Deb Garlick
Deb Garlick: is a Canadian painter. She holds a degree in both Art History and Visual Arts. Her creative work spans painting, illustration, and photography. Her paintings have been represented in galleries, published as book covers, and her art in all forms has been in print internationally.
Doug Frati
Doug Frati: works as an artist on his family’s homestead in Palmyra, Maine. There, he operates a seasonal barn gallery and year round studio. His present work is rooted in allegory and mark making creating iconic images in wood. Over fifty years as an artist in Maine his work is collected privately well as publicly.
Derek Beaulieu
Derek Beaulieu: is the author / editor of over twenty–five collections of poetry, prose, and criticism. His most recent volume of fiction, Silence: Lectures and Writings, was published by Sweden’s Timglaset Editions, his most recent volume of poetry, Surface Tension, was published by Toronto’s Coach House Books. He has served as Poet Laureate of both Calgary and Banff and is the Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Richard Allen Taylor
Richard Allen Taylor: is the author of four poetry collections including Letters to Karen Carpenter and Other Poems (2023) from Main Street Rag Publishing Company. His poems, articles and reviews have appeared in Sheila–Na–Gig, Flying South, MacQueen’s Quinterly, HUBRIS, and Aeolian Harp, among others. He formerly served as review editor for The Main Street Rag and founding co–editor of Kakalak. He resides in Greer, South Carolina.