Peter Riley: born in 1940, is a contemporary English poet, essayist, and editor. He is known as a Cambridge poet, part of the group loosely associated with J. H. Prynne which today is acknowledged as an important center of innovative poetry in the United Kingdom. He was an editor and major contributor to The English Intelligencer. He is the author of ten books of poetry, and many small–press booklets.

Thomas Moore: has published three chapbooks of poetry, and his work has appeared in journals as diverse as Asia Literary Review to Wolf Moon Journal. A longtime teacher, he has taught in Iran, Turkey, Mali, and at Maine Maritime Academy. He is a former Poet Laureate of Belfast, Maine.

Leslie Moore: has published poems and essays in journals, newspapers, and anthologies, including English Journal, Take Heart, The Maine Review, The Catch, The Café Review, Balancing Act 2, and Deep Water. She lives in Belfast, Maine.

Arthur McMaster: is a playwright, poet, and short–fiction writer, retired from full–time teaching, most recently as Visiting Associate Professor of English, at Converse College, in Spartanburg, SC. Books include Musical Muse, Birdies Never Die, and The Spy Who Came Down with a Cold, now available through Finishing Line Press. He earned an MFA at the University of Florida.