THE EXHIBITION
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‘Two Hands’, ‘Consistent Love’ & ‘Lust’
Ashley Groves is a Cincinnati-based writer. They have previously acted as the Coordinating Nonfiction Editor for the Short Vine Literary Journal.
‘The Woman I Was Before the Waiting’
Melba writes from the quiet places where grief and identity meet. Her work explores infertility, longing, and selfhood through raw, nature-infused poetry. She is the author of Unplanted Yet Flourishing and the creator of Poetic Nectar Collective.
‘Ice Storm’
Misty Van Staaveren is a California native now living in Texas. Misty received her undergraduate degree in Liberal Studies at California State University Fresno. She holds a teaching credential in California and Texas, where she teaches English Language Arts to fourth graders. When not writing, she is always up for a road trip. She recently had the opportunity to be a credited reader for Bluestem Magazine.
‘Orange’
Steven Daniel lives and works in St. Louis, MO. He has degrees in English and Classic from St. Olaf College, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Arcadia University. His work has been published in Esoterica Magazine and Half and One.
‘Care Instructions’, ‘Some Climbed, Some Vanished’ & ‘Earwigs and Earworms’
Shay Wills graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in English and Creative Writing. He, with his spouse and son, live in Tucson, Arizona, near his two older children. He earned his MS from Grand Canyon University, and now works as a mental health counselor. His poetry appears in The Abstract Elephant, Hive Journal, Wingless Dreamer, and Bookends Review among others.
‘Hymn for the Unmapped Woman’ & Other Works
Meg Taylor writes poems that teeter between collapse and clarity, often exploring the beautiful strangeness of becoming someone new. Their work examines burnout, gendered performance, and late self-awakening through a surreal, emotionally raw lens. Recent work appears in Beyond Words Magazine and Neon Origami and is forthcoming in Wingless Dreamer and Fjords Review.
‘Shorebirds’ & ‘Nesting’
S.D. Dillon has an MFA from Notre Dame and lives in Michigan. His poetry has appeared recently in Bloodroot, The Phare, MORIA, Antler Velvet, #Ranger, Canary, and The Shortlist: Best of BarBar 2024, and is forthcoming in Bacopa Literary Review, Southland Alibi, Rundelania, and elsewhere. He can be found on Instagram at @sddillon50.
‘Real Writer’
Robert Eugene Rubino is the author of "Douglas Knocks Out Tyson" (UnCollected Press). His prose and poetry has been published in various print and online journals including Hippocampus, Moonstone, Cagibi and The Write Launch.
‘Sun-Kissed’ & ‘Fervor’
Liz P. Brazeau has a BA in creative writing and anticipated MIT from Western Washington University. She lives and writes in Bellingham, WA and is currently unpublished.
‘Into The Breach’
Nick Wardean is the author of Dead, Calm, and Silent, a self-published collection of poetry.
‘Crown of Salt: Amphitrite’s True Tide’
Wednesdae Reim Ifrach (they/them) is an art therapist, counselor, and scholar specializing in gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ wellness, trauma-informed, and healing-centered practices. As a PhD candidate and full-time faculty at Moravian University, they integrate poetry, visual art, ritual mapping, and mindfulness to create body-positive, client-centered spaces for individuals navigating eating disorders and body-image concerns.
‘Have You Called Your Mom Lately’
Molly Bibeau (she/her) is a writer and teacher living in Denver, Colorado with her partner and two cats. After twenty years of keeping her writing tucked away in notebooks and hidden under mattresses, she wishes to share her words with the world. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Writing at Lindenwood University with a focus in creative fiction.
‘Olfactory Reading’, ‘Response to Rosalind’ & ‘The Sunday Blues’
Kate Caraballo (née Weaver) is a poet and fiction writer living in Youngstown, Ohio. Her work has been published by Z Publishing House, Agora, The Carroll Review, Quaranzine, and Poetic Sun. Kate earned her B.A. in English at Belmont Abbey College and her M.A. in English at John Carroll University. In 2018, she received the Jean S. Moore Award for Fiction for “The Old Man’s Piano,” and an Honorable Mention from the NCC Media Association for “The Aftermath” in 2017.
‘An Audience of One’
Georgia Smith is a writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her short stories have recently appeared in Coolest American Stories and The Headlight Review. She was also awarded a New Voices Fellowship at the Alexandria Emerging Writers Festival, and accepted into the 2024 Juniper Writing Institute, where she learned from a lot of incredible writers.
‘Elegy For the Last Spring On Earth’ & Other Works
CS Crowe is three crows in a trench coat that gained sentience after eating a magic bean. He spends his days writing stories on a stolen laptop and trading human teeth for peanuts. A poet and storyteller from the Southeastern United States, he believes stories and poems are about the journey, not the destination, and he loves those stories that wander in the wilderness for forty years before finding their way to the promised land.
‘Liminal’ & ‘Liturgy for the Carrion and the Gyre’
Irving Gamboa is a bilingual poet and filmmaker from Mexico City, now based in Chicago. His work has appeared in Time & Space Magazine, Hearth & Coffin, and other journals. His short films have screened at international festivals including Cannes and the Arizona Underground Film Festival.