by Crystal Elerson

CRYSTAL ELERSON is a technical communicator with a strong interest in design and language. When Elerson isn’t teaching, writing, or reading, she enjoys creating logos and advertisements for products and events she appreciates. Elerson spent two years as Managing Editor and Art Editor for American Literary Review. At present, Elerson is completing her PhD in English at the University of North Texas

by Dena Rash Guzman

DENA RASH GUZMAN is an author and the editor of the Portland, Oregon arts and literary journal www.unshodquills.com. Her photography and writing can be found in various print anthologies and in journals worldwide. She works as a regular contributing author and as Managing Director North American for Shanghai, China based independent English language publisher HAL Publishing. (www.haliterature.com).

by Patrick Breeden

PATRICK BREEDEN is a student at Columbia College Chicago, where he studies poetry and illustration.