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Ryan Boudinotis the author of “The Littlest Hitler” (Counterpoint, 2006), a Publishers Weekly Book of the Year, and “Misconception” (Grove Atlantic, 2009). His work has appeared in McSweeney's, The Stranger, “The Best American Nonrequired Reading” and elsewhere. He teaches at Goddard College's M.F.A. program in Port Townsend.

Seattle poet John Burgesshas two books from Ravenna Press, “Punk Poems” (2005) and “A History of Guns in the Family” (2008). He was a 2006 Jack Straw writer; co-founder of the Burning Word Festival; and the 2008 Words' Worth curator for the Seattle City Council. He's currently editor for the online lit journal Snow Monkey.

Keri Healey is a playwright, director, and actor living in Seattle. Her plays include DON’T YOU DARE LOVE ME, ONE TWELVE, THE IKEA CYCLE: TINY DOMESTIC DRAMAS (co-written with Bret Fetzer), PARROT FEVER (OR, LIES I'VE TOLD IN CHAT ROOMS), CHERRY CHERRY LEMON and PENETRALIA. Her plays have been performed in Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Vail (Colorado), Adelaide (Australia), and Singapore. Keri is also the author of a collection of short stories entitled Jealous of Boys. In 2002 and 2006 she was a writer-in-residence at the Espy Foundation in Oysterville, WA. Her next play, a musical thriller about a motel lounge cover band’s murderous spree, is being developed by Printer’s Devil Theater, where she is a company member.

Nicole Hardy lives in Seattle where she works as a waitress and a teacher. She is the author of "Mud Flap Girl's XX Guide to Facial Profiling," a finalist in Main Street Rag's 2006 chapbook contest and was published as part of its Editor's Choice chapbook series, and "This Blonde." She earned her MFA at the Bennington College Writing Seminars, and was nominated for a 2007 Pushcart Prize. Her poems have appeared in many journals and have been rejected from many more. More about Nicole and her poems can be found at hardygirl.com.