Janée J. Baugher
Janée J. Baugher is the author of The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influence Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction (McFarland, 2020), as well as ekphrastic poetry collections, The Body’s Physics (Tebot Bach, 2013) and Coördinates of Yes (Ahadada Books, 2010). Her poetry stage adaptations have been featured at University of Cincinnati, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, and Otterbein University, and she’s been a featured reader at the Library of Congress. Baugher lives in Seattle, is an assistant editor at Boulevard, and the columnist at The Ekphrastic Review.
Gerard Wozek
Born in Chicago, Gerard Wozek is the author of a book of poems, Dervish (Gival Press) and a volume of short stories, Postcards from Heartthrob Town (Southern Tier Editions). His award-winning poetry videos have screened internationally. He is currently working on a novella-in-verse on growing up in a closed adoption.
David Wright
David Wright’s most recent poetry collection is Local Talent (Purple Flag/Virtual Artist’s Collective, 2019). His poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in Ecotone, 32 Poems, Image, and Rock & Sling, among others. He lives in Central Illinois where he is an Associate Professor of English at Monmouth College.
Hedy Habra
Hedy Habra is a poet, artist and essayist. She has authored three poetry collections, most recently, The Taste of the Earth (Press 53 2019), Winner of the Silver Nautilus Book Award, Honorable Mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, Finalist for the Best Book Award,. Tea in Heliopolis won the Best Book Award and Under Brushstrokes was finalist for the Best Book Award and the International Book Award. Her story collection, Flying Carpets, won the Arab American Book Award’s Honorable Mention and was finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. Her book of criticism, Mundos alternos y artísticos en Vargas Llosa, examines the visual aspects of the Peruvian Nobel Prize Winner's narrative. A sixteen-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the net, and recipient of the Nazim Hikmet Award, her multilingual work appears in numerous journals and anthologies. https://www.hedyhabra.com/