Jean Ferruzola is a writer focused on stories for young adult readers. Her work often centers on family, memory, and the ways heritage shapes identity. As a first-generation Ecuadorian-American, she is drawn to narratives that explore how the past echoes across generations. Her writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Brevity, The Offing, and […]
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Elissa Favero’s writing often centers visual arts and built and living worlds. Informed by her previous roles as an educator at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and at the Seattle Art Museum as well as by her current work teaching visual arts histories at Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University, […]
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Kevin Dean (he/him) is a Seattle-based writer of poetry and fiction. Previously, he lived in Cairo, Egypt, where he worked as an editor and studied Arabic. Before all that, he was a kid with a library card in southwest Virginia. His work has been published in The Common and The Rumpus. In addition to the […]
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Melanie Sevcenko is an audio editor & producer, writer, and sound artist. Based in Portland, OR, she currently edits and produces Live Wire, a nationally-syndicated public radio variety program from PRX. She’s also reported for numerous outlets, including The Guardian, American Public Media, NPR, BBC World Service, and CBC, amongst others. As an accomplished poet, Melanie’s […]
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Clara Ritger (she/her) is a writer, actor, filmmaker, and teacher of meditation and mindful movement. As an award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience, her work has appeared in international film festivals and U.S. national news media outlets. After a prolonged struggle with her health, Clara turned her lens on herself, embarking on […]
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Jack Straw teaching artist Laura Ferri is a freelance performing artist whose work as an actor, playwright, and director has been seen in theaters across the country. She has worked extensively with the blind and low vision community as an audio describer, advocate and artist. For Anything is Possible Theatre, she co-wrote and directed their […]
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Makayla Danielle Gay hails from Southeastern Kentucky. Her work has appeared in Adroit, Prairie Schooner, and American Literary Review, among others. Her debut collection, Hackles (Girl Noise Press 2025) is available now. 2025 Writers Program
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Nhatt Nichols (she/her) is a multidisciplinary journalist, poet, and artist whose work focuses on the intersections of humans, animals, and their environment. A graduate of The Royal Drawing School in London, she uses words and images to cover food and environmental issues using solutions journalism practices for High Country News, Edible Magazine, Civil Eats, Modern Farmer, […]
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