Rosebud Ben-Oni, Millicent Borges Accardi, Gerardo Pacheco Matus, and Monica Rico
Rosebud Ben-Oni is the author of several collections, including the forthcoming The Last Great Adventure is You (Alice James Books, 2027), a sequel to If This is the Age We End Discovery (2021), which won the Alice James Award and was a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Her work has been commissioned by Paramount, the National September 11th Memorial, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage. She has received grants from NYFA, Queens Arts Fund, Cafe Royal Foundation, Queens Council on the Arts and CantoMundo. Her work appears in POETRY, APR, PSA, The Writer’s Chronicle, Academy of American Poets, among others.
Millicent Borges Accardi, a Portuguese- American writer, is the author of four poetry books, including Only More So (Salmon). Her awards include fellowships from CantoMundo, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Fulbright, and California Arts Council. She serves as a mentor in the AWP Writer 2 Writer and Adroit summer writing programs.
Gerardo Pacheco Matus, a Mayan Native Poeta, was awarded the Joseph Henry Jackson Award and the Latin American Poetry Chapbook Award. Pacheco has received fellowships from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and CantoMundo, among others. Pacheco’s poems, essays, and short fiction have appeared in The Packinghouse Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, West Branch Wired, Four Way Review, The Cortland Review, Nashville Review, Tin House, Apogee Journal, Blue Mountain Review, and New England Review, amongst others. Pacheco’s Border Cantos Poemas poetry collection was a finalist for the Alta California Gunpowder Press Chapbook Prize, and Child of the Grasses poetry collection was a finalist for the Changes Book Prize. Pacheco is a tenured professor at Cañada College.
Monica Rico works as a scientific contributor in the effort to eradicate cancer. When she is not in hospitals, she applies her scholarship to nutrition, social biology, and Madonna. She is the author of the poetry collection, Pinion.
Kayla Rader
Kayla Rader is an illustrator and designer, originally from Texas, with a passion for storytelling, worldbuilding, and character creation. She is very fond of cowboys, pirates, and vampires (oh my), and loves using intricate linework and bold color in her work. Currently, she’s focusing on freelance illustration, selling handmade stickers and prints in her shop, and developing a webcomic. When she’s not drawing, she’s out adventuring with her party in Dungeons & Dragons or playing a narrative-led video game.
