Camilla Andrea is a scientist-turned-author fueled by coffee, cookies, and cheese. She loves listening to true crime podcasts, documentaries, and audiobooks while working on her drafts; they help her drown the chaos happening inside her head.
J.J.S. Cleofas is a Filipino writer and seafarer whose work explores labor, migration, masculinity, family, and the search for a life beyond work. He has spent eight years aboard bulk carriers. He lives with his wife and two cats when on land.
C. G. Hughes is a Black and Kapampangan magical realism poet and fantasy writer born in Oceanside, California. Her work sits at a crossroads between magical realism and surrealism, exploring identity, memory, relationships, and the complexity of the human experience.
A.J. Crame is an award-winning writer and educator in Las Vegas, Nevada where his parents raised him after fleeing martial law in the Philippines. He has an MFA from the University of San Francisco, and his writing has been featured by Effy Literary Magazine, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, and others.
Mary Poirier [she/they] is a writer from Hamilton, Ontario. Their writing is inspired by their interactions as a hard-of-hearing, lesbian, and Filipino artist. She is known for her work that has been published in various literary magazines and for her poetry readings.
Eunice-Grace Domingo was born in Manila, Philippines and immigrated to Canada in 2007 with her family. She has her BA in Honors English and MA in English Literature. Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction appear in numerous publications like The NY Literary Magazine and Modern Flash Fiction, amongst others.
Trisha Matabalan is a writer hailing from Bohol, Philippines. She was a fellow for the Silliman National Writers Workshop and is the author of the short story collection, Under The Dakit Tree. In her free time, she reads anything and everything.
Icia Encinas is a pansexual poet currently based in Osaka, Japan. A lover of the arts, she spends her time dancing, painting, and feeding her friends, often all at once.
Maika Carrillo is a self-confessed bibliophile and occasional writer based in the UK. Her work has appeared in TINIG UK, Golden, and Covert Magazine. She won the 2026 Love Rugby Festival Poetry Competition and the 2026 Creative Future Writers Award Platinum prize for creative non-fiction. She facilitates the Filipino Mothers UK Book Club and runs her bookstagram account @thefilipinabibliophile.
Braille is a writer who grew up in Iloilo. As a child, she was inspired by her grandmother’s stories about mythological creatures like the duwende and the kapre. Ever since, she has been writing about these creatures.
Michelle Chadwell is a Filipino-American writer and editor interested in leveraging their knowledge in literary history to better understand societal structures and how empires are challenged. They were born and raised in Bohol, Philippines and immigrated to South Florida. They are currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gio Nabatar is a Philippine-born, Australian writer who mostly writes fantasy. He completed his BA and Honours in Anthropology at the University of Sydney.
Gwen Nearie is a Filipino-Australian fiction writer based in Naarm (Melbourne), who spent time living and teaching in Cebu in the 2010s. Her work explores folklore, cultural identity, family, urban life, mysteries, workplace satire and anywhere else she feels like playing. This anthology marks her debut publication.