Eli McLean is an editor, writer and publishing professional with broad sector experience and a deep knowledge of Australian literary culture. Most recently, he was Deputy Editor of Meanjin, and has also worked with Australian Book Review as Digital Editor, and Melbourne University Publishing as Sales, Marketing and Rights Coordinator. He lives and works on unceded Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung country. 

Mia Nie is a Chinese-Australian comic artist, essayist, illustrator, zine-maker and award-nominated ex-poet living on unceded Wurundjeri country. In 2020, she was a recipient of the Wheeler Centre’s The Next Chapter award, and her comics have been nominated for the National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Awards. She is currently creative producer at Express Media, and is working on her self-published serial webcomic, SAMSARA DREAMIN’.

Joel Keith is a writer and editor living on unceded Wurundjeri land. Their work has appeared in Overland, Island, Cordite, The Suburban Review and, of course, Voiceworks. She has edited for Voiceworks since 2021, and interned at The Suburban Review in 2023. She placed third in the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2024.

Aries M. Gacutan is a poet and digital creator working on the traditional lands of the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation. They also do a bunch of other artsy things for money. They often write about space/place, migrant identity and digital ephemerality. They were a recipient of the Emerging Poets Residency in 2024 with Red Room Poetry, and currently facilitate Toolkits: Digital Storytelling with Express Media. Read about their dastardly poetic escapades at thearieszone.neocities.org.

Claire Summerville is a graphic designer and recent Bachelor of Design graduate based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is interested in the multidisciplinary dialogue that exists at the intersection of design, publishing arts and print culture. You can also find her in the book world, as a seasoned bookseller, library science student, and Collections Coordinator for the Melbourne Art Library, where she enjoys connecting people with printed goodies.

Joanne Zou lives and thinks on unceded Wurundjeri Country. She is web editor for Sine Theta and previously edited poetry as part of Voiceworks edcomm. Her poems have been published in Cordite, Australian Poetry Journal, Voiceworks and elsewhere. They like pop music, all kinds of tea and the idea of hope.