Since 1989, Sandra J. Lindow has published ten books of poetry. The most recent is Mother Hubble’s Cupboard, 2025. Her poetry reviews can be found in Star*Line and the SpecPo Poetry Review Blog, and her poetry has been published in The Rhysling Anthology, The Dwarf Stars Anthology, Star*Line, Analog, Asimov’s, Scifaikuest, Dreams and Nightmares, Tales of the Talisman, and The Magazine of Speculative Poetry. She edited Dwarf Stars, 2011, “Evolving Gender,” Eye to the Telescope, October 2017, Alchemy of Stars II, 2018 and the Valentine's Day page, February, 2025. She coedits the SpecPo Poetry Review Blog 2020-present. She has served as SFPA Vice President and Acting President. She lives on a hilltop in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

Diane Severson is a lyric soprano specializing in Early Music, specifically Baroque and medieval music and loves teaching people to sing. Diane has been a member of the the SFPA since 2011, Membership Chair since 2014 and was recently elected Vice President. She has served as Elgin Chair, the SFPA Poetry Contest Chair, twice as jury member for the Rhysling Award and edited the music issue of Eye to the Telescope. She is a passionate promoter of genre poetry. She is a published poet, but she dares you to find her poems. She has narrated genre fiction and poetry for StarShipSofa (including the segment, Poetry Planet, devoted to poetry), Tales to Terrify, PodCastle, Escape Pod, Cast of Wonders, CatsCast and Pseudopod. The best place to find her is on the web because she tends to pick up and move to another country at the drop of a hat. Her now teenaged son learned 4 languages before the age of 7. She and her family have been living in Buckinghamshire, England for over 9 years now, though, so maybe she’s settling down.

Kate Ristau is the President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) and the Executive Director of Willamette Writers. She is the author of three middle grade series, Clockbreakers, Mythwakers, and Wylde Wings, and the young adult series, Shadow Girl. You can read her essays in The New York Times and The Washington Post. She is the chair of the Tigard Public Library Board of Directors, and you can meet her online at Kateristau.com.