Sherri Levine is a poet, mental health advocate, teacher, and a former poetry series host living in Portland, OR. She won the Lois Cranston Prize and first place in the Oregon Poetry Association Contest.

Sherri has published four poetry collections, with the most recent her illustrated poetry book, I Remember Not Sleeping, published by @fernwoodpress in 2024

Elisa Carlsen grew up in Humbolt County, Nevada. A queer, outside poet, and artist. Elisa’s poems have won awards from the Writer’s Guild of Astoria and the Oregon Poetry Association. She was the finalist for the Editor’s Prize at Harbor Review and has been nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize. Elisa is a Poetry Editor at New American Press.

Elisa’s poetry collection, Cormorant, was published in 2023 by @unsolicitedp and is a work of contrition. These poems are political and personal - a response to the federal government’s plan to kill thousands of cormorants in the name of salmon recovery and a tribute to the person who died from heartbreak because of it.