Kelly Mary McAllister lives in a concrete shoebox in the Toronto sky with a little black dog.

Born and raised and still living in Toronto, Brad is retired after owning and operating a decorating centre.

Mark E. Prior is a writer of long form fiction and creative nonfiction.

Miriam Edelson is a neurodivergent writer, settler and mother living in Toronto, Canada.

Michael McGrath is originally from Canmore, Alberta.

Dennis Stein has been writing historical pieces for free newspapers, and short stories and novels for more than a decade, having begun to take his craft seriously later in life.

Dr. Andrew Lindsay is an occasional teacher of college history with a fond memory of growing up, and attending school in Scarborough, Ontario.

Jessie Carson lives in Almonte, Ontario. She is a writer, a reader, a teacher, and the mother of three boys.

Sarah Cheng was born in Hong Kong in the 80s and grew up in Markham, Ontario.

The intricacies of the human connection are what motivate Celia Richard to write.

Rose Camara is an emerging writer, public servant, and recovering lawyer living and working on the Lekwungen people’s territory known as Victoria.

Désirée Jung is an artist born in Brazil, and adopted by Vancouver, Canada. She has published translations, poetry, and fiction in several magazines around the world.

Gwen Tuinman is novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Influenced by an interest in bygone days, her writing explores the landscape of human tenacity and how women navigate the social restrictions of their era.

Alyssa Bushell lives and writes at the shore of Lake Huron in southern Ontario.

Ian Clay Sewall is a Canadian based in Los Angeles. He is an MFA candidate at Antioch University and his stories have appeared in Soundings East, Santa Ana River Review, and are forthcoming in Prairie Fire. His films have won awards in both the US and Canada.

M J Malleck is a first generation university graduate who wrote business copy and a blog for leaders before returning to her first love, telling stories. She grew up on the Canada/US border and still likes her weather report in Fahrenheit degrees.

Andrew Dasselaar has written ten nonfiction books in Dutch and one in English. Originally from Amsterdam, he made Vancouver his home in 2017 to complete an MFA in Creative Writing at UBC, before moving to Toronto in November 2020 to take a job at the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency.

Jordan Colledge is a second-year university student majoring in computer science. Born and raised in Kelowna, BC, Jordan spent his grade school years both gladly and dejectedly walking his path alone.

Jen Jones is a writer/editor (and former police officer) in Hamilton Ontario. She is a City of Hamilton Arts Award (Emerging Writer) recipient, and has taught creative writing at Mohawk College.