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Shilita Montez holds the MFA in Creative Writing from CSULB, Long Beach in California where she is a professional fine and performing artist. Shilita is also an English and ESL instructor and community activist; therein, she uses art to open minds and change lives.

Catrin Welz-Stein studied graphic design in Germany and worked as a graphic designer for various agencies. In her spare time she experimented with mixed media, collages and paintings on canvas and finally entered the amazing world of digital art. There she also discovered her passion and love of surrealism. Since then, her drive to create has never let go.

Chelsea Werner-Jatzke is a writer from New York City living in Seattle. She was selected as a finalist in the 2013 Tupelo Press Prose Open contest judged by Matt Bell. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Tupelo Quarterly, Pacifica Literary Review, Keep This Bag Away From Children, Extract(s), The Conium Review, and ListenParty.com. She has received fellowships from Artist Trust and Jack Straw Productions and Co-founded Lit.mustest, a reading series, as well as Till, a writer's retreat.

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