Patrick Milian is a queer, positive, Cuban American teacher and writer.

Lawrence Schimel is an author and translator who has lived in Madrid, Spain since 1999. He translates Fabián O. Iriarte’s The Confessions for us.

Shannon Cleere is a visual artist living in Seattle, Washington, focused primarily on drawing.

Shin Yu Pai is Seattle's current Poet Laureate.

Kate Lebo is a constituent of Washington State’s Fifth District, represented in Congress by Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

Christine Deavel has published poems and essays, including the poetry collection Woodnote (Bear Star Press, 2012), and lives in Seattle.

Sarah is an aspiring film director and is currently a sophomore at the DigiPen Institute of Technology.

Roberta Antognini's research lie in the Middle Ages and Renaissance literature, the history of the Italian language, autobiography, and more recently, translation practice and theory.

Rebecca Starkey is an aspiring cinematographer and will be graduating in June from the film program at Central Washington University.

Maya Jewell Zeller is a writer, editor, and teacher living in the Pacific Northwest.

Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improviser, producer, writer, and teacher from Seattle.

Printmaker Karinna Gomez is captivated by the landscape of Alaska.

Trained as a painter, Nia Michaels became obsessed with old decorative tins and tintype photos ten years ago and now works exclusively with these materials.