Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim is a young Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. He studied at Gombe high school. He has been featured in 10 international anthologies available both in print and online. His works have been featured in several online magazines, journals, groups, portals, blogs and social media handles.
Rakesh Agrawal is a doctorate in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Currently, he is based in Dehradun and working as independent consultant and researcher, carrying out studies on water policy, natural resource management and forest rights for various institutes. Besides, he is also writing poems and short stories, poems and blogs as poetry comes from the heart
René van der Klooster is multifaceted. Besides an author of poetry and plays (in Dutch and English) and prose (in Dutch), he practices visual arts, including drawing, painting and sculpting, moreover, formerly he worked as an architect and in that capacity he is currently designing lamps. René van der Klooster lives and works in The Netherlands.
Rick Blum has been chronicling life’s vagaries through essays and poetry for more than 25 years during stints as a nightclub owner, high-tech manager, market research mogul, and, most recently, old geezer. Mr. Blum is a three-time winner of the annual Carlisle Poetry Contest. His poem, Tomfoolery, received honorable mention in The Boston Globe Deflate gate poetry challenge.
Sanjeev Sethi is the author of three books of poetry. His most recent collection is This Summer and That Summer (Bloomsbury, 2015). He is published in more than 25 countries. Recent credits: Talking Writing, Poydras Review, Litbreak, Red Savina Review, The Piker Press, Poetry Super Highway, The Five-Two, Amethyst Review, Ethos Literary Journal, and elsewhere. He lives in Mumbai, India.
Steve Jackson is an internationally published poet. He has written two volumes of poetry published by Los Angeles Poets’ Press, Wade in the Water and An Affair in the Valley. His poems have appeared in The Salmon (Ireland), the California State Quarterly and The Muse (India).