Beverly Army Williams is a writer and mixed media artist living in the woods of Connecticut. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Strawberry Moon Magazine, The Ekphrastic Review, Whale Road Review, Uppercase Magazine, and The Dandelion Review. Her solo visual art show “Grimm, Abstracted” recently appeared at The Thimble Gallery. She has taught for Tatter Blue Library, Massachusetts Poetry Festival, and Fiber College of Maine, and she has taught writing at the college level since 2000. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico.

Joyce Hayden is a writer, visual artist, and a former university writing professor. An advocate for underserved populations, Joyce has led generative writing groups for battered women, teens at risk and survivors of abuse. She continues to facilitate online writing classes and has taught a weekly Ekphrastic writing class for over three years. Her chapbook, Lost Handprint, was selected for publication by The Dandelion Press in 2017. Joyce has taught classes at San Diego Writers Ink, Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Seaport Shores, and other venues. Her work appears in Al Jazeera English, The Yellow Arrow Journal, Manifest Station, and many other publications. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.