Richard Martin:  is a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Poetry, founder of The Big Horror Poetry Series (Binghamton, New York, 1983–1996), author of Buffoons in the Gene Pool (Lavender Ink / Fell Swoop, 2016), Techniques in the Neighborhood of Sleep (Spuyten Duyvil, 2016) and his latest, Goosebumps of Antimatter (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018).  His poems have appeared in Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Cafe, American Poets Say Goodbye to the 20th Century, and the magazines ACM, unarmed, Estuaries, and Skanky Possum.  He lives in Boston with his family.

Jason Lynn:  a poet, conceptual expressionist, essayist, and cultural pathologist.  He has had poems in 80 journals including Vanitas, Fence, canwehaveourballback, The Sunset Bugle, and Van Gogh’s Ear.  He has all too well actualized Malcolm Mclauren’s edict of “How To Fail” and currently is homeless in Los Angeles.

Nathaniel Krenkel:  grew up in Utah and attended Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, where he majored in English Literature and Religion.  He runs the music label Team Love Records.  Previous poems have appeared in Chronogram Magazine (NY).  He lives in Portland, Maine with his wife and two children.

Ronald Koertge:  is the Poet Laureate of South Pasadena, California.  His honors include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a California Arts Council grant.  He received a BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from the University of Arizona.  His recent books include Yellow Moving Van (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018), Olympusville (Red Hen Press, 2018), and Vampire Planet (Red Hen Press, 2016). He is also the author of many novels for young adults, including Coaltown Jesus, Stoner & Spaz, and Shakespeare Bats Cleanup.