Bio: New York Times-bestselling author, speaker, and founder of The Unexpected Shape Writing Academy. esmewang.com

Bio: Essayist & Poet

Bio: Nonfiction & romance writer and musician. Nerdy and empathetic. Needs to lighten the F up most of the time. NB (she/they). ME/CFS & AuDHD.

Bio: Disabled poet-scholar

Bio: Developing the adult animated sitcom Nappyville.

Bio: I’m an artist and a traveller who loves solitary walks on the beach, coastal landscapes and roaming the countryside with my partner in our van Luna.

Bio: Hi, I'm Dan! I'm Esmé's assistant, and you can connect with me to ask questions or resolve technical issues. My email is [email protected]

Bio: patient navigator/advocate, support group leader, reader, chef, epileptic EDSer...

Bio: Pain activist and educator.

Bio: Keith Hood is a former janitor and window cleaner living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Keith is the One Story magazine 2024 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow.

Bio: Hello! Aspiring writer currently enrolled in the intensive

Bio: I'm a fat, queer, white, cis settler woman (she/her), living on the unceded Aanishnabe territory now known as Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Bio: ✨ Publisher: Parliament House Press Editor, writer, chaotic energy, poltergeist in a human disguise. she/they (sí/siad) ✨

Bio: Writer and recovering child. Creative nonfiction and short stories while living with an overactive nervous system and ruminating mind.

Bio: Amateur writer - short stories and long fiction

Bio: Coloured pencil artist. Sold 1000+ prints worldwide. Founder of The Drawing Guild ✏️

Bio: I help artists to feel fulfilled and accomplished by painting masterfully and confidently with watercolors. DM me 'WATERCOLOR' and I'll help you.

Bio: Hi! I'm MP (they/them). I'm a disabled transgender parent living in Philadelphia (Lenapehoking). I primarily write CNF and dabble in poetry.

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