Shevaun Brannigan is a graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars, as well as The Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House at The University of Maryland. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as Best New Poets 2012, Rhino, Washington Square Review, and Crab Orchard Review. Jamie J. Brunson has brought storytelling to the stage within different spheres of the arts and cultural community for over 16 years. She served as managing director of New Freedom Theatre and the Providence Black Repertory Company, an accomplished playwright, Brunson is a four-time Delaware Division of the Arts/NEA grantee for. Joyce Meyers has been to every continent except Antarctica. Many of her travel experiences find their way into her writing.  Her numerous publications include Atlanta Review, The Comstock Review, Iodine Poetry Journal, Slant, and Com-mon Ground Review. She has received several poetry prizes from Atlanta Review, including First Prize in the Atlanta Review 2014 International Poetry Competition.

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