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We're thankful for the hundreds of contributing poets, writers, and photographers we have worked with over the years. See their names below, click to view their webpage (where applicable), and follow them on social media!
Poets & Writers
Samaa Abdurraqib @rahmah500
Gale Acuff
Mazzy Adams
Iyanu Adebiyi
Paul David Adkins
​Kimberly Vargas Agnese
Shovi Ajar
Success Akpojotor @sadavidia
Malaika King Albrecht
Doyle Albright
S.R. Alchinger
​Seth Alex
Cynthia Rausch Allar
A. Moriah Allen
Natalli Amato
Jane Ammon
Amanda Andrei
​Jodi Andrews
Samuel Anjani
Laura Apol
Tommy Archula @archuleta_tommy
Glen Armstrong
Courtney Arnold
Shannon Arntfield
Mikki Aronoff
Lisa Ashley
Patsy Asuncion
Hope Atlas
Alo Au
Jay Audrey
Shawn Aveningo
Sara Backer
​Valerie Bacharach
Baba Badji
Iljas Baker
Leah Baker
Prerna Bakshi
Carol Baldwin
Mary Jo Balistreri
Jan Ball
Charles Bane, Jr.
Shefali Banerji @ShefaliBanerji
Reema Baniabbasi
Nina Bannett
​Matthew James Babcock
Sam Barbee
Natalya Barker
Akesha Baron
Carol Barrett
Janet Barry
Mark Basquill
Miriam Bassuk
Jenny Bates
Jane Beal
Christine Beck
​Donna Beal
Mikayla Beaudrie
Kristen Beaumonte
Jack Bedell @jackbedell
Lena Bella
Gershon Ben-Avraham
Brendan Bense
Shani Berenholz
Jerome Berglund @lespectrepoliteraryjournal
Zoe Bergmire-Sweat
Robert Beveridge
Matthieu Bezard-Falgas
Sujoy Bhattacharya​​
​Kovie Biakolo
Jennifer L. Blanck
Sarah Bigham
Mary Birnbaum
Issac Black
Calley Blair @caileyblair
Ethan Blake
Lorcán Black
Micki Blenkush
Daniel Blokh
Paul Bluestein
Rick Blum
Antonietta Bocci
Elizabeth Bodien
Tayla Tate Boerner
Michelle Boland
Betsy Bolton
Angelina Bong @swakgel
Sarina Bosco
Ace Boggess
Elizabeth Boquet
Nicole Borg
Cindy Bousquet Harris
M. Terry Bowman
Norma Bradley
Shayla Bradley @wildwoodwonder
Elya Branden
Nichole Brazelton
Caitlin Breen
Chanel Brenner
Margaret (Peggy) Briggs @Margaretfinegem
Terry Brinkman
Clifford Browder
Adesina Brown
Jason Brown
Margot Brown
Michael Brown
​Sara Brown
Beth Browne
Leah Browning
Ingrid Bruck
Kae Bucher
BJ Buckley
Linda Bullock
Cliff Burns
James Roderick Burns
Jeff Burt
​Kaitlyn Burton
Audra Burwell
Hannah Bushman @thehaltertops
Bhupin Butaney
PL Byrd
Cheryl Caesar
​H.G. Cajandig
Heather Cameron
Lauren Camp @laurencamp
Linda Campbell @campbellgirlsays
Valentina Cano
Abigail Carl-Klassen
Chantel Carlson
Tara L. Carnes
Robert Carney
Karen Carter
Vincent Casaregola
Carolyn Casas
Annis Cassells @heyannisc
​Joseph Cassidy-Skof​ @JosephCassidy5
Caitlin Castelaz
Jeremiah Castelo de Guzman
Kimi Ceridon
Heather Chandler
Yuan Changming
Con Chapman
Carol Flake Chapman
Wilfred Charbonneau
Cynthia M. Charles
Deborah Chava Singer
Haylee Chavanne
Lisa Cheby @LisaCheby
Marlena Chertock
Bea Chihak
Cameron Chiovitti
​Kersten Christianson
Sean Cho
Haemaru Chung
Michelle Cicillini @starglowpoet
Aries Cid​
Nina Lohman Cilek
A.E. Clark
Alex Clark
Joanne Clarkson
Sue Clennell
Kaye Cleave
Kal Coggin​
Emily Cole
Russell Colver
Gail Braune Comorat
Imani Congdon
Linda Conroy
Beth Copeland
​Joe Cottonwood
Tia Cowger
Meygan Cox
​Devon Cozad
Jill Crainshaw
Linda M. Crate
Vonnie Crist
James Croteau
Mary Kate Crowe
Thomas Crowley
Lucinda Cummings
Susan Cummins Miller
Jane Mary Curran
Shelby Curran @shelbysaysthat
Steve Cushman
Mark I. Danowsky @markdanowsky
R.T. Dake
Ajay Dave
​Pamela Davenport
Tracy Davidson @tracydavidson27
Christine Davis
John Davis
​Margo Davis
Rosemary Davis
Esther de Jong
KK de la Vida
Kate Deloach
Caroline R. DeLuca
Caroline de Mauriac
Eleri Denham
Cole Depuy
​Cathie Desjardins
RC deWinter
Andrea Janelle Dickens
Anastasia DiFonzo @anastasia.difonzo
​Panika M. C. Dillon
Marissa Dilluvio
Ariana DiValentino
Athena Dixon
​Laura Dobbs @LDT413
Michelle Dodd
Liz Dolan
Franny Donington
Jordan Donohue @thejordandonohue
Frances Donovan
​Nupur Doshi
Jeanette Drake
Sandra Dreis
Rosie Driscoll
Linda Duede Starbuck
Chris Duffy
Maria Dunn
Michelle Dyer
Amitabh Dwivedi
Mackenzie Dwyer
Saddiq Dzukogi
Jennifer Edwards @JenEdwards8
Jo Angela Edwins
Kieran Egan
Aaron Eisenberg
​Sakeenah El-Amin
Khalil Elayan
Ellie Elledge
Grace Ellis
​Logan Ellis
Khalil Elayan @ElayanKhalil
Renee Emerson
Diana Engel
Griffin Epstein
Hannah Essink
Ellen Estilai
Nikolaus Euwer
Johanna Evenson
Nicholas Falkowski
Lydia Falls
Robbin Farr @robbinfarr
Nettie Farris
Joanna Fassl
Arvilla Fee
Sandra Fees
L A Felleman @_felleman
Edilson Afonso Ferreira
Vanessa Ferriera @vanessachicawrites
Scott Ferry
M.W. Field
Hugh Findley
Charlene Finn
Mark A. Fisher
Ann Fitzmaurice
Andreas Fleps
Tiffany Fletcher @loveandtiffany
Lydia Flores
​Marrianna Flores
Kelsi Folsom @kelsifolsom
Julie Fowler
Mary Fox
Rocio Franco @chio_la_chingona
Elizabeth Frank @glint_into_fire
​Jessica Siobhan Frank
Stephan Fraser
Joanne Kennedy Frazer
Andrew French @mrandrewfrench
Michael Freveletti @mike21an
Nicholas Froumis
Thomas Fucaloro @FucaloroThomas
Michelle Fuksbrumer
Diane Funston
Carrie Gaffney
​Annette Gagliardi
Marlene Galvan @dichotomousette
​David Gambino
Sadhika Ganguli
Edgar Garcia
Regina Garcia
Taylor Garrison
Natalie Gasper
Tricia Gates Brown
Kerri Gawreluk
Flo Gelo
Karen George @karenlgeo
​Steve Gerson
Joan Gerstein
Marjie Giffin
Thomas Griffin
​Jessica Gigot
Ame Gilbert
​Louis Giron
Grace Giska
Peter Goodwin
Erin Gottwald
Roberta Gould
Robin Gow
Brenna Graham
Stuart Greenhouse
​Alicia Grega
Carolyn H. Gregory
Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas
John Grey
Thomas Griffin
Angelica Guillen
Nancy Gustafson
Lázaro Gutiérrez
Janis Haag
Amy Haddad
Cara Hagan
​Ashley Hajimirsadeghi
Shepeara Hall
Vernita Hall
Charles Halsted
Jessica Halter
Ginger Hanchey
Jennifer Hambrick @JenHambrick
Kim Hambright
​Matthew Hamilton @mahamilton75
Patrick Hansel
Joseph Hardy
Janis Harrington
Alan Harris
Michelle Harris @cerulae
Jasmine Harris @dr_harris
Gwen Hart
Penny Harter
​Daniel Haskin
John Haugh
Shira Haus
​Eva Hays
​Rven Hayes
Kevin Heaton
Gloria Heffernan
Peggy Heitmann
Jenna Heller
Steve Henn
Megan D. Henson
Stephen Herman
April Hernandez
John Herold
Steve Herring
Amy Lynn Hess
Sister Lou Ella Hickman
Amy Higgins
Anne Higgins
Andria Hill
​Stacia Hill
​Jill Hinckley-Noble
Allison Hoden
JoAnn Hoffman
Laura Hogan @laurahogan
Laurence Holden
Toni Holland
Heather Hoover @heathermhoover
JC Hopkins
Trish Hopkinson
Mike Horan
Katherine Anderson Howell
Ann Howells
Taylor Hoyt
Wynne Huddleston
Ann Hudson
Susan Huebner
Melissa Huff
AJ Huffman
Sydney Hughes-McGee
Matthew Hummer
Zoe Huot-Link
Katherine Hunsberger
Laurel Hunt
Pat Snyder Hurley
Maryann Hurtt
Aubrey Hutson
Alex Huynh
Cindy Huyser
Donald Illich
Nicole Im
​Wendy Ingersoll
Romana Iorga
​M.J. Iuppa
Eli Jacobs
Eric Jacobs
Kathryn Jacobs
Kent Jacobson
Dan Jacoby
Joanne Jagoda
Liz Jakimow
D. R. James
Kevin James
Anne Janai
Jean Janicke
Lily Jarman-Reisch
Richard Jarrette
Lalain Javaid
Mary Jensen @MaryWJensen
Keren Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Savonna Johnson
Caroline Johnstone @daretobehappier
Paul Jones @smalljones
Andy Jones @andyojones
Kelly Joslyn
Jacquelin Jules
Jeanne M. Julian @jjulian_poetry
Reynold Junker
Tim Kahl
Shelley Kahn
Tamam Kahn
Anna Kander
Jennifer Schomburg Kanke @JSK1975
Madeleine Kannan
Jen Karetnick
Sasha Kasoff
​Sam Kaspar
Carlin Katz
​Paula Kaufman
Eleanor Kedney
Lindsay Kellar-Madsen
Donna Kelly
Antoinette Kennedy
Mickie Kennedy
​Ofri Keidar
D.E. Kern
Karen Kilcup
Hilary King
Nick Kisse
Laurie Klein
Norman Klein
​Sashily Kling
Tricia Knoll @triciaknollwind
Laurie Kolp
Hilton Koppe
Barry Koplen
Frances Koziar
Abishake Koul
Katharina Kracht
Richard Krawiec
Pam Kress-Dunn
Don Krieger
Mary Anna Kruch
Laurie Kuntz
Abby Lacey
Andrew Lafleche
​Jessica Lafortune
Anna Lagattuta
Sophie Laing @sophalinalaing
Mason LaMarche
Parthena Lambrianidis @PLambrianidis
Pauline Lancaster
Mary Langer Thompson
Donna Langevin
Gabrielle Langley
Mateo Lara
​Monica Larson
Olga Gonzalez Latapi @Olga_G_L
​Sean Lause
​SWK Lawrence @wklawrence
Sarah Law @drsarahlaw
Andrea​ Laws @alaws09
Ellae Lawton
Mina Le
Minh-Tam Le
Samuel LeBaron
Courtney LeBlanc @wordperv79
Missy LeDoux
Aidan Lee
Emerson Lee @letsmakemoments
Han-Jae Lee
​Laura Lee
Anna Leahy
Kat Lehmann @SongsOfKat
Kendra Leonard
Joan Leotta
​Amy Lerman
Nancy Smiler Levinson
Victoria Levitt
Kali Lightfoot
Sierra Lind
​Jennie Linthorst
Amy Liu @liuwrites
Jenny Liu
Julia Lisella
Christina Litchfield
Thomas Locicero @ThomasLocicero
Fay Loomis
Cara Lorello
Nona Lovell
Zigi Lowenberg @ZigarinaZigi
Paul Lubenkov
​Laura Lucas
Mase Lucas
Michael Lund
Lisa Lundeen
​Lennart Lundh
Victoria Luther
Karina Lutz @karinalutz0yeah
Michael Lyle @MLyleWriter
Heather M. F. Lyke
​Amy Mabey
Katharyn Machan
Samantha Madway
Suvi Mahonen
Hannah Maiorano
Ann Malaspina
​Alexandra Malouf
Rachel Markell
Ally Markotich
Brandon Marlon
Sofia Martimianakis @SMartimianakis
Carolyn Martin
Preston Martin
Timothy Martin
Mariann Martland @mariannmartland
John Martone
Claire Massey
Grace Massey
Shannon Mastromonico
Davis Mathis
Valentina Matosian
Sara Matson
Richard L. Matta
Sante Matteo
Katherine Matthews
Thea Matthews
Nate Maxson
Michaela Mayer @mswannmayer5
Cathy McArthur-Palemo
​Pat McClelland
Sonia McCallum
Stephen McCollum
David R McCovey
Debbie McCulliss
Craig McGeady
​Frankie McGee
Molly McGrane @crunzo
Catherine McGuire
​Will McMillan
Taylor Rose Meehan
Gavin Meggs
Alexa Mergen
Kate Meyer-Currey
Nancy Meyer
Susan V. Meyers
Ann E. Michael
​Tamara Miles
Jane Miller
Jack Miller
Beth Mills
Joe Mills @josephrmills
Rebecca Milton @_rebeccamilton
Sandeep Kumar Mishra
Sylvia Missa​l
Felicia Mitchell @rufemi
Sharon Wright Mitchell @apoetseyeview
Carol Mikoda @ccmiko44
Marsha Warren Mittman
Sam Moe
Ebele Mogo
Catherine Moore
Adriana Morgan
Rosella Moreno
Heidi Morrell
Annie Morris
Amber Moss @ambermosswrites
Andy Motz
​Ann Murphy
Tim Murphy
Mora Mundt @mora.j.m
​Louisa Muniz @LouisaMuniz1
Deborah Murray @wosella
Matthew O. Mutiva
​Rony Nair @ronynair
Lee Nash
Linda Neal
Greg Nelson
Amy Nemecek @Beloved_Delight
Josh Nicolasien @Nickel_eye_zen
Brenda Nicholas
Perry Nicholas
​F.M. Nicholson
James B. Nicola
Heidi Nightegale
Stacy Nigliazzo
Stephanie Niu @niusteph
Nofel ​
Gunilla Norris
Joe O'Callaghan @Joeocsocialwork
Molly O'Dell
Tope Ogundare @Tope_tzc
Kelly O'Rourke
C.E. Oldham
Francis Opila
Michelle Ortega
Nina Oteria
Sergio A. Ortiz
Iris Oullette
Peggy Outcalt
Cathy Palermo
Jimmy G. Pappas
​Gina Pasciuto
Gay Pasley
Effie Pasagiannis @pasagiae
Tulsi Patel
Erin Paterson
Kathryn Paul
Karen Paul Holmes
Alexis Pearson
​Ramona Lee Perez
​Simon Perchik
Kara Pernicano
Courtney Perry
Hanna Pesha
Barry Peters
Anda Peterson
Laurie Petersen
Lana Phillips
Jordan Phillips​
​Pat Phillips West
Suzie Pindar
Patrice Pinnette
Eugene Platt
Winston Plowes
Douglas Polk
Vanessa Poster
Janice Post-White
Ann Power
Rhonda C. Poynter
Jillian Prendergast​​
Lucyna Prostko
Ann Quinn
Diana Raab
David Radavich
​Priya Rajan
Philippa Ramsden
Sofi Ramsey
Suzanne Rancourt​
​Michele Randall
Charvi Rathod
Bill Ratner @billratner
Wanda Reagan
Mary Redman
Sarath Reddy
Caitlin Reed
Janet Reed
Laura Ann Reed
Sarah Harrison Reed
Sara Rempe
Alexis Rhone Francher
Dorothy Rice
Susanna Rich
David Riddle
H.E. Riddleton
Hayden Rigby
R.K. Riley
Cindy Rinne
Joyce Ritchie
​Ann Ritter
Joanna Rizzo
Jeannie E. Roberts
Stephanie Roberts @ringtales
Dwanna Robertson @dwannarobertson
Kyle Roe
​Nicole Rollender
Lois Roma-Deeley
Alice Campbell Romano
Jennifer Rood
Mark Anthony Rossi
Charles Rossiter
Lao Rubert
Bobbi Rudin
​Deborah Fried-Rubin
Valorie Ruiz
Tom Russell
Barbara Ruth
Ivy Rutledge
Merryn Rutledge
Victoria Elizabeth Ruwi
Corey Ruzicano
Ed Ruzicka
Kathryn Sadakierski
Sandip Saha
Luis Salgado
Kenneth Salzmann
Bradley Samore
Suzanne Samuels
Heidi Sander
Sasha Sandip
Kristin Santana
Rikki Santer
Federica Santini
Anthony Santulli
Gerard Sarnat
​Rebecca Sauers @bexxasauers
Adrienne Ross Scanlan
Mary Anna Scenga Kruch
Carla Schick
Thea Schiller
​Kurt G. Schmidt
Jennifer Schneider
​Yvette Schnoeker-Shorb
Jennifer Schomburg Kanke
Barbara Foster Schutz
Kaitlyn Schultz
Jeff Schwartz
Andrew Scott
Nicole Scott
​Naomi E. Scoville
Megan Sudellari @scudellari
Laura Secord
Leland Seese
Tamara Sellman
Madison Semarjian
Greg Sendi
Catherine Sercombe
Erika Seshadri @erikaseshadri
Alafia Nicole Sessions
Zara Shams @zcshams
Shloka Shankar @shloks89
Syd Shaw @sidlantro
Pegi Deitz Shea
Tom Sheehan
​Drew Shinozaki
Hilary Sideris
​Gary Singh
​Dorsia Smith Silva
Dianne Silvestri
​Jane Simpson
Leanne Simpson
Alyssa Sinclair
Deborah Singer
Roger Sippl
Nicholas Skaldetvind
Judith Skillman
Norma Smith
Rose M. Smith
​Teagan Smith
T.J. Smith
Lacy Snapp
Kristy Snedden
Christopher Snook
Gracie Snyder
Sarah Snyder
Hossein Sobhani @bedlampoetry
​Raquel Solomon
John Son
Derek Song
Jeddie Sophronius
Maya Sorini
​Sarah de Sousa
George Link Spaeth
Linda Spear
​Julia Spring
​Janet St. John
Trina J. Stacey @trinajstacey
Bonnie Staiger
Tonya Stanley
Alex Starr
Alina Stefanescu
Bekah Steimel @BekahSteimel
Margaret Stetler
Sarah Stockton
Chris Stolle
​Dana Stone
Ethan Stonerook
Sandi Stromberg
Alexandra Strott
Caren Stuart
​Nevine Sultan
​Mosammat Sultana
Sarah Summerson @sarahsummersun
Teresa Sutton @TeresaSutton
F. Swanson
Fred Swanson
Lanette Sweeney
Melanie Swetz
Sonja Swift
Marianne Szlyk
Diana Norma Szokolyai
Julie T.
Eve Taft @EveETaft
Margaret Tau
Carey Taylor
Jo Taylor
Megan Taylor
Jamey Temple
Dawn Terpstra
Michelle Terry
Charles Thielman
Carol A. Thomas
Don Thompson
Ryan Thorpe
Jonathan M. Thorn
Jari Thymian
Elizabeth Tomania @lisz_tomania
Nicole Tong
Angela Townsend
Meghan Trask Smith
Cynthia Trenshaw
Olivia Tucker
Dennis Trujillo
Ryan Tunison
Peggy Turnbull @p_turnbull
Robin Turner
Callista Tyson
Sheila Tzerman
Lisa Underwood
Elena Unger
Claire Unis
Sonya Carol Vann DeLoach @sonyavanndeloach
Kate Van Pelt DeLoach
Sherre Vernon
Ajise Vincent
Cathern Violante
Lynne Viti
Claire Vogel-Camargo
Barbara Voudouris @BarbVoudouris
Catherine Wald
Loretta Diane Walker
Ann Wallace @annwlace409
Donna Love Wallace
Kait Walser
Cheryl Walsh
​Vivian Wagner
Terri Hadley Ward
Sarah Waring
Marsha Warren Mittman
Bear Weaver
​Roz Weaver
Ann C. Wehrman
Walter Weinschenk
Laura Grace Weldon
Vanessa Wells
Susan Wereska
James West
Pat Phillips West
​Katherine Dian Westbrook
Richard Westheimer
Fran Westwood @FranWestwood5
Joanna White
Kelley White
Lynn White
Marceline White @maulflanders
Sally Wilde
Lisa Wiley
Megan Wildhood
Lisa Wiley @wileymoz
Kim Williams
Kristie Williams
Sarah Williams-Devereux
Russell Willis
Chloe Williamson
Martin Willitts, Jr.
Raven Willow
Carol Wills
Angela Winsor
Iona Winter
Glen Wilson @glenhswilson
Laura Wilson
Robert Wilson
Scott Winkler
Keri Withington
Allison Whittenberg
Susan Won
Ellen Woods
Christian Woodard
Cindy Wright
Colleen Wright
Lisa Wujnovich @wujnovich
Theresa Wyatt
Elizabeth Yalkut
Nichole Yates @nicholeyates
Kayla Liu
Mantz Yorke
Athalia Young
​Brigit Kelly Young @brigityoung
Judith Zelis
Lucy Zhang
Catherine Zickgraf
Kayla Ziesenheim
​Kristin Zimet
​James K. Zimmerman
Michael Zinkowski
Photographers
Isabella Agbaje
Benji Anderson @benjipnewton
Katie Bond-Ford
Alexander Chernavskiy
Lauren Frye
Erna Gashi​
Briana Gervat
Naomi Gingerich
Jeanne Julian
Nicholas Luchenbill
Suzie Pindar @suziepindar
Alexis Rhone Fancher
Caroline Knickmeier
Carla Kucinski @carla.kucinski
J. Ray Paradiso
Rosalie Sanara Petrouske
Ivana Rezek
​Jim Ross
​Barbara Ruth
Jane Hipkins Sobie
Ami J. Sanghvi @BabyVampAmi
Amanda Sullivan
Mosammat Sultana
Jason Symes
Artists ("Art Speaks" interviewees)
Karen Archia
Beth Blair @Seamless_creativity
Scott Burton
Emily Clancy @mundanewizardry
Owens Daniels
Wesley Days
Lawrence Feir
Jaki Shelton Green
Princess Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Karen Niemczyk
​Jacqui Otaño @ourneyjacqui
Stacee Reicherzer @drstacee
Samantha Kostmayer Sulaiman
Amanda Sullivan