EK Krone (she/her) is a jailhouse preacher's daughter. An MFA candidate at the University of Arkansas, she is a trans southerner and the inaugural winner of Arkana's Arkansas Writers Award. She is a founding member of the Northwest Arkansas Writers Nonprofit.

Mar Prax (she/her) is a writer from storied Valdez, Alaska. She loves writing stories somewhere between absurdism and magical realism that feature clowns, ghosts, and, of course, dogs. Currently living in Northwest Arkansas, she spends her time biking, hiking, fishing, and collecting comic books. She enjoys readings stories with off-kilter narratives, memorable characters, and an adventurous spirit. Her work is featured in LitSite Alaska and New Plains Review.

Mariya Kurbatova (she/her) is 24, on the fiction track of UArk's MFA program, and vodka cran's #1 fan. She loves literary monsters and sharp portrayals of our modern moment. 

Esra Jackson (they/them) is a trans and genderqueer poet from all around the very wide metro of Kansas City, Missouri. Their work has been published in Divinations Magazine, and navigates grief, faith, and gender as a physical experience in the body. They are excited by poems that are feverish and unwieldy in their language, surprising the reader with each line and speaking with conviction. Generally, you can find them either snacking on sweet potatoes, at the theater on discount days, or listening to horror fiction podcasts while taking walks.

Lillian Durr (she/they) is a flash fiction writer and poet from southwest Missouri. Her writing explores performance, rural queer experiences, and childhood through absurd and haunting lenses. Lillian loves reading stories with bold voices and absurd conceits and poems with melancholy in their bones. You can find her work featured in Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine and The Crossroads Review.

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