Maddie Norris, the recipient of Ninth Letter’s Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction, was the Thomas Wolfe Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and earned her MFA at the University of Arizona. Her work can be found in Territory, Essay Daily, and Opossum, among other places.
Lee Matalone
Lee Matalone is the author of the novel HOME MAKING (Harper Perennial 2020). Her fiction has been featured in the The Offing, Denver Quarterly, Hobart, Joyland, Nat. Brut, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Bat City Review, among other places. Her essays and reporting have appeared in LitHub, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the National, and Flavorwire, among others. She has been a contributor to the Tin House, Bread Loaf, and Sewanee writers conferences, and has been awarded residencies at Pocoapoco and Art Farm. Home Making is her first novel. She is a lecturer at Clemson University.
Lauren Maxwell
Lauren Maxwell is a writer and communications consultant with a decade of experience helping others refine and amplify their voices. She has been praised for her ability to create clear, compelling storylines around personal experiences, products, and services. Lauren's zine, how to uncover SELF in chaotic times, is available for sale in shops across the world. She also writes WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE, a weekly newsletter celebrating writing for writing’s sake and reading for reading’s sake, while asking what it means to be alive.
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Lindsey DeLoach Jones
Lindsey DeLoach Jones is a professional writer, editor, and teacher in Greenville. She earned a BA and an MA in English and an MFA in nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University. She has taught literature and fiction writing at Clemson University and served as Editor-in-Chief of Emrys Journal and Edible Upcountry. Her essays have been published in Paste, South Carolina Review, Literary Mama, Relief, and Ruminate. She was awarded the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The prize-winning essay has since become her first memoir-in-progress.
