Non-Fiction

Lauren Peacock (she/her) is an award-winning producer and author with a body of work that includes a literary portfolio of screenplays, fiction and nonfiction. Notably, she is the #1 Amazon author of Female. Likes Cheese. Comes with Dog, and her work has appeared in publications including Love Happens Magazine and Morning Lazziness. In addition to her writing achievements, Lauren serves as an annual judge for the Page Turner Awards. She obtained her MFA from Lindenwood University, and is currently an adjunct English professor. 

Rachel M. Ewing (she/her) is a writer from California, currently living and working in Appalachian Virginia. She holds an MA in literature from Virginia Tech.  Her work has appeared in PULSE literary magazine, Lumina Journal, and is forthcoming in Heimat Review. She can be found at raeee-mariee.bsky.social 

Ashley Okelberry (she/her) is a writer from Kearns, Utah, and is currently a senior at Utah Tech University studying English with an emphasis in creative writing.

Isabel Willems (she/her) spends most of her time driving through the swamps of the Gulf Coast for work and moonlighting as a writer from her home in southeastern Louisiana. Her nonfiction works are grounded in personal and often mundane experiences while her fiction explores all things speculative. Isabel's works of prose, poetry, and photography have been published in The Delta Literary Journal, The Cypress Review, and the anthology "Year Six" from Black Hare Press.

Christina C. (she/her) is a writer and poet based in New York at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Altamont Enterprise, and The Rising Phoenix Review.

Emily Eaton (she/they) is a sentimental lesbian from Essex in England. They adore Thai food and colours in the sky. She regularly writes for her Substack newsletter: https://somewheresoftly.substack.com/

Joey Colby Bernert (any/all) is a Michigan based writer whose work focuses on memory, intoxication, class, and informal harm. They are a statistician and licensed clinical social worker and are currently completing a Master of Public Health. 

Michelle Trantham (she/her) holds an MFA from Lindenwood University and an MA in Literature from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She teaches writing and literature classes in St. Louis area colleges. Her previous CNF and poetry publications appear in redrosethorns, Molecule, Belle Ombre, and Teach. Write. In her free time, Michelle is petting her two cats, tending to houseplants, and traveling. Instagram: @michelletranthamwrites

Noha Beshir is an essayist and poet whose writing focuses on motherhood, faith, and the multi-generational immigrant experience. Her writing can be found in Maisonneuve Magazine, WAYF Journal, and on her newsletter, Letters from a Muslim Woman. She lives in Ottawa, Canada with her husband and two children.

Kamryn Pitcher is a poet and writer from Miles City, Montana. She was formerly an associate editor of the Iron Horse Literary review and has recently graduated from Texas Tech with her Masters Degree in English and Creative Writing.

Jamie Diamond (she/her) received her bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies and Creative Writing from George Washington University in 2016, and her master’s degree in Communications from Johns Hopkins University in 2020. She grew up on Long Island and now lives in Brooklyn with her husband and dog. Subscribe to her newsletter Booklyn and find her on Instagram @jamie_diamond1.

Ella Medi is a young Canadian-American writer. She has many ideas that she wants to put to paper and share with others. She has been writing for nearly seven years, focusing on improving her craft every day for the last three and a half years. When she's not writing, editing, or brainstorming, she can often be found watching YouTube, playing Zelda games, or building Lego. 

Maggie Monahan is a senior studying English at Tufts University. She will be teaching elementary school in Boston starting this fall. In her free time, she enjoys baking, biking, and reading. This is her first time being published.

K. M. Davis (she/her) is pursuing her masters in Creative Writing & Literature at Harvard Extension School. Originally from Los Angeles, she worked in TV writer’s rooms before moving to China to teach. She is currently based in Hangzhou with her husband and two very needy cats. She has been a quarter finalist in the TV and Feature divisions for Final Draft’s Big Break. In 2024 her essay “To Kill a Golden Fish” was a finalist for The Tusculum Review.

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Mollie Conn (she/her) is a Creative Writing upcoming senior at the Mississippi University for Women. She is the editor of her school's literary magazine, The Dilettanti. Mollie focuses on nonfiction writing, sharing her stories of mental health, love, sex, and familial dysfunction.

Iman M'Fah-Traoré (she/her) is a Paris-born, New-York-raised, Afro-Brazilian writer who recently moved to Ericeira, a quaint coastal Portuguese town. Raised by two families stretched across two continents and four cultures, Iman has always questioned the notion of belonging. Alongside family structures and multiculturalism, thematically, she grounds herself in queerness, substance use, and grief. Iman has been featured in Bending Genres, NeverApart, and PapersPublishing. In addition to writing personal essays, Iman is currently working on her first book, a memoir. Find her on all the things @imanmft and on her website imanmft.com.

Iman M'Fah-Traoré (she/her) is a Paris-born, New-York-raised, Afro-Brazilian writer who recently moved to Ericeira, a quaint coastal Portuguese town. Raised by two families stretched across two continents and four cultures, Iman has always questioned the notion of belonging. Alongside family structures and multiculturalism, thematically, she grounds herself in queerness, substance use, and grief. Iman has been featured in Bending Genres, NeverApart, and PapersPublishing. In addition to writing personal essays, Iman is currently working on her first book, a memoir. Find her on all the things @imanmft and on her website imanmft.com.

Katie Darby Mullins (she/her) is a proud creative writing professor at the University of Evansville. In addition to being nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net multiple times, she’s been published or has work forthcoming in journals like Barrelhouse, The Rumpus, Iron Horse, Harpur Palate, Prime Number, and the music magazines The Aquarian and Paste, as well as quoted in James Campion’s recent book about “Hey Jude,” Take a Sad Song. She helped found and is the executive writer for Underwater Sunshine Fest, a music festival in NYC, and most recently, she published a book of poetry, Me & Phil (Kelsay Books).