Features Overview
Alex Dawson > Poetry > Canada
Alex Dawson is a writer, wildlife photographer, mom and adult ESL teacher. She’s published two poetry collections, All these Living Things and Upon Learning That. She was nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize in 2026 and once for the Best of Net in 2026. Connect with her on Instagram and Substack @alexdawcreates.
Ali Leon > Poetry > Oregon, USA
Ali Leon is a poet based in Oregon, where she lives with her husband, Jason, and their two daughters. Her work has appeared in the Amethyst Review, The Reformed Journal and is forthcoming in the Main Street Rag, and elsewhere. She writes about motherhood, memory, and the sacred within ordinary life.
Alicia Potee > Poetry > Maryland, USA
Alicia Potee is a 2002 graduate of St. John’s College in Annapolis and current MFA candidate at the University of Baltimore. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Radar Poetry, ballast, Gone Lawn, trampset, BRUISER, Chestnut Review, Comstock Review, Hawaii-Pacific Review, Little Patuxent Review, and Baltimore Review, among other places. She lives in Towson, Maryland with her tiny zoo of children and pets.
Amanda Faye Martin > Poetry > Aotearoa / New Zealand
Amanda Faye Martin is a playwright and poet based in Ōtepoti, Aotearoa (Dunedin, New Zealand) who is equally interested in beautiful stuff and really good jokes. Her poetry has been featured in The Spinoff, Tarot Poetry Journal, Poetry Aotearoa, Gasher Press, Oddball Magazine and other online and print outlets. She is also a Senior Teaching Fellow in Theatre Studies at the University of Otago. You can follow her on Instagram @amandafayemartin
Andrew Fisher > Creative Nonfiction > Indiana, USA
Andrew Fisher is an emerging nonfiction writer based in Indiana, where he is raising twin boys as a solo parent. A stroke survivor and advocate who has spoken before congressional members on Capitol Hill, his work explores trauma, inherited silence, and the quiet courage it takes to break generational cycles. His writing centers on showing up—especially when presence is all you can give—and is drawn from a completed memoir-in-progress.
Barrie Brewer > Flash Fiction > Utah, USA
Barrie Brewer enjoys crafting lyrical stories with richly drawn characters that illuminate the complex depths of human nature. He combines post-doctoral research with real-world experience to examine themes of ambition, adaptation, and human connections. His passion for exploring diverse cultures fuels compelling narratives that explore both inner transformation and external challenges of human behavior. He weaves together insights from adventure travel, and research in behavioral science to create vivid, emotionally resonant tales about human potential, risk, and resilience. His storytelling reveals the extraordinary within ordinary moments in life.
Bella Melardi > Poetry > Canada
Bella Melardi is a poet and author. She writes about the political and personal. She attends OCADU. You can find her on Instagram @poetluvs.