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Janelle Gray, Ph.D. is a creative writer and educator who teaches Composition and Creative Writing at Texas Christian University. She is a produced playwright with published
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Matthew W. Baker, Ph.D. is a poet and professor and lives in Dallas where he teaches
Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research focuses on aesthetics
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Taut Musculature (FLP 2019), and other craft essays and poems appear in Cleaver, Muzzle
Magazine, The Southern Review, The Atlanta Review, and Booth Journal, among others.
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Abhipriya Priyadarshi is a creative writer, translator, and educator pursuing her Ph.D.
in English Literature at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research focuses on representations of women’s agency in Anglophone Literature, and she also teaches Rhetoric
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a research scientist in India.
Kim Horner is author of the memoir Probably Someday Cancer (University of North
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Lana Turner, So It Goes, and The Texas Observer. Kim, a former newspaper reporter,
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and is a PhD in literature candidate at The University of Texas at Dallas. She is a 2026
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Finley Brandow is a young, creative mind who plans to study Library Science while
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or by reading the wondrous words weaved by others.
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will settle for reading the amazing pieces submitted to SQN.
Chris Welsh has lived long and written deep—if this is all, he is content.
Christy Wright is an experienced educator with 18 years in teaching and a passion for
student success. She earned her degree in Health and Human Performance and previously
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two boys and enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, Twixy and Penny.
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screenwriting competitions such as Save The Cat and ScreenCraft. Heidi devours new
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this, she cultivates creative writing spaces through her website and social media. Heidi
aims to inspire others to pursue their aspirations and strives to model that through her own
daily actions.
Sarah Sands Phillips E7Vt7NDUzQWR&DQDGD LVD5HG5LYHU0pWLV%ULWLVK,ULVKDUWLVW
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in Channel; Splinter; tba: Journal of Art, Media, and Visual CultureDQGPublic, among
others. She is currently based in Japan.
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at Columbia University and Cave Canem. He is an incoming poetry MFA candidate at
Hunter College.
