Christopher Soto (aka Loma) is a queer latin@ punk poet and prison abolitionist. They are currently curating Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color in collaboration with The Lambda Literary Foundation. They have work published in Columbia: A Journal, MiPOesias, Apogee Journal and more. They are an MFA candidate in Poetry at NYU and the 2014-2015 Intern at Poetry Society of America.

Kristina Bicher’s chapbook, Just Now Alive (Finishing Line Press, 2014) was a finalist in the New Women’s Voices Series of Finishing Line Press, published in 2014. Her poems and other writing have appeared in The Atlantic, Crab Creek Review, The Louisville Review, and others. She received a BA from Harvard University, an MA from Manhattanville College and is pursuing an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College.

Claire Fornarola is a poet and musician in Brooklyn, NY. Her work can be found in Apogee Journal and White Stag Journal. She is currently working on a chapbook of poems called Laughing In The Cemetery.

Eduardo Martinez Leyva’s poems have appeared in Apogee Journal, and Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color. Originally from Texas, he is an MFA candidate in poetry and translation at Columbia University, where he is also a teaching fellow.