The Word's Faire . 9/1/25 The Word's Faire . 9/1/25

‘The Several Sins of Heidi Spencer’

Summer Hammond grew up in rural Iowa and Missouri, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She earned her MFA from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Her writing appears in New Letters, Moon City Review, and Tahoma Review, among others. She won the 2023 New Letters Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction and her essay was selected for Best American Essays 2025. Her debut novel, The Impossible Why, is forthcoming from Apprentice House Press in 2026.

The Word's Faire . 8/31/25 The Word's Faire . 8/31/25

‘Typical’, ‘Monsieur’ & ‘Duplex (Dead Weight)’

Val Margolius is a researcher and a fan of black licorice. Their work can be found in Last Leaves Magazine and Willows Wept Review.

The Word's Faire . 8/28/25 The Word's Faire . 8/28/25

‘The Harvest is Bare’ & ‘In Kashmir the Snow Is White’

Agneya Singh is a writer and filmmaker from the Global South whose work explores themes of resistance, memory, ecological collapse, and political grief. His debut feature film M Cream received multiple international awards, and his recent poetry engages with lived experiences of war, occupation, and environmental devastation. Based between India and Malta, he is currently completing a novel set in Kashmir.

The Word's Faire . 8/13/25 The Word's Faire . 8/13/25

‘My Freak Show Family of Origin’ & Other Works

Emma Goldman-Sherman's plays have been produced on 4 continents and include "Abraham's Daughters" based on their documentation of human rights abuses during the first Intifada available as a podcast at TheParsnipShip.com. Their poetry appears or is forthcoming in The Bellingham Review (finalist for the 49th Parallel Award), Eckleburg, Toyon (w/Arabic translation), Gigantic Sequins (1st prize), Exist Otherwise, Writers Resist and others. Emma's micro-chapbook, "Possible Paths for the Minotaur," is forthcoming as part of the Ghost City Press Summer Series. Their microfiction is anthologized in Best Microfiction 2025 and the Fish Anthology of 2023. They have received support from ATHE, Ragdale, Millay, WordBridge, LMCC, and others. They work as a neuroaffirming coach, teach for the Dramatists Guild Institute and PlayPenn, and support writers and artists at https://www.bravespace.online/