Kelly Duarte

The Ghosts in Our Hair | Fiction The outlets don’t work. When they do, a hissing comes out like a cartoonish stick of dynamite. The lock catches, forcibly keepi...

Alyssa Zaczek

Alyssa Zaczek is a fiction author. Her Kirkus-starred debut novel for middle grade readers, MARTIN MCLEAN, MIDDLE SCHOOL QUEEN will be published Jan. 7, 2020 by...

Melanie Thorne

Melanie Thorne is the award-winning author of the novel Hand Me Down (Penguin), which was critically acclaimed by People, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the A...

Emily Yin

Emily Yin is a junior studying computer science at Princeton University. Her writing has been recognized by the UK Poetry Society and the Alliance for Young Art...

Trisha Ridinger McKee

Trisha Ridinger McKee resides on land with her master fisherman hubby, hippie daughter, and hyper bulldogs. She blissfully works the day away at Penn State Univ...

Erin Jamieson

Erin Jamieson holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Miami University of Ohio. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in After the Pause, Into the Void...

Christine M. Hopkins

Christine M. Hopkins is a Haitian American writer and musician living in Iowa. She works at two libraries and writes about women's basketball at Swish Appeal an...

Shareen K. Murayama

Shareen K. Murayama is a poet and recent graduate of Oregon State University's Creative Writing MFA Program. She promotes the power of students' voice through a...

Jim Meirose

Jim Meirose's short work has appeared in numerous venues, and his published novels include "Understanding Franklin Thompson" (JEF pubs), "Sunday Dinner wit...

Amanda Conner

Amanda Conner graduated with a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from Missouri State University in 2015. She is currently pursuing a second Masters of Ar...