Evan Wiig is a writer, journalist, and farm advocate based in Santa Rosa, CA. To learn more, visit www.evanwiig.com.

​Ariel Xinyu Peng (they/she) is a writer and teacher of translanguaging from Shanghai. They are the editor-in-chief of Mother Tongue Journal, a multimedia magazine. They hold a BA in English literature from New York University and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia University. Ariel’s work sheds light on urban life, neurodiversity, and queerness. They always have a meme.

Kathy Vo is a digital marketer based in Santa Clara, CA. Her works have been published by Unbroken Journal, Hibiscus, and Flash Fiction Magazine. Instagram @khv.writes.

Originating from the Midwest, Levi Walker Polzin enjoys writing stories and poems about the eternal battle of what it means to be human and find our place in the universe.

Brett Mink (he/him) is a writer from Morgan Hill, California. While he has written other short stories in the past, this entry is the first that he submitted for publication.

Nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best American Short Stories, and Best American Fantasy, Judith Ruby's stories and essays have appeared in Pleiades Magazine, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. Her work has been supported by The Hambidge Center, Ragdale Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Tyrone Guthrie Centre,  Carraig-na-gCat in Ireland, and Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus in Germany. She lives in Chicago.

James Sullivan is the author of Harboring (ELJ Editions). His stories and essays have appeared in Cimarron Review, New Ohio Review, Third Coast Magazine, Fourth Genre, The Normal School, and Fourteen Hills, among other publications. Having grown up in South Dakota, he splits his adult life between Japan and the American Midwest and now resides in South Carolina. Connect on socials @jfsullivan4th.