Alan Perry is a poet and editor whose debut chapbook, Clerk of the Dead, was a finalist in the Cathy Smith Bowers Poetry Competition, and was published by Main Street Rag Press (2020). His poems have appeared in Tahoma Literary Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Third Wednesday, San Pedro River Review, Stone Circle Review, ONE ART, and elsewhere. He is a Senior Poetry Editor for Typehouse Literary Magazine, and a Best of the Net nominee. Alan and his wife live in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota and Tucson, Arizona. More at: https://AlanPerryPoetry.com
Vincent O'Connor’s debut poetry chapbook, Lessons From Life, was published by Local Gems Press in 2019. His poems have appeared in Snail Mail Review, The Talking Stick, Main Channel Voices, Winamop, Poetry Super Highway,Satori, and elsewhere, and in two anthologies. He has written numerous magazine articles, primarily on computer technology, and writes training material for businesses and technical manuals for software companies, and has a play, "Nearly Departed" published by Players Press. More at: https://vinceoconnor.com/.
Susan McMillan is a retired freelance writer and editor. She is a lifelong poet whose work has appeared in many anthologies and journals, most recently Deep Wild—Writing from the Backcountry, Talking Stick, and Oakwood. She has participated in the Cracked Walnut literary reading series, and was an award recipient in the 2020 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest. A co-creator of the illustrated poetry e-chapbooks, Bright Light Stories in the Night, and has made it her mission to create opportunities for poets in southeastern Minnesota through collaborative community projects, events, and learning opportunities. She served as poet laureate for the city of Rochester, MN from April 2019 to 2023.
Pam Sinicrope holds an MFA from Augsburg University and a doctorate in Public Health. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as Anti-Heroin Chic, Brawler Lit, SWWIM, Feral, Spillway, Literary Mama, 3 Elements Review, The Night Heron Barks, Appalachian Journal, and HeartWood Literary Magazine. She resides in Rochester, MN with her husband, mother-in-law, and their dog, Toby. In addition to her role as a medical writer, Pam is an active member of the League of Minnesota Poets and is deeply committed to fostering community through poetry and the arts.
Deborah Goschy is a member of the Southern Minnesota Poets Society and the League of Minnesota Poets. She has won awards for her poetry at the state and national level and has had her work published in Encore: Prize Poems 2021, Encore: Prize Poems 2020, The Martin Lake Journal, the Poet-Artist Collaboration, and The Mankato Walk and Ride Project, which exhibits poems on signs along Mankato bike trails. Deborah is also an amateur actor, a painter, a digital photographer, and a graphic artist who designs Agates (formerly known as The Moccasin), the literary journal of the League of Minnesota Poets.
Miranda Heinrich is an emerging writer, content marketer, and poet based in the Phoenix area. With a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion and Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University, her writing is inundated with yearning tendencies, parentheticals and a complex multicultural background. Most recently, she completed a small poem collection titled “Wherever you see me next (I’ll be drinking tea).” You can find more of her poetry at @nervouslittletitles on Instagram (unless it finds you first).
