Ash Hurtado, performer, librettist, and horror fan

Fred Karger, political consultant, activist, and first openly-gay presidential candidate in a major party

Meliza Bañales, slam poet, advocate, and adventurer, also known as Missy Fuego

Kyle Turner, essayist, and film critic whose work has appeared in Playboy, The Village Voice, Slate, and The New York Times

Karen Poppy, poet, librettist, attorney, and equestrian

Gus Klein, screenwriter, voice actor, and former interior decorator

Len M. Ruth, self-professed nerd who enjoys inventing musical instruments and telling stories

Aaron Shurin, poet, essayist, and retired educator

Frank Arthur Smith, screenwriter and actor who has tidied up with Mary Kondo

Shannon T.L. Kearns, playwright, speaker, storyteller, and ordained priest