LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Dan Alter is the author of two collections of poetry: My Little Book of Exiles (Eyewear, 2002) winner of the Cowan Poetry Prize, and Hills Full of Holes (Fernwood, 2025). He is also the translator of Take a Breath, You’re Getting Excited (Ben Yehuda, 2024), from the Hebrew of Yakir Ben-Moshe. His poems, reviews and translations have been published widely. He works at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley. 

Shannon Arntfield is a second-career trauma therapist whose work explores the challenges and rewards of saying ‘yes’ to life’s effluence. Her debut collection Python Love was just published by the University of Alberta Press in February 2025. Her debut chapbook Fallen Horseman was published by Anstruther Press in 2023. She lives in London, Ontario.

Courtney Buder is an English student at the University of New Brunswick. Their work is published or forthcoming in Geist Magazine, the Queen’s Quarterly, and Room Magazine. Find them on Instagram @courtneybuder

Hailing from a background of dedicated service, including time as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy and a career in federal government, Joe Ditchett now translates his unique perspective into the captivating world of pinhole and slow photography. A proud alum of the United States Naval Academy, Joe’s deployments and service at Arlington National Cemetery instilled in him a deep appreciation for reflection and the passage of time—themes that subtly inform his artistic practice. Photography became a vital outlet for Joe after his active duty, allowing him to delve into creative expression, convey emotion, and explore the fundamental questions of human existence. His work in pinhole and slow photography encourages a deliberate observation of the world, revealing beauty in extended moments. Joe lives in Wilmington, DE, with his wife, two sons, adopted greyhound, two cats, and chickens, finding inspiration in his historic home.

Tin Fogdall is a native of Seattle, adopted child of New England, and currently living in Vermont, U.S.A. Her work appears most recently in Literary Matters, The Missouri Review, SWWIM, Poetry Northwest, and Sixth Finch, as well as The Threepenny Review, Poetry, NER, and Slate, among other venues. She earned her M.A. in creative writing from Boston University. Find more at tinfogdall.com, and follow her on Instagram @kmfogdall, where she documents a minor obsession with circles.

Dagne Forrest is a Canadian poet. In 2021 she was included in Canada’s Poem in Your Pocket campaign.  Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in a range of journals including Rogue Agent, Tar River Poetry, The New Quarterly, december magazine, Pinhole Poetry, and Prism International. She belongs to Painted Bride Quarterly’s senior editorial and podcast teams. Her chapbook “Un / Becoming” is published by Baseline Press (2025).

Christina Hennemann is a poet and writer. Her latest poetry book “Leafing” is a winner of the Cerasus Poetry Chapbook competition. Her pamphlet “Witch/Womb” was funded with an Agility Award from Arts Council Ireland. She received the Doyle Award and the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction, as well as a Mayo Artist Bursary. Her work appears in Poetry Ireland, Poetry Wales, Anthropocene, Southword, York Literary Review, Meetinghouse, Kelp Journal, and elsewhere. www.christinahennemann.com 

Stephen Joffe is an award-winning actor, musician, writer, and sound designer based in Toronto. He has previously been published as a playwright, songwriter (Birds of Bellwoods, etc.), and poet. His publications in 2025 include Humber Literary Review, Squid Lit Magazine, The Scop, Willows Wept Review, Lost Blonde, Amethyst Review, Pinhole Poetry, Dalhousie Review, Chrysalism, The Pointed Circle, and more.

Janina Aza Karpinska (M.A. Creative Writing & Personal Development, with Merit, Sussex University) draws on many influences, and writes in several styles. Her poetry has appeared in: Ekphrastic Review; London Reader; Poems in the Waiting Room; Magma; Cold Signal; Sein und Werd; Epistemic Lit, and Raising the Fifth, among others. She lives on the south coast of England.

Laurie Koensgen lives and writes in Ottawa, Canada. Recent publishers include Literary Review of Canada, The Ex-Puritan, The Madrigal, Blue Moon Review, The New Quarterly, and Twin Bird Review. Laurie is a founding member of the Ruby Tuesday Writing Group. Her latest chapbook, this clingstone love, is with Pinhole Poetry. 

Jake Marmer is a poet, performer, and educator. He is the author of three poetry collections: Cosmic Diaspora (Station Hill Press, 2020), as well as The Neighbor Out of Sound (2018) and Jazz Talmud (2012), both from The Sheep Meadow Press. He also released two klez-jazz-poetry records: Purple Tentacles of Thought and Desire (2020, with Cosmic Diaspora Trio), and Hermeneutic Stomp (Blue Fringe Music, 2013). His work has been published in Harper’s Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, Threepenny Review, the Massachusetts Review, Brooklyn Rail, Electric Literature, and other publications. Born in the provincial steppes of Ukraine, in a city that was renamed four times in the past 100 years, Jake lives in Western Massachusetts.

Terri McCord is a previous Pinhole contributor. She is a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee. Her work is forthcoming in Trampoline, The Chiron Review, and Many Nice Donkeys. A visual artist as well, she loves utilizing the visual for writing.

Cassidy McFadzean is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Crying Dress (House of Anansi, 2024). Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Joyland, The Walrus, Hazlitt, and Dead Writers (Invisible Publishing, 2025).

Steve McOrmond is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Reckon (Brick Books, 2018). A past recipient of the Milton Acorn Award and the P. K. Page Founders’ Award for Poetry, his work has appeared on Poetry Daily and in Best Canadian Poetry in English. A new chapbook is forthcoming in fall 2025 from Baseline Press. He lives in Toronto. http://www.stevemcormond.com. Instagram: @smcormond.

Resident artist/curator for The Chroma Museum, artistic renderings of LGBTQI historical figures, organizations and allies predominantly before Stonewall, Stephen Mead is a retiree whom, throughout all his pretty non-glamorous jobs still found time for writing poetry/essays and creating art.  Occasionally he even got paid of this. Currently he is trying to sell his 40-year backlog of unsold art before he pops his cogs, https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/stephen-mead

Susan Robertson grew up outside Washington, D.C. but has made her home in Canada for years. Her poems have appeared, or will soon, in journals such as Prairie Fire, Parentheses, Grain, The /tƐmz/ Review, Psaltery & Lyre, and The Fiddlehead. Her chapbook, So I Go, is out with Baseline Press.

Patrick G. Roland studied literature and composition in graduate school and currently teaches undergraduate composition courses. Though he is new to traditional poetry publication, his writing has been recognized on a national scale. In 2017, he won a $24,000 creative writing scholarship from AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, selected by a vote of 22,000 people. The competition was open to writers entering graduate school, and he qualified while preparing to attend the University of Cincinnati. As someone born with cystic fibrosis, storytelling has always been his way of navigating life’s complexities.

Michael Russell (he/they) is the queer, mad mother monster behind two chapbooks, gallery of heartache (forthcoming from 845 Press) and Grindr Opera (Frog Hollow Press). They are the coauthor of chapbook Split Jawed with Elena Bentley (forthcoming from Collusion Books). As always, he thinks you’re fantabulous. Insta: @michael.russell.poet     

Sarah Washburn Thornton is an artist + poet living on the road in the so-called United States. Their poetry has appeared in Glitter Mob Magazine, The Basil O’Flaherty, Armarolla Magazine, Forbes and Fifth Magazine, and Yawp Magazine (upcoming).

Terry Trowbridge has appeared in Pinhole Poetry before. He is grateful to the Ontario Arts Council for funding his, and other’s, writing.

Fendy S. Tulodo is a field worker, father, and writer based in Malang, Indonesia. His work blends local culture, memory, and artifact storytelling. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in Across the Margin, CafeLit, House of Long Shadows, and more. He often writes during early mornings before his toddler wakes up.

Mackenzie Wiebe is a writer interested in texture, sensation, and ornament. They have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and currently organize the Emerging Writers Reading Series. They have a chapbook with Armistice Press called Wandering Teeth.

Susan Wismer is grateful to live on Treaty 18 territory at the southern shore of Manidoo-gitchigami (Georgian Bay) in Ontario, Canada with two human partners and a very large dog. Recent publications include a chapbook Hand Shadows (Wintergreen Press, 2024) co-authored with Michele Green and Suzette Sherman.  Hag Dances is out with At Bay Press in Spring 2025. www.susanwismer.com