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.

Marianna Kiyanovska: is an award–winning Ukrainian writer, translator, literary scholar, and public figure whose works have been translated into eighteen languages. She has authored over a dozen books of poetry, prose, and literary translation. Her accolades include the National Prize in Literature for Babyn Yar: Voices, 2020 and she was named the European Poet of Freedom.