Hema Nataraju

Hema Nataraju is an Indian-American writer, mom, and polyglot currently based in Singapore. Her work has most recently appeared in Best Small Fictions'22, Barrelhouse, Five South, Booth, Wigleaf, 100-word Story, and Ruby Literary, among others. She is a Submissions Editor at Smokelong Quarterly and she tweets as m_ixedbag. Check out Hema's published work here. 

Lakshmi Iyer

Staring at the stars, decoding the teenage world of her kids and, working five days a week are ways Lakshmi spends her time. When she is not watching Korean or Chinese dramas, she is conjuring up worlds in her head that become her next book. 

Lakshmi is the author of the children’s book, “Why Is My Hair Curly?” and a women's contemporary fiction "HINDSIGHT". Find out more on her website lgiyer.com

Melissa Llanes Brownlee

Melissa Llanes Brownlee (she/her), a native Hawaiian writer living in Japan, writes tiny, usually about Hawai'i. She plays the ukulele, tries to play the guitar, loves playing video games during her free time and camps during her holidays. Read Hard Skin from Juventud Press and Kahi and Lua from Alien Buddha. She tweets @lumchanmfa and talks story at melissallanesbrownlee.com.