Tasneem, “Ms. Taz” is a Sudan born, Florida raised, and now Seattle based spoken word artist. Her voice is gentle when it needs to heal and fierce when it needs to shake the room. Her poetry lives at the crossroads of revolution and reflection, weaving stories of identity, resistance, mental health, and the politics that shape […]
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Maiah A Merino, a first and second-generation Mexican-American/Chicana Poet, mixed-genre writer, teaching artist. and therapist, has poems in A New Season: Poems from a World in Flux Anthology; In Xóxitl, in cuícatl: Flor y Canto, Antología de poesía; I Sing the Salmon Home: Poems from Washington State; and Windblown I, and is a regular contributor and […]
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Sayantani Roy has placed work in several journals including Emerge Literary Journal, Grist (forthcoming), MAYDAY, TIMBER, West Trestle Review, and Wordgathering. She is an MFA candidate at the Rainier Writing Workshop, and her work has been supported by AWP. 2026 Writers Program
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BeeLyn Naihiwet is a nonfiction writer and poet with roots in Tigray. She is the author of two poetry collections, Plenty. and Moonful (Finishing Line Press). Her work explores memory, wilderness, and the shaping of the self. BeeLyn is currently working on a collection of personal essays. She enjoys all forms of art, especially motherhood. 2026 Writers Program
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Gabriella Garcia is a writer from the Sonoran Desert. Her chamber opera, A Spring Like This, a collaboration with composer Nehemiah Jones, was developed and performed in 2025 with the support of the Seattle Opera’s Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and lives in Seattle, WA, where she teaches […]
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Alejandro Pérez-Cortés’s poems and short stories have been published in newspapers in his home state of Colima, Mexico since 1996. In 2000 his work was included in the Anthology Cage of Verses / Jaula de Versos, published by the literary workshop Chessboard / Tablero, coordinated by the local poet Efrén Rodríguez. In 2002 his manuscript […]
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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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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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