Andrea Chapela is a Mexican writer. She is the author of a YA fantasy series, an essay collection, and two short story collections. She studied Chemistry at UNAM and has a Creative Writing in Spanish MFA from the University of Iowa. She’s a graduate of Clarion West 2017 and part of the Mexicanx Initiative. She […]

Andrea Kriz is a PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, currently doing research in brain genetics at Harvard Medical School. Her short fiction has also appeared in Clarkesworld and Asimov’s Science Fiction, among others, and been translated into French in Galaxies SF. She is also part of the Dartmouth Speculative Fiction Project, a collaboration between […]

Endria Isa Richardson is a writer based in Oakland, California. Her essays have appeared in Black Warrior Review, Alpinist, and Bay Nature magazines, and her speculative fiction is in Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, FIYAH, Nightmare, and others. Her work has received notable mentions in Best American Essays and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the runner-up […]

Nicole D. Sconiers is the author of Escape from Beckyville: Tales of Race, Hair and Rage, a speculative fiction short-story collection that has been taught at colleges and universities around the country. Her work has appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Speculative City, Nightlight: A Horror Fiction Podcast, PodCastle, Lucky Jefferson, and other publications. Her short stories […]

Charlie Sorrenson grew up in Indiana and Aotearoa/New Zealand and received his MFA from UC Irvine, where his stories earned Honorable Mention for the Henfield Prize. His work is published in Tor.com, Lightspeed Magazine, The Iowa Review, and Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, among other places. His chapbook of stories, WALK ON YOUR KNEES, was a […]

Greg Bear has authored more than thirty novels and five story collections, earning him five Nebulas, two Hugos, two Endeavors, and China’s Galaxy Award. He helped teach the first class in Sci-Fi/Fantasy at San Diego State College and is one of the original founders of San Diego Comic-Con.

Autumn Brown writes visionary fiction and creative non-fiction. Her writing has been featured in Octavia’s Brood, the Procyon Science Fiction Anthology, Revolutionary Mothering, Pleasure Activism, and more. She co-hosts the podcast How to Survive the End of the World, with her sister adrienne maree brown. She is a facilitator and political educator with the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA). […]

Amber Sparks is the author of several short story collections, including The Unfinished World and Other Stories, and I Do Not Forgive You (Liveright). Her essays and fiction can be found widely in print and online, in places like The Paris Review, NYMag, Granta, and Tin House.

Nelson Rolon is a writer and MFA graduate based in Columbus, Ohio. His debut novelette, Saudade, was published in FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction (2018), and received mention in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2019). Nelson now serves as Technical Assistant for FIYAH. He lives in a cozy apartment with his wife and their […]