Selena Mercuri is a Toronto-based writer currently working on her debut novel, which explores themes of identity and generational trauma.

Arielle Friedman is an award-winning documentary screenwriter who bounces between Toronto and New York.

Patti’s writing has appeared in publications such as The Dalhousie Review, FreeFall, Grain, Prairie Fire, The Antigonish Review, and Waiting: An Anthology of Essays.

Tamara North was born and raised in Montreal, QC.

Erin Brown is a poet, writer, and filmmaker originally from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Sophie Shen grew up in Kingston, Ontario and currently resides in New Jersey, USA.

Born and raised and still living in Toronto, Brad is retired after owning and operating a decorating centre.

Mark E. Prior is a writer of long form fiction and creative nonfiction.

Miriam Edelson is a neurodivergent writer, settler and mother living in Toronto, Canada.

John RC Potter is an international educator originally from Canada, but who is living in Istanbul.

Michael McGrath is originally from Canmore, Alberta.

Dennis Stein has been writing historical pieces for free newspapers, and short stories and novels for more than a decade, having begun to take his craft seriously later in life.

Dr. Andrew Lindsay is an occasional teacher of college history with a fond memory of growing up, and attending school in Scarborough, Ontario.

Jessie Carson lives in Almonte, Ontario. She is a writer, a reader, a teacher, and the mother of three boys.

Sarah Cheng was born in Hong Kong in the 80s and grew up in Markham, Ontario.

The intricacies of the human connection are what motivate Celia Richard to write.

Rose Camara is an emerging writer, public servant, and recovering lawyer living and working on the Lekwungen people’s territory known as Victoria.

Désirée Jung is an artist born in Brazil, and adopted by Vancouver, Canada. She has published translations, poetry, and fiction in several magazines around the world.