Jenna Anderson is a graduate of Dakota Wesleyan University and a sci-fi writer now living in Montana.

Andrew Bakken graduated from of Dakota Wesleyan University with a multimedia major. He travelled to the Netherlands where he took a photography class and decided his life would take him overseas.

Brandy Bambas is an English major at Dakota Wesleyan University.

Charity Kear is a senior at Dakota Wesleyan University with a major in communications. She dabbles in painting, writes an online blog, and loves photography.

Danna McCloud, an artist from South Dakota, creates literature and art reflecting on organic appreciation, personal spirituality, and introspection. She explores the link between the spiritual and the physical.

B.Z. Niditch is a poet, playwright, fiction writer and teacher, as well as founder and artistic director of The Original Theater in Boston. His work is widely published throughout the world, including Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Art; The Literary Review; Denver Quarterly, and others.

Dean Phelps’ work has appeared in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Canada, and the United States.

Ariel Ptak is a sophomore at Dakota Wesleyan University. She is working toward a major in English with emphasis in creative writing and a minor in the fine arts. This will be her first publication, though she did win an honorable mention in a poetry contest two years ago and second place in a fiction contest last year.

Lacey Reuer is a sophomore at Dakota Wesleyan who is majoring in creative writing. She is from Gregory, SD and has one daughter named Finola. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, decorating, and spending time with her family.

David Sapp is a writer and artist living near Lake Erie. He teaches at Firelands College in Huron, Ohio. His poems have appeared widely in venues aross the nation. He has a chapbook, Close to Home, and a novel, Flying Over Erie.

Trisha Schleich is a fourth-year theater BFA at Dakota Wesleyan University.