Maya Jewell Zeller grew up in the Northwest. She has taught writing and literature to high school and college students, fourth graders, and senior citizens, and has been a writer-in-residence in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Recipient of a 2016 Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, her work has also won awards from Sycamore Review , New South, New Ohio Review, Dogwood, Florida Review and Crab Orchard Review , and has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes.

Tami Haaland is the author ofthree poetry collections, most recently What Does Not Return . Her poems have appeared in many periodicals and anthologies, including , Cutthroat, Consequence, The American Journal of Poetry, Ascent, The Ecopoetry Anthology , and Healing the Divide. Her work has also been featured on The Slowdown, The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily , and American Life in Poetry .

Tami Haaland is the author ofthree poetry collections, most recently What Does Not Return . Her poems have appeared in many periodicals and anthologies, including , Cutthroat, Consequence, The American Journal of Poetry, Ascent, The Ecopoetry Anthology , and Healing the Divide. Her work has also been featured on The Slowdown, The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily , and American Life in Poetry .

Tami Haaland is the author ofthree poetry collections, most recently What Does Not Return . Her poems have appeared in many periodicals and anthologies, including , Cutthroat, Consequence, The American Journal of Poetry, Ascent, The Ecopoetry Anthology , and Healing the Divide. Her work has also been featured on The Slowdown, The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily , and American Life in Poetry .

Tami Haaland is the author ofthree poetry collections, most recently What Does Not Return . Her poems have appeared in many periodicals and anthologies, including , Cutthroat, Consequence, The American Journal of Poetry, Ascent, The Ecopoetry Anthology , and Healing the Divide. Her work has also been featured on The Slowdown, The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily , and American Life in Poetry .

Tami Haaland is the author ofthree poetry collections, most recently What Does Not Return . Her poems have appeared in many periodicals and anthologies, including , Cutthroat, Consequence, The American Journal of Poetry, Ascent, The Ecopoetry Anthology , and Healing the Divide. Her work has also been featured on The Slowdown, The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily , and American Life in Poetry .

M.L. Smoker is a member of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. She currently serves as co-poet laureate for the state of Montana, alongside her longtime friend, Melissa Kwasny.

M.L. Smoker is a member of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. She currently serves as co-poet laureate for the state of Montana, alongside her longtime friend, Melissa Kwasny.

M.L. Smoker is a member of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. She currently serves as co-poet laureate for the state of Montana, alongside her longtime friend, Melissa Kwasny.

M.L. Smoker is a member of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. She currently serves as co-poet laureate for the state of Montana, alongside her longtime friend, Melissa Kwasny.