navigate a world that believes they're a singular entity.

aeetal.carrd.co

Aerin Riegelsberger (he/they) is a queer, trans, Oakland-based therapist and artist. He makes analogue (hand-cut) collages using magazines and books he finds on walks with his dog.

therapywithaerin.com // @aerin_riggs_art

Aidan Stickles (he/him) is a junior majoring in Psychology at SUNY Plattsburgh in upstate New York, where he also co-runs the creative writing club. His work has appeared in journals including North Star Literary-Arts Magazine, Dark Onus Literary Journal, and the Remington Review.

@stickman2833

Aleena Sharif was born in Pakistan and went to school at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She graduated with a BFA and a minor in Art History. After graduating she has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, London, Italy, and Pakistan, as well as many virtual galleries. She currently continues her practice between California and Pakistan where she holds open studies in hope to create a safe space for nude paintings to be shown.

Alex Carrigan (he/him) is a Pushcart-nominated editor, poet, and critic from Alexandria, Virginia. He is the author of Now Let’s Get Brunch: A Collection of RuPaul’s Drag Race Twitter Poetry (Querencia Press, 2023) and May All Our Pain Be Champagne: A Collection of Real Housewives Twitter Poetry (Alien Buddha Press, 2022).

carriganak.wordpress.com // @carriganak

Amber Capwell (they/them) is a non-binary, community-taught multidisciplinary artist and designer. Their inspiration flows from the intricate mycorrhizae networks to the expansive cosmos above. The symbols and imagery narrate a metaphysical journey of how creativity acts as a guiding force in the quest for self-discovery. Through relief, sculpture, stained glass, and textiles, their studio practice strives to weave these diverse forms of expression together. Amber believes art is a profound tool for healing and navigating the intricate landscapes of grief.

softvvear.com // @softvvear

Andi Benet (they/them) is a disabled nonbinary lens-based artist working in San Francisco. Their work attempts to recreate their abnormal perception—the sensation of seeing and not believing—and explorations of æsthetic as identity marker via performative self-portraiture.

andi.love // @andibenet

AV Rasmussen (they/them) lives in Columbus, Mississippi. In addition to creative writing and teaching, they are passionate about teaching, photography, and backpacking. Their poetry has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Eccentric Orbits; Veils, Halos, and Shackles; and Impossible Archetype.

BEE LB (they/them) is the facsimile of a living poet; a porcelain pierrot with a painted face. They collect champagne bottles, portraits of strange women, and diagnoses. They've been published in G*Mob, MOODY, Landfill, and The Racket, among others.

twinbrights.carrd.co // @twinbrights

Benjamin Watts (he/him) is a queer poet and tarot reader residing in Los Angeles, after stints in New York and St. Louis. Previous work can be found in Stone of Madness, samfiftyfour, Revolute and elsewhere.

wattsbg.com // @cableknitty

Brenna Coleman (they/them) is a queer writer and poet based in Salt Lake City. Through their work they strive to saturate the page with the kinds of truths that have consequences—both through stories that complicate a homogenous and straightforward conception of queerness, as well as those that open up the roped off portions of oneself; the dreams, desires, contradictions, and refusals.

@brennakcoleman

Carolyn Shayte (they/them) is a non-binary and queer artist, poet, and therapist originally from Baltimore, MD and currently residing in Pojoaque, NM with their very fluffy cat, Jewel. New Mexico was the first place they felt the true awe, power, and spirituality of nature, much of which inspires their creative process. Their work explores the interdependence of our relationships to each other, the environment, and even something beyond ourselves.

@bluejewelbird

Carson Elliot (they/them) is a poet and educator living in Middle TN after growing up in Northeast Ohio. They are the author of the chapbook Celestial Bodies: A Year of Transgender Love Letters (2023). Their work focuses on the intersections of transness, spirituality in the natural world, and questions of belonging. Their work can be found in publications such as Hotpot Magazine, Third Iris, Fifth Wheel Press, Stirring, South Broadway Press among others.

carsonelliot.carrd.co // @heyitscarsonk // @carsonelliotwrites

Dane Lyn (they/them) is a neurospicy, genderqueer, disabled, educator, poet, and glitter enthusiast in a dysfunctional relationship with Los Angeles, where they reside. Dane has an MFA from Lindenwood University, a ridiculous collection of succulents, and four scavenger hunt runner up ribbons. Their debut chapbook by bottlecap press, “bubblegum black,” was released in early 2023 to rave reviews from their mom.

danelyn.net // @punkhippypoet

EM Abatis (he/she/they) is a Pennsylvania-based writer of all kinds of words. Their work trends towards the experimental, surreal, and fun.

@em_abatis

Emily Moon (she/her) is a queer transgender poet from Portland, Ore. She is author of "It’s Just You & Me, Miss Moon," host for Eastside Poetry Workshop, and host for Queerlandia Open Mic at Santé Lounge in Portland. Her work is published or forthcoming from Buckman Journal, Rogue Agent, Drip Lit and elsewhere.

linktr.ee/emilymoonpoet // @emilymoonpoet

Gem Mahusay (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist that creates pieces focusing on their intersecting identities. Many of their works relate to their autism, mixed Filipinx heritage, and trans identity. Alongside being an artist, they are also Co-Director and Co-Founder of a non-profit called Caterpillar Club which supports trans youth ages 4-11. The piece “Community Protection” was an outlet for Gem to fuel their feelings towards the current climate that trans youth are facing.

@gemprintnpress

Hershel Burgh (he/him/it/its) is a queer, Jewish trans man based in Northwest Arkansas. He lives with his partner in a one bedroom that has no drawers and one cat. His work has previously appeared in Eighteen Seventy and ONE ART.

Jack Sullivan (he/him) is a queer writer and visual artist living in a castle in the sky somewhere above Brooklyn, NY. His prose, poetry, and pencil clippings can be found in BODEGA, JAKE, DADAKUKU, and GHOST CIT REVIEW. He lives with his partner Travis and their pet weasel, Felix.

@jacksully1393

James Kangas (he/him) is a retired librarian living in Flint, Michigan. His poems have appeared in Assaracus, Chiron Review, Faultline, The New York Quarterly, The Penn Review, Tampa Review, Unbroken, et al. His chapbook, Breath of Eden (Sibling Rivalry Press), was published in 2019.

Jazz McCoull (they/them) is a non-binary writer born and based in the North of England. Their work primarily concerns themes of identity, embodiment and belonging (or a lack thereof), especially as understood through the lens of nature and spirituality. Their work has previously appeared in Ouch! Collective's Vol. 2 (2023), as well as Spectrum (2022) and Kinship (2023), published by Renard Press.

@wiredmessiah

Jenjamin is a multimedia visual artist based in the San Fransico Bay Area. They celebrate domesticity and the cultivation of a loving homelife through printmaking and painting. When they're not carving linoleum or mixing oils, Jenjamin spends time in bed with hot coffee, snuggling their cat Kiki.

@the_jenjamin

Jessica Hinds lives and writes with Frida Catlo and Amelia MewHeart in the West Village, NYC.

meditativewriting.org // @meditative_writing

Jessica Murage (she/her) is a poet and writer living in Nairobi, Kenya. She writes about human experience, the environment and futuristic aspects. She hopes to one day get her poems and short stories adapted into film.

Jessica Rowshandel (they/them) is a queer Afro-Taíno Puerto Rican + Persian writer, visual artist, and musician. Their creative writing has been published in Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs, Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine, beestung, Bizarrchitecture, and others.

jessicarowshandel.com // @jrowshandel

Joseph Goosey is the author of a chapbook called STUPID ACHE (Grey Book Press) and one full length collection of poems, Parade Of Malfeasance (EMP Books).

JW Summerisle (they/them) is an artist and poet from the English East Midlands. They had a chapbook (kinfolk) published with Black Sunflowers Poetry Press in 2022, and have a new limited edition chapbook (the book of bad mothers) forthcoming from Back Room Press. They have had art work on show in Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, and have previously been a winner of the Foyles Young Poets of the Year award.

@jwsummerisle

Ken Goodman (he/him) synthesizes ecstatic meditation & poetry creation. And he does it in Cleveland.

KM Bezner (they/she) is a queer librarian in Rhode Island. Their poetry has been published by or is forthcoming from Ouch! Collective, coalitionworks, Acropolis Journal, Impostor, fifth wheel press, and others. If she's not writing poetry, they’re probably reading comics, making zines, or playing games.

kmbezner.wixsite.com/kmbezner // @kmbezner

Madeline Eileen Goolie (MEG) (she/her) was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. She wants to portray her unexpressed feelings and thoughts in her work. She wants others to feel something when they see her work wether that be comforting, unsettling, or even relatable. For many years she has enjoyed sketching faces with exaggerated features that is a reflection of herself. Her moody art style has been applied too many of her recent works.

sites.google.com/view/meg-art-907-portfolio // @meg_art_907

Makena Metz (she/her) writes for the page, screen, and stage. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and MA in English from Chapman University.

makenametz.com // @makenametz

Meredith MacLeod Davidson is a poet and writer from Virginia, currently based in Scotland, where she recently earned an MLitt in Creative Writing from The University of Glasgow. Meredith has work published in Cream City Review, Poetry South, and elsewhere, and serves as senior editor for Arboreal Literary Magazine.

@mairmacleod

Mina Stollery (she/her) is a transgender gaffer and photographer living in Oakland, CA. She is originally from North Carolina but has lived in Oakland since 2013.

minastollery.com // @cupcaketrollery

Muhammed Olowonjoyin [TPC III] (he/him) is a Nigerian poet and a student of Biochemistry at the University of Ilorin. Winner of the 2023 The Dawn Prize for Poetry, he has been nominated for the Best of The Net, Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction. His poems have featured in Olney Magazine, Gutter Magazine, Pepper Coast Lit. Stanchion, Nigeria Newsdirect, Brittle Paper, Best Small Fictions, and elsewhere. He is also the Poetry Editor of VERDANT Journal.

@APerSe_

Mykyta Ryzhykh (he/him) has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, been published many times in the journals Dzvin, Dnipro, Bukovinian Magazine, Polutona, Tipton Poetry Journal, Stone Poetry Journal, Divot journal, dyst journal, Superpresent Magazine, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Alternate Route, Better Than Starbucks, Littoral Press, Book of Matches and elsewhere.

Neethu Krishnan (she/her) is a writer based in Mumbai, India. She holds an MA in English and an M.Sc. in Microbiology, and writes between genres at the moment. Her work has appeared in twenty-seven international literary venues including The Spectacle, Fu Review, The Saltbush Review, and elsewhere. She is a Best of the Net poetry nominee and recipient of Bacopa Literary Review's Creative Nonfiction Award.

@neethu.krishnan_

Odi Welter (they/she/he) is a queer, neurodivergent author currently studying Film and Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. They have been published in several magazines such as Yellow Arrow Vignette, Hamilton Arts and Letters, and Broken Antler Quarterly. When not writing, they are indulging in their borderline unhealthy obsessions with fairy tales, marine life, superheroes, and botany.

@o.d.i.welter

Oliver Hasten (they/them) is a young poet, who is constantly trying to convey meaning out of their scattered, misaligned thoughts.

Ren Wednesday (he/she/they) is a queer writer and zine-maker living in Glasgow, Scotland. Their short fiction appears or is forthcoming in Is There Anyone Left, The Saltbush Review and Archive of the Odd. His zine, High Precision Ghosts, is part of an exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery.

wednesday.portfoliobox.net // @tentaclerental

River Snowdrop (they/them) is a queer non-binary poet from Manchester, UK. They have been known to write about herons, lemons, and human’s capacity for love. Snowdrop believes in everybody’s fundamental goodness and is working hard to include themself in this worldview. Their work has been previously published in Free Verse Revolution, Querencia Press, Anti-Heroin Chic, fifth wheel press, and more. They are a 2023 winner of the Mulberry Literary Fresh Voices Award.

@riversnowdrop

Ronnie Barth (she/her) is an artist reflecting on Gods and Goddesses frozen in time, desert spirits, and the creative pleasures of paint through her work. Her otherworldly forms and subject matter act as a portal to look inward.

ronniebarth.com // @mageronnie

Rudra Kishore Mandal (they/she/he) is an award winning visual artist living in Kolkata, India. After graduating as a Bachelor of Fine Arts they became an independent artist creating works of painting, digital graphics and art installations. They exhibited their works in group shows in India, Italy, England and U.S.A. in collaboration with UNESCO, Queer Asia, Amnesty International, Blackwall, SOAS University London and British Museum. They collaborated with choreographers from India and abroad to bring about a synthesis of visual and performing arts.

rudrascape.blogspot.com // @rudrascape

Sam Matsumoto (she/they) holds a BFA in Photography and a MEd in Visual Art Education. They teach photography at Berkeley High School and coach the Berkeley All Blues High School girls rugby team during the school year. During the summer they teach 5th grade in Daruma no Gakko, a program for Japanese American youth. They love adventuring, gardening succulents, fighting the patriarchy, and hanging out with their 2 cats.

@samatsumoto

Thomas Whittaker (they/she) is a writer of poems from South London. They write from a queer Marxist perspective about alienation under capitalism in the urban environment. She is currently particularly influenced by the writing of Antonio Negri and Franco Berardi and the music of Drakeo the Ruler and 03 Greedo. They enjoy using obtuse basketball references in their work. She has been previously published by Passion of the Weiss, Impossible Archetype and TEXTUS.

@acidsynthline

Tyler Baker (they/them) is a 27 year old, non-binary, painter and social worker based in Northern California. Tyler grew up in a little bit of a lot of places. Their work is often described as dark and ethereal. Tyler works with many medias but is particularly fond of acrylic paints and collaging with found objects. Their work derives its growth from all shades of human experience with a focus on transformation, cycles, suffering, healing, and spirit in the modern world. Tyler’s primary purpose in creating is to connect people with each other, themselves, and to foster the building of bridges where there were once only walls.

@tiebakerart

(featured image by Gem Mahusay)