Ken Holland: placed first in New Ohio Review’s 2022 poetry contest and was a finalist in the 2024 Concrete Wolf Chapbook contest. His work has been widely published in journals like Tulane Review, Rattle, and Southwest Review. He has three Pushcart nominations and poetry forthcoming in various journals. kenhollandpoet.com

Dan Gerber’s most recent book is The End of Michelangelo from Copper Canyon Press. He lives in the mountains of California’s central coast.

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright: came to the East Village in 1976 and studied with Allen Ginsberg to earn an MFA in poetry from Brooklyn College. He is the author of 13 books of poetry, the most recent being Triple Crown, Sonnets, from Spuyten Duyvil. His poems also appear in six anthologies including Out of This World from Crown Press and Thus Spake the Corpse from Black Sparrow Press. He started Hard Press in 1978 where he published three books, including the anthology 3–Zero, Turning Thirty, and 100 postcards by different artists and poets. A selection of the postcards were included in the book A Secret Location on the Lower East Side and were displayed at New York Public Library. He started Live Mag! in 2007.

Alan Craddock: After a career as a British military Engineer which are known as “Sappers” over here, I found myself working in many different countries doing humanitarian work clearing land mines. Last year I worked in Ukraine. Below ground, in a Ukrainian bomb shelter I found poetry was a way to relax and pass the hours. I created poetry across the spectrum of war, people and politics. Back home now. These days, I’m discovering new hobbies for my physical and mental wellbeing like fly fishing, cooking and Jiu Jitsu.