Cassell Archinuk is the owner of Cassy Arch Photography. She loves to photograph landscapes, nature and people with gorgeous scenic backgrounds. She loves the outdoors and the sense of peace, balance and beauty it provides. See a sample of her photographs in Issue 23.

Meet Polina Reed. Originally from the Ukraine, she now lives in Oslo, Norway. She is a self-taught digital artist and enjoys drawing everything from landscapes to human and animal portraits. Enjoy her artwork in Issue 23.

Jack Strunk is a painter, rugby player, and a previously unpublished writer. She did not find her passion for poetry until her senior year of high school. Since then she has gone to college and gotten a poem published in Issue 23. Look for her in the poetry section.

Jemma Leigh Roe studied art at the Université Paris-Sorbonne and received a PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures from Princeton University. Issue 23 features her poem, Lunar Strands.

Joni Ravenna is an award-winning playwright, TV writer and journalist. Several of her plays have been produced around the country including the “spellbinding” (Hollywood Examiner) “Beethoven and Misfortune Cookies,” which is based on the life of Kabin Thomas, a black music-appreciation professor teaching in the deep South who truly mattered to his students until the University decided that he didn’t. Read her short play in our Scripts & Clips section.

John Perovich is a playwright, dramaturg, educator, and theatre maker in Phoenix, Ariz. John's plays have been performed at multiple theaters, including: B3 Theater, Brelby Theatre Company, Laughing Pig Theatre, Space 55, Arizona State University, Cumberland County Community College, Safe Mode Productions, Little Fish Theatre Collaborative, and New York University. Read his play in the Scripts & Clips section.

Ching Ching Tan is a Chinese immigrant who has been living in the United States for sixteen years. Her journey of education and writing began in taking ESL courses in community colleges. She is busy writing her first memoir, Finding the Wor(l)ds. Look for her in the Creative Nonfiction section.

Kyle Jackson is from a small town in the Texas Hill Country and earned his degree in Creative Writing from Texas State University. He began writing as an elementary schooler in Oklahoma, and the passion has only grown and developed since. His nonfiction and professional works have been featured in local magazines and corporate publications. Now Canyon Voices is home to his first fiction story.