Madi Haab is a queer, neurodivergent, and half-Moroccan writer from Montreal who explores identity and relationships through speculative fiction. In 2023, her story “Blabbermouth” received an honourable mention from the Penguin Random House Student Award for Fiction, and her short fiction has since appeared in Hexagon Magazine and is forthcoming in Augur Magazine. When not writing, she dabbles in singing and art, and likes naps and videogames a little too much. Find her at lamotdite.com or on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter @lamotdite.

Jenna Hanchey has been called a "badass fairy," and she attempts to live up to the title. A professor of critical/cultural studies at Arizona State University, her research looks at how speculative fiction can imagine decolonization and bring it into being. Her own writing tries to support this project of creating better futures for us all. Her BSFA award-shortlisted work appears in Star*Line, Nature, and Radon, among other venues. She cohosts the podcast "Griots & Galaxies" on African speculative fiction. Follow her adventures at www.jennahanchey.com.

J.D. Harlock is a Syrian Lebanese Palestinian writer and editor based in Beirut. In addition to his posts at Wasifiri, as an editor-at-large, and at Solarpunk Magazine, as a poetry editor, his writing has been featured in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, and the SFWA Blog. You can always find him on Twitter and Instagram posting updates on his latest projects.

Michael Haynes lives in Central Ohio. An ardent short story reader and writer, Michael has had stories appear in periodicals such as Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Nature, and also in anthologies such as Deep Cuts, Not Our Kind: Tales of Not Belonging, and Kwik Krimes. He serves on the board of Rainbow Dublin and enjoys photography, cooking, watching ice hockey, and travel. His website is http://michaelhaynes.info/, and he can be found on Twitter as @mohio73.

Sylvia Heike is a fantasy and science fiction writer from Finland. Her stories have appeared in Flash Fiction Online, PodCastle, Nature Futures, and more. When not writing, she likes to go hiking and looking for birds. To find out more, visit https://www.sylviaheike.com or say hello on Twitter @sylviaheike.

I live in the backwoods of western PA with my partner and a small pack of (in their opinion) wild animals. I accidentally collect a very specific model of vintage blender and make a hobby of finding new hobbies. One day my slowly amassed hoard of crochet blankets may consume my home. My short stories have appeared in Apex Magazine, Cossmass Infinities and in the Women in Practical Armor Anthology. You can find the rest of my writing credits at clhilbert.wordpress.com/publications/.

Liam Hogan is an award-winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and in Best of British Fantasy (NewCon Press). He's been published by Analog, Daily Science Fiction, and Flame Tree Press, among others. He helps host Liars' League London, volunteers at the creative writing charity Ministry of Stories, and lives and avoids work in London. More details at happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.com.

Leanne (she/her) loves to write about the domestic magic of everyday rituals with some flawed characters thrown in. She earned her MFA from the University of Nevada, Reno and has stories in Typehouse Literary Magazine as well as Luna Station Quarterly and others. When she’s not reading, writing, or teaching, she likes theater, long walks, and a hot cup of tea. She lives with her partner and an imaginary cat in Brooklyn, NY.

Brian Hugenbruch is a speculative fiction author and poet living in Upstate NY with his wife and their daughter (and some unruly pets). By day, he writes information security programs to protect your data on (and from) the internet. His poetry has also appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Penumbric Spec, Liquid Imagination, and Apparition Lit. You can find him on Twitter @Bwhugen, on Instagram @the_lettersea, and at the-lettersea.com. No, he’s not sure how to say his last name, either.

Somto Ihezue (He/Him) is a Nigerian–Igbo writer, editor, and filmmaker. He is a Creative Writing MFA student at the University of Maryland, and an alumnus of Clarion West, Tin House, Voodoonauts, and Milford SF workshops. His work was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award (Sydney J. Bounds Awards), the Nommo Awards, the Afritondo Short Story Prize, the Utopia Awards, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the British Science Fiction Award. His works have appeared/forthcoming in Tor: Africa Risen, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, NIGHTMARE, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Fireside Magazine, Podcastle, Escape Pod, PseudoPod, POETRY Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, Flame Tree Press, and others.

He is the assistant editor of the Publishing Taught Me Anthology (SFWA & National Endowment for the Arts), and co-editor of the “Will This Be A Problem” Anthology. Visit his website at https://somtoihezue.com/.