is a second generation Filipino-American poet and teaching artist who goes by the moniker, "Soul Stuf." Raised with a background in theatre, improv, and hip-hop, he has been honing his poetic craft for the past five years and has been blessed with the opportunity to work with some amazing artistic institutions such as Spoken Literature Art Movement, Get Lit! Words Ignite, and The Poetry Brothel, among others. His debut collection of poetry has just been released via World Stage Press, alongside his first ever poetry album produced by Fictitious Professor. Christian loves good quality boba and is often distracted by small to medium-sized dogs. Christian uses he/him pronouns.

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is a queer, neurodivergent poet based in Santa Ana, California, who draws inspiration from travel, bodies of water, bodies in general, and poetry as a way to support mental health. She’s happiest when sitting on a warm, sandy beach sticking poems into notebooks, tending her garden, or cruising down the road — any road, really — with her loved ones. Rebecca uses she/her and they/them pronouns.

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is a budding poet, writer, and former Editorial Fellow for The Poetry Lab. Her stories have appeared in ¡Pa'lante!, The Plentitudes, Press Pause Press, and elsewhere. She has been a Harriet Williams Emerging Writer awardee by Literary Women Long Beach. Marilyn is the Fiction Editor for The Plentitudes and is currently working on a collection of short stories that contemplate womanhood, the body, Mexican Catholicism, and the power of blended language. Marilyn uses she/her pronouns.

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is a writer, poet, mother with works published by Beyond The Veil Press, Nightingale & Sparrow and Sampaguita Press. You can find her @jessjunewrites. Jess uses she/her pronouns.

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is a writer and poet who lives in Denver. She has a bachelor’s degree in English Lit from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as a half-completed but ultimately abandoned master’s in public administration. She’s passionate about learning in community, artistic irreverence, and the feeling of finding the exact right word. Her poetry has appeared in Ghost City Review, Sky Island Journal, and elsewhere.

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