Cutter Streeby  earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with Honors at University of California, Riverside; a Master of Arts in English Literature from Kings’ College, London, UK; and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from University of East Anglia, in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. He is the CEO of Grayling and Wraith Agency, Director of Marketing at Tupelo Press, Growth Marketer at Grok Stream, and an entrepreneur.

Jeff Streeby, several times a Pushcart Prize nominee and a nominee for Sundress Publications’ Best of the Net Anthology, earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. He is a frequently published mainstream poet and haibunist whose work has appeared in over 40 literary journals in the US, the UK, Ireland, and Asia. He has over 30 years of experience as a teacher of English language and literature at secondary and university levels.

Pamelyn Casto is the author of Flash Fiction: Alive in the Flicker, A Portable Workshop. She has published articles on flash fiction in Writer’s Digest, Fiction Southeast, Writing World (and elsewhere). She has an essay in Rose Metal Press’s Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips From Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field and her 8,000-word essay on flash fiction is included in Books and Beyond: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of New American Reading. She also has a 5,000-word article on flash fiction as the lead article in Critical Insights: Flash Fiction. She is a frequently published writer of poetry, short stories, and essays. Subscribe to her free online monthly Flash Fiction Flash newsletter for markets, contests, and publishing news.

James Weitz is a writer and author of the novel, Gonzo Global Inc., a legal satire of globalization in which Mexican tap water is exported to the United States and sold as a laxative. He has lived in Asia and Latin America for most of the previous 18 years. During that time, Weitz has worked as a technical editor and taught ESL, composition and law at schools and universities in Latin America, and throughout the sinosphere. Previously, he worked on anti-corruption issues at the Organization of American States. His stories, essays and travel writing have appeared in multiple journals, Including the Mekong Review, TakiMag, Aporia Magazine, Open Journal of Arts and Letters, and many others. Weitz has a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics with a focus on cross-cultural communication, and a Juris Doctor.

W.J.P. Newnham hitchhiked around Australia working as barman, bum and waiter, slaughter hand, deckhand and master, spending 25 years working in the Northern Prawn Fishery. He has travelled extensively in Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Japan and speaks marketplace Indonesian with some fluency. He is the winner of the 2016 The Lifted Brow’s Experimental Non-fiction Prize. His numerous short stories have been published in Nocturnal Submissions, Overland , The Lifted Brow, Meanjin, Westerly and Horror Sleaze Trash [to name but a few].

Richard Holeton is author of the cult classic hypertext novel Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, other widely-exhibited electronic literature, college textbooks and scholarship, and short fiction in Mississippi Review, ZYZZYVA, Cimarron Review, O:JA&L, and many other journals. He’s been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, the California Arts Council, and the Henfield Foundation, and his stories have been nominated for Pushcart and Best American awards. A writing instructor at Stanford University for many years, he earned his BA in Creative Writing from Stanford and MA and MFA degrees from San Francisco State. He lives in the Bay Area on unceded ancestral land of the Ramaytush Ohlone.

Ibrahim Nureni is a writer, book reviewer, and critic whose haiku have been published in various literary journals, including The Mamba Journal, Acorn, and Heron’s Nest. He has made significant contributions to the literary field through his engagement with the Open Journal of Arts & Letters, Baram House, Wawa Book Review, and others. Currently, he is a 2015 Fellow of Harrison Middleton University’s Humanities in the Ideas program, where he writes reviews and engages in discussions with faculty and students on topics related to natural science, philosophy, literature, and more. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Bill Anderson Fund. Ibrahim is a member of the Africa Haiku Network.

J.L. Williams’ poetry explores memory and emotion through lyrical introspection and themes of environmental and social awareness. Her work captures tension between tenderness and unrest. She has academic publications in science and law, alongside poetry and prose featured in journals such as Wingless Dreamer and Silent Spark Press, and is a new voice in voiceover.

Nishi Munshi has been an actor, singer, musician and choreographer/dancer in the entertainment industry for fifteen years. Her acting credits include working with  NBC, CBS, USA Network, FOX, Warner Bros., Lifetime and other networks on shows such as “Jane the Virgin,” “The Originals,” “Bones,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Switched at Birth,” “Days of Our Lives,” and many more. Being a skilled Classical (Kathak, Bharatnatiyam) and Bollywood dancer, she has choreographed for and danced with prominent artists  Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo and with Michael Jackson’s Cirque ONE show.  She is an advocate for human rights and has served as a board member for Valley Family Center (victims of domestic violence) volunteered many hours of her time at the Braille Institute and as a tutor and mentor for at-risk youth in Los Angeles. Her Webisodes, Youtube videos, a book of poetry and the novel that she is currently working on are aimed to raise funds for the people of Puerto Rico, human rights activism and for educating our at-risk youth both in America and abroad.

Marla J. Jarmer earned her BA in Theatre (Directing) from the Herberger College of Fine Arts and from the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University and her MA in English at Fort Hays State University.  She is a professor of rhetoric and composition, the writing center director, and the editor of Waiting for Rain at Danville Area Community College in Danville, Illinois, where she has been awarded both the A. L. Webster Endowed Chair (2016) and the Dorothy Duley Endowed Chair (2014 and 2017). She is the co-editor and a contributing author of The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and The Shaping of Public Policy (2015) and has published works of poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction.