Andreia Rodrigues Andreia Rodrigues is a Brazilian immigrant currently residing in Belgium. Her memoir, Wild Dandelions , shares her...

Rhea Melina Rhea Melina is a multi-ethnic poet who lives in Seattle. She has been writing and putting out poetry since the early...

Atma Frans Atma Frans’ poetry won first prize in Quagmire Magazine’s Poetry Contest, second in Muriel’s Journey Prize and in SCEWS’s...

Martha Ellen Johnson Martha Ellen lives alone in an old Victorian house on a hill on the Oregon coast. She is a retired social worker and...

Ash Ochoa Ash Ochoa is an artist, writer, and nightshift nurse. She tends to think a little too much in the shower and has way too many...

Mickey Black Mickey Black is a writer and poet from Richmond, Virginia. She began her writing journey in middle school, when she’d...

It was my last year as a teenager, three months into being 19. On this gloomy Thursday afternoon in October,  I wanted to change my hair....

by Mara Santilli Mara Santilli is a Connecticut-based freelance health journalist and editor, and a graduate student at Yale University...

by Micky Shorr Micky Shorr is a recently retired school social worker, after a long and meaningful career working with children and their...

by Shontay Luna Shontay Luna is a Melanin Infused Goddess who majored in Poetry at Columbia College Chicago before finishing her studies...

by Martha Ellen Johnson Martha Ellen Johnson lives alone in an old Victorian house on a hill on the Oregon coast. She is a social worker...

by Ben Cowan Ben Cowan is a survivor of childhood sex abuse. Part of his recovery is sharing his story to support others. He is retired,...

by Jenny Olson Jenny Olson wants her words to make people feel and think. From human trafficking tofreedom, addiction to recovery, from...

by Lori Nunnink Lori Nunnink is the Sr. Victim Advocate with the Nevada County, California Victim Assistance Center, advocating for...

by Odi Welter Odi Welter (they/she/he) is a queer, neurodivergent author with a Bachelors in Film and Creative Writing from the...

by Tracie Nichols Tracie Nichols, M.A., is a Transformative Language Artist writing poetry and facilitating writing experiences from her...

by Alexandria Yakes Alexandria is new to the public writing world. This is her first non-academic publication, and she is proud to be...

by Sister Lou Ella Hickman Sister Lou Ella Hickman, OVISS is a former teacher and librarian whose writings have appeared in numerous...

by Allen Means Allen Means is a queer, trans poet from Boulder, Colorado, currently living in Philadelphia. He holds an MFA from the...

by Kelly Lynn Kelly Lynn is an internationally renowned author who hasn’t yet been published. She specializes in wishful thinking. In...

by Steve Hawe Steve Hawe wore many hats over a lifetime in the bush. Time out now is strumming his guitar, reinventing the wheel at his...

by Caralyn Dreyer Caralyn Dreyer has a master’s degree  in forensic psychology and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Dreyer works...

by Sarah Kiepper Sarah Kiepper resides with her partner and dogs on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. She is acompliance officer and...