Victor Solodchuk: is a Ukrainian poet, writer, screenwriter and translator, born in 1971 in Odessa. He is author of poems, stories, and a sci–fi novel which was included in the short list of “Russkaya Premia.” He collaborated on the documentary “Native Ashes” with Alisa Pavlovska in 2021.

Arkadiy Shtypel: is a Russian–Ukrainian bilingual poet, translator, and author. Born in 1944, he spent his childhood and youth in Dnipro, Ukraine. Studying physics at university, he was expelled for attempting to create a samizdat literary journal. He has published several poetry books as well as volumes of translations of classic Russian poetry into Ukrainian.

Vasyl Makhno: is a Ukrainian poet, essayist, and translator. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including, Winter Letters and Other Poems, translated by Orest Popovych and, most recently, I want to be Jazz and Rock’n’Roll.

Andrei Kostinski: is a poet and literary editor born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1969. He graduated from the National Law University and the Faculty of Philosophy at Kharkiv State University. His poems have been featured in numerous literary journals and projects, and he has authored five poetry books. During the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv, his apartment was destroyed, leading him to become an internally displaced person.