Staff

Beth Burrell is a writer, editor, and journalist. She has reported on issues ranging from science & the environment to local politics & education, as well as published essays on mid-life. She co-founded The Sunlight Press in 2017. Originally from North Carolina, she now lives in suburban Philadelphia. Find her on Twitter @sebburrell and Instagram @bburrell60.

Rudri Bhatt Patel is a lawyer turned writer and editor. Prior to attending law school, she graduated with an MA in English with an emphasis in creative writing. She is on staff at Literary Mama and her work has appeared in Pidgeonholes, Milk Candy Review, The Washington Post, Business Insider, Saveur, DAME, Brain, Child Magazine, ESPN,  Mothers Always Write,  Phoenix New Times and elsewhere. She is currently working on a memoir on grief, the Hindu culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. She lives in Arizona with her family. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter or her site, rudribhattpatel.com.

Meg Freer teaches piano and does occasional freelance editing and proofreading from her home in Kingston, Ontario. Her photos, short prose, and poems have appeared in various North American anthologies and journals and she is the co-author of a collaborative chapbook of poems, Serve the Sorrowing World with Joy (Woodpecker Lane Press, 2020).

Elizabeth Helen Spencer writes fiction, book reviews, and personal finance articles. She lives with her family in the Philadelphia suburbs. To learn more about Elizabeth and her writing you can visit elizabeth-helen-spencer.com or connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Annie L. Scholl, an Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate, is a writer based in Dayton, Ohio. In addition to being the Artists on Craft Editor, she writes the Bright Lights feature for Spirituality & Health: A Unity Magazine and contributes to HuffPost. She’s also been published on Brevity blog and Past Ten, among others. Annie is seeking an agent/publisher for her first memoir. She blogs at anniescholl.com and is active on Instagram but abandoned Twitter/X.

Susan Pohlman is the founder and director of the Phoenix Writers Network. She is a freelance writer, editor, writing coach, and workshop facilitator. She is the author of the memoir, Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home. Her essays have been published in a variety of print and online magazines and journals.

Peggy Turnbull is the author of two poetry books, The Joy of Their Holiness (Kelsey Press, 2020) and Where Sweetness Falls with the Rain (Cyberwit Press, 2024). She is the poetry editor for The Solitary Plover and a co-founder and editor at the Fresh Water Press, an indie publishing company in eastern Wisconsin.