John Jodzio's work has been featured in a variety of places including This American Life, McSweeney's, and New York Magazine. He's the author of the short story collections, Knockout, Get In If You Want To Live, and If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home. He lives in Minneapolis.

Molly Sutton Kiefer is the author of the lyric essay Nestuary (Ricochet Editions) as well as three poetry chapbooks. Her work has recently appeared in Orion, Colorado Review, the minnesota review, The Journal, and elsewhere. She is founding editor of Tinderbox Poetry Journal and runs the nonprofit press Tinderbox Editions. She lives with her family in Minnesota, where she teaches high school.

Michelle Meyer (@meeshmeyerwrites / www.michellemeyerwrites.com) is a 50-something emerging poet, the author of 10 Pieces of Truth, a chapbook, and The Book of She, a full-length collection of poetic character vignettes devoted to women. Her poems have appeared in After the Pause, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Humana Obscura, Minnow Literary Magazine, Red Eft Review, Tabula Rasa Review, and Welter Online, among others. Michelle’s latest collection, The Trouble With Being a Childless Only Child is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press.

Eric Vrooman's short fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Cream City Review, Passages North, Monkeybicycle, Hobart, Twelve Stories, Minnesota Monthly, and Ninth Letter. He is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant and a SASE/Jerome Award. He lives in Minneapolis and teaches at Gustavus Adolphus College.

John Jodzio is a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.