Contributing Poets
Below you will find our incredible and ever growing collection of wordsmiths and poets who have managed to align the stars and pull all the right heart strings in our quest for poetry to live in our pages. This is by no means a comprehensive list of poets who have inspired us in search, but we like to think it's a very good place to start your own, and it is a hallowed hall of poets we are proud to call our alumni.
Chris Atkin
(he/him)
Chris Atkin is an English Teacher, spoken word poet, and two time Pushcart Prize nominee living in Draper, UT. His work has been published in Last Leaves Magazine, The Rising Phoenix Review, and the Lascaux Review. Chris loves poems that push the boundaries between page and performance, take big risks, and speak to the things that make us human.
Andrew Earley
(he/him)
Andrew Earley is a poet, spoken word performer, and multidisciplinary artist living in Salt Lake City. He is executive director of Alternative Arts and Music Program Utah, and has dedicated his life to the curating and celebration of artists and poets. He has 20 years experience in Slam and Performance Poetry, and loves poetry that speaks to political activism and finding the silver linings life leaves buried in struggle.
Trish Hopkinson
(she/her)
Trish Hopkinson is a poet and advocate for the literary arts. You can find her online at SelfishPoet.com. Her poetry has been published in several literary magazines and journals; and her most recent book A Godless Ascends was published by Lithic Press in March 2024. Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist, feminist, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling, live music, and craft beer.
Holton Lee
(any/all)
Holton Lee (Any/All) is an emerging poet based in Salt Lake City, and occasionally in your dreams (yes that was them, you’re welcome). Their work centers around queerness, identity, and whatever comes to mind. You can find them in cat cafes, co-running Salt Cured Collective, and talking to the local crows. They hope you enjoy their poems.
Heather D Haigh
(she/her)
Heather is a disabled, working-class writer and poet from Yorkshire, published by Oxford Flash Fiction, Fictive Dream, Bath Flash Fiction, The Phare, and numerous others. She has won or been placed in several competitions, and is a Pushcart and BOTN nominee, and a cheese addict.
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Jefferson Carter
(he/him)
Jefferson Carter’s work has appeared in journals like Barrow Street and Rattle. Chax Press (Tucson) published his ninth collection, Get Serious: New and Selected Poems, a Southwest Best Book of 2013. Free Hugs, his thirteenth collection, is now available from Coyote Arts (NM). For more information, visit jeffersoncarterverse.com Carter has lived in Tucson, AZ, since 1953 and taught composition and poetry writing full-time for 30 years at Pima Community College.
Issac Dominion Aju
(he)
Isaac Dominion Aju is a Nigerian poet whose works have appeared in different literary publications and Journals across the globe. He was recently longlisted for Narratives Against Poverty In Africa Literary Prize (2025)
Kate Lewington
(she/they)
From the South of England, Kate is a writer/poet and blogger. Their writing is largely based on the themes of belonging, loss, and wonder. They have been recently published by Roi Fainéant Press, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, World Insane and TrashLight Press. https://katelouisepoetry.wordpress.com/
Lynn White
(she/her)
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the
boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She has been nominated for Pushcarts, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.
https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/
James Rodgers
(He/Him)
James Rodgers has lived in the Pacific Northwest his entire life, except for vacations. He was the Poet Laureate for Auburn, WA from 2021-2023, published his first book of poetry, "They Were Called Records, Kids" by MoonPath Press, and has won multiple contests. He lives in Pacific, WA with his very patient wife and two neurotic cats.
Emma Johnson-Rivard
(She/her)
Emma Johnson-Rivard is a doctoral student in creative writing at the University of Cincinnati. Her work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Coffin Bell, Red Flag Poetry, and others. She can be found at Bluesky at @blackcattales and at emmajohnson-rivard.com.
Stephanie JT Russel
(she-her / they-them)
"Stephanie JT Russell is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, author, and cultural worker. The most recent of her nine creative nonfiction books is One Flash of Lightning, a poetic treatment of the classical Samurai Code (Andrews McMeel). Russell’s poetry has been anthologized in numerous books and journals such as Words Upon the Water (Juke Box Press), Oakland Out Loud (Juke Box Press), Lightwood, Xavier Review, The Winter Anthology, The Arlington Review, and Sequestrum. Russell’s visual art, poetry, performance and curatorial work have been featured at noted venues, including The Griffin Museum of Photography, The New Museum, The Albright Knox Gallery, Bowery Poetry Club, Circlolo Pickwick, and other spaces internationally. She has been a visiting artist and guest lecturer at cultural spaces such as New York University, The New York State Theater Educators Conference, the Franklin D Roosevelt Historic Site, and Vassar College. At the invitation of The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Russell facilitated collective theater craft and playwriting in Liberia, following the 1990s civil conflict in that country. As Dutchess County Poet Laureate 2023-25, Russell curated Stream of Life, a series of 22 intercultural readings and visual art events. She is recipient of the 2022 Overall Winner award from The Wirral Poetry Festival Competition, UK, and a winner of the Jinquinteng Poetry Festival in Bangkok, 2024. A multiracial native New Yorker, Russell lives in the Mid-Hudson Valley with her husband Daniel Beckel, a jazz pianist and writer."
M F Drummy
(he/him)
M F Drummy holds a PhD in historical theology from Fordham University. The author of numerous articles, essays, poems, reviews, and a monograph on religion and ecology, his poetry has appeared in dozens of journals, literary magazines, and anthologies, including Allium, Chamisa, Meetinghouse, Novus, Reverie, and San Pedro River Review. A 2026 Best of the Net nominee, his debut collection of poetry, Perdido, was published in 2025. Originally from Massachusetts, he and his way cool life partner of over 20 years continue to enjoy their retirement in the Colorado Rockies. He can be found at
https://www.instagram.com/miguelito.drummalino/
https://bsky.app/profile/miguelito56.bsky.social
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/m_f_drummy
https://substack.com/@mdrummy56
Susan R. Morritt
she/her
Susan R. Morritt is a writer, visual artist and musician from Waterford, Ontario, Canada. Her work appears in numerous journals including 34 Orchard Journal, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, Cool Beans Lit, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and The Speckled Trout Review. Susan is a former racehorse trainer who has worked extensively with livestock, including teaching turkeys English as a Second Language.
Baskin Cooper
he/him/his
Baskin Cooper is a poet, visual artist, and multidisciplinary creator based in Chatham County, North Carolina. His work spans poetry, songwriting, sculpture, screenwriting, and voice acting, weaving together visual, narrative, and musical elements. He holds a PhD in psychology and previously lived in Cork, Ireland, experiences that often shape his explorations of folklore, lyricism, and personal history. His poems have appeared in Rattle, The Avocet, and Ink & Oak, with work forthcoming in ONE ART and Verse-Virtual. His debut collection, The Space Between Branches, is currently seeking publication.
Indigo Aves
they/them
Indigo is an undergraduate poet at Utah State University who loves talking people into making long drives to attend poetry events. They find fulfillment in commenting on the state of the world and exploring their emotional turmoils through a connection to nature.
Cambria White
she/her
Cambria White is a Sophomore high school student living in Utah who has been writing poetry for as long as she could hold a pencil. She expresses her creativity through words, art, and as a member of her high school's tv/video production team.
Jonathan Fletcher
he/him/his
Jonathan Fletcher holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University School of the Arts. His work has been featured in numerous literary journals and magazines, and he has won or placed in various literary contests. A Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Microfiction nominee, he won Northwestern University Press’s Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize contest in 2023, for which his debut chapbook, This is My Body, was published in 2025. Currently, he serves as a Zoeglossia Fellow and lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Thomas Zimmerman
he/him/his
Thomas Zimmerman (he/him/his) teaches English, directs the Writing Center, and edits The Big Windows Review https://thebigwindowsreview.com/ at Washtenaw Community College, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. His poems have appeared recently in Cold Signal, TrashLight Press, and Trouvaille Review. His latest poetry book is My Night to Cook (Cyberwit, 2024).
Website: https:/thomaszimmerman.wordpress.com
Betty Stanton
she/her
Betty Stanton (she/her) is a Pushcart nominated writer who lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in various journals and collections and has been included in various anthologies. She received her MFA from The University of Texas - El Paso and holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership. She is currently on the editorial board of Ivo Review. @fadingbetty.bsky.social