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Olin Becker is an artist and creative writing student from Calgary, Alberta.

Chia-Hua Chu, also known as Maggy, is a lecturer in the Department of International Cultural Studies at the University of Hyogo, where she teaches EFL skills and cross-cultural studies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature (Hons.) and a Master of Education. After a hiatus to focus on academia, she has resumed her lifelong journey of discovering her literary voice. In her free time, she enjoys exploring literature, crafting with needle and thread, and practicing aerial silks.

Jaime Jacques is a writer who lives on the ancestral territory of Mi’kma’ki. Her poetry can be found in places like Rattle, Ballast, Rogue Agent, Variant Lit and Birdcoat Quarterly. Her reporting can be found in NPR, Salon and Lonely Planet among others. She has a deep and abiding love for Central America, where she lived for several years working as a travel writer and binge-eating mangoes. Connect with her at www.jaimejacques.com.

Photo of Claire & Tio by Erin Flegg Photography (@erinflegg_photo)

Claire Matthews is a bi, neurodivergent writer, editor, and creative facilitator. She lives on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her poetry received second place in CV2’s Foster Poetry Prize and has appeared in Prairie Fire, Arc Poetry, and The Fiddlehead, among others. In her spare time, she makes jam and poor decisions. 

Avery Nowicki is a writer, editor, and journalist. They have served as a reader for PRISM, and EVENT Magazine. In 2023, they spearheaded the program editorial for VIFF. She is currently the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Capilano Courier Publishing Society. Nowicki is obtaining a B.F.A. in Creative Writing from UBC. Nowicki’s work has been published in Broken Pencil Magazine (Toronto, ON), Local Wolves Magazine (Long Beach, California), The Disorder (Vancouver, BC), and The Ubyssey (Vancouver, BC).

Shranup Tandukar is a poet, writer, and researcher based in Lalitpur, Nepal. He is currently a Writing Fellow at the Open Institute for Social Science. His works have appeared in the Lucky Jefferson, Salamander Magazine, ASAP Arts, and Riverstone Literary Journal among others.

Léa Taranto (she/her) is a disabled Chinese Jewish Canadian writer who lives with OCD and comorbid disorders. An MFA graduate of the University of British Columbia and alumnus of the Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University, she resides on traditional, unceded Halkomelem and Squamish territories in BC. Her work has been published in the anthology Upon a Midnight Clear: More Christmas Epiphanies and in various Canadian literary journals. A Drop in the Ocean, her debut novel, is forthcoming with Arsenal Pulp Press in May 2025. Find Léa online at her website https://leataranto.com/, or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/leatarantowrites/.

Amy Wang is a Chinese-Canadian writer based on the unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) People. Funded by SSHRC and the BC Arts Council, you can find their writing in That’s What [We] Said, Paper Shell, The Goose, and more. They are currently an MFA student at UBC Okanagan.

Jong Yun Won (he/him) is a Korean-Canadian currently living in Philadelphia. He studied Creative Writing and English at the University of British Columbia which he payed for by tree planting during the summer. His poems have been published Quarter(ly) Press, Stoneboat Literary Journal, Waccamaw Journal and more. You can find him on Twitter: @jjjongwwwon.

Jade Y. Liu (she/her) is a Chinese-Canadian writer and poet from the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, BC). She holds a Bachelor of Arts from UBC, double majoring in English Literature (Hons.) and Creative Writing. A recipient of the 2020 George McWhirter Prize in Poetry, she has been shortlisted for Arc Poetry Magazine‘s Poem of the Year and has won Reader’s Choice in CV2’s 2-Day Poem Contest twice. Her work also appears in Chestnut Review, HAD, and elsewhere. She currently studies law at UBC, where she is the president of the Oral Advocacy Society and is excited about pursuing a career in family law. (Photo taken by Palette Creative.)

Chelsea Lee Wood is a writer, hairdresser, and part time BFA student, living and writing on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. Her poetry has been published by Plenitude Magazine, Artspeak Gallery’s PostScript and the limited edition collaborative art book Still Life.