Poetry

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    Susan Gordon Byron

    POET

    Susan Gordon Byron (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate creative based in London. She is fascinated by art history, design, and the more devious side of human nature. She may on occasion, and by accident, sound like a character in a movie, anyone from Elizabeth Bennett to Hermione Granger. Her poetry has been published by Dust, Porridge, Frazzled Lit and the Seaford Review among others, and she was longlisted for the Bournemouth Writing Prize 2025.

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    Chris Campbell

    POET

    Chris Campbell is a Dublin-born former journalist who works as an Editor in Bristol. Chris has two pamphlets published, plus a collection of poems, called ‘All Island No Sea’ (Alien Buddha Press, 2022). He was highly commended in the 2024 Cobh International Poetry Competition and shortlisted for Canterbury Poet of the Year 2023. He was previously a Guernsey International Poetry Competition 2022 'Poems on the Buses' winner, won Third Prize in the Shelley Memorial Prize Poetry Competition 2022 and won The Portico Library’s ‘Poetry Prize’ in 2021. His poems appear in publications including Magma, Prole, Ink Sweat & Tears, Black Bough Poetry, The Broken Spine, Steel Jackdaw, Indigo Dreams, Streetcake and The Waxed Lemon. He features on BBC Radio Bristol and has been a guest poet at Cheltenham Poetry Festival.

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    S. Preston Duncan

    POET

    S. Preston Duncan is a leathercrafter and death doula in Richmond, Virginia. He is the author of the limited risograph-printed pamphlet, The Sound in This Time of Being (BIGWRK, 2020), about which novelist Tom Robbins said, “Reading [these] poems today I had the feeling of having asked (and received) an autograph from starlight.”
    Co-creator of the deconstructed poetry book and oracle deck, Lost Arcana, Duncan’s poetry has been commended as "fiercely lyric" by Anna Saunders, CEO of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. His work has been commissioned by The Peace Studio, nominated for Best of the Net, shortlisted for the Art of Creative Unity Award, translated into Chinese by Poetry Lab Shanghai, and appeared in dozens of journals and anthologies, including [PANK], Poetry Bus, The Storms, HAD, Clarion, and Image Journal.

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    Claude Moore

    POET

    Claude Moore is a pseudonym. Claude Moore is an idea. Is a poet. Is an amalgamation. Claude Moore is a container—like a book in that way—broken open. Claude Moore uses they/them pronouns in respect of their namesakes who did not have that language, yet provided every nuance to the words. They have two books of poetry—In Response and Cut: En Medias Res—with Parlyaree Press.

  • Rachel Turney

    Rachel Turney

    POET

    Rachel Turney is currently Jane Jetson, but was formerly a party monster.

    She is from the Midwest and resides in Colorado. Rachel works in education and immigrant and refugee support. Please connect with her on socials.

    Life’s a party! Go ahead and order the Champagne.

    Instagram: @turneytalks 
    Bluesky: @rachelturney

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    Stephen Paul Wren

    POET

    Stephen Paul Wren (He/Him/His) received his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Cambridge. Stephen launched and developed the Molecules Unlimited poetry community. This innovative group explores the intersect of poetry and the chemical sciences. He can also be found on Instagram/Threads @luke12poetry.

    Stephen’s poetry can be read at his website. Elementar’ (a collaboration with visual artist Laura Kerr) was published by Paper View Books in 2024; ‘Formulations’ (co-written with Dr Miranda Lynn Barnes) was published by Small Press in 2022; and ‘A Celestial Crown of Sonnets’ (co-written with Dr Sam Illingworth) was published by Penteract Press in 2021. His poem sequence 'A Runner's Lament' was published by Ice Floe Press in March 2025. Atomic Bohemian will publish his book ‘Permanence’ (co-written with Lesley Anne Curwen) later in 2025, and Turas Press will publish ‘The Chemistry of Emotion (co-written with Fiona Perry) in 2026.

Fiction

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    Andrew Forrest Baker

    FICTION

    Andrew Forrest Baker writes southern gothic lit which explores the edges of queerness, philosophy, faith, and magic. He received his BFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before returning to his home state of Georgia to allow the mysterious clash of nature and modernity to seep into his bones and his work. His writing has appeared in Loose Change, Two Schools, and ArtsATL amongst others. His novel THE HOUSE THAT WASN’T THERE from April Gloaming Publishing was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year. He resides in Atlanta with his partner, his garden, and their hound dogs.

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    R.P. Singletary

    FICTION

    A rural native of the southeastern United States, R. P. Singletary writes across genres and dabbles in other media. His short monologue "MONO fe in gratitude" appeared Off-Broadway as part of the 2024 Apron Strings project, AMT Theater, Hell's Kitchen (NYC). His 2008 solo show "ONE OF US" featuring fifty literary + visual works filled the ATL-Fulton Library Headquarters Gallery in autumn 2008. Published fiction, drama, poetry, and hybrid forms in LITRO, Feign Lit, 100subtexts, The Wave - Kelp Journal, Worktown Works (U.K.), en*gendered, The Collidescope, Rathalla Review, Wicked Gay Ways, Cowboy Jamboree, Stone of Madness, and elsewhere. Affiliations: Authors Guild & Dramatists Guild. Find @rpsingletary on threads, insta, x, bksy, and youtube.

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    A. Trujillo

    FICTION

    A. Trujillo (they/them|he/him) is a transmasc author and scientist who uses fiction writing to explore relationship dynamics and the forces that mold them, be that mental, supernatural, or spiritual.

    They enjoy darker themes in art that probe at the human psyche. You can distract them by talking about tattoos, video games, or their special interest in pre-Christian mythology. They live in Atlanta, Georgia with their sibling and rescue cats.

Non-Fiction

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    Mike Sartain

    MEMOIR

    A songwriter venturing into memoir (how alike are the two mediums?!?), Mike Sartain has a rich history in the Atlanta (and the national) music scene. He graduated SAE Atlanta with honors in 2016. Aside from writing, recording, and producing his own albums, Mike has recorded, mixed, and worked live with The Revivalists, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Zipper Club, The Whiskey Gentry, and Broken String Band, amongst others. He is a voting member of the GRAMMY voting academy. His new EP, Push on Through, is out everywhere now! His memoir is in the works from Parlyaree Press.