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Aga Maksimowska is the author of Becalming (Rare Machines, 2026) and Giant (Pedlar Press, 2012), which was a finalist for the 2013 Toronto Book Award. Her stories and essays have been published in the anthology Polish[ed]: Poland Rooted in Canadian Fiction, Brick, The New Quarterly, The Humber Literary Review, Room, White Wall Review, The Lincoln Review, The Globe and Mail, and elsewhere.

Adrianne Huang works across painting, drawing, and book arts to navigate uncertainty and complex emotional states. Her work celebrates the fading, the fleeting, and the departed, inviting viewers to pursue catharsis in the absence of certainty. How do we know to treasure things before they’re gone, or when to let them go after?

What Life Is Like Here on Earth, out from Sheila-na-Gig in spring 2026, is Katherine Riegel’s fourth full-length collection of poetry. She also has a lyric memoir about grief, Our Bodies Are Mostly Water (Cornerstone Press, 2025) and a chapbook of prose poems, Letters to Colin Firth (Sundress, 2015). Her poems appear in Poets Reading the News, Rattle, SWWIM, and elsewhere. Co-founder and managing editor of Sweet Lit, she runs online classes for writers of poetry and short cre

Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is an assistant professor in the Department of English and the 2025-2026 Wayne O. McCready Emerging Fellow at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, Canada. His teaching and research interests include African and African Diaspora literatures, postcolonial literatures, gender and sexuality, cultural studies, and creative writing.

Erika is an emerging self-taught artist that uses photography as her medium. Born and raised in Mexico, Schmidt has been living in Canada since 2012, making Port Moody her home. Using her iPhone as her main tool to create art, Schmidt champions its use to blur the line between what is considered “professional” and “amateur” photography. The ability to choose a composition, harness natural light, or convey emotion is what truly transforms an image into a memorable work of art.

Born in 1979 in Saskatoon, Jackie Morisette is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in watercolours, inks, and acrylics. First guided by her impressionist mother she refined her affinity towards atmosphere and light through a series of independent studies and workshops in Florence, Barcelona, Brussels, Mexico City, and at home.

Lisa Martin is an award-winning poet and essayist. She is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, One Crow Sorrow (Brindle & Glass, 2008), Believing is Not the Same as Being Saved (University of Alberta Press, 2017), and Nighthawks (University of Alberta Press, 2026). Her first novel is A Story Can Be Told About Pain (NeWest Press, 2025). She is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at MacEwan University in Edmonton, on Treaty 6 territory.

Michael Vadney is an American fantasy author and podcaster. Born in the Florida Keys and raised in the woods of Pennsylvania, Michael's love for storytelling began at an early age. His passion for fantasy literature was ignited by classics like The Hobbit and Redwall, inspiring him to create his own worlds filled with complex characters and fantastic magic.

Magnus Lindblom grew up in southern Sweden close to nature and has always found inspiration in the landscape and birds that often appear in his art. After studying computer science, he worked as an engineer in Stockholm, where he developed an interest in Chinese calligraphy and studied in Hangzhou, China. Following burnout in 2004, he turned to painting, specializing in watercolour and printmaking. Magnus has exhibited across Europe, including Venice and Matera, and e

Marvit Ahanonu is a multidisciplinary artist and architectural designer whose work spans digital art, sculpture, painting, and immersive technology. With a background in art and architecture, she brings a unique nexus of art and science harmoniously. With a keen eye for detail and a deep commitment to storytelling through art on social issues challenging the society, Marvit has collaborated with a museum, research initiatives, and advocacy groups to create impactful visual na