• Read more about S.B. Merrow

S.B. Merrow had a career as a flute maker, and for years worked with her hands—and her ears—on the instruments of professional musicians. Since returning to her first love, poetry, she has been published in journals such as Salamander, Nimrod International Journal, Gyroscope Review, and Free State Review. She has been a finalist several times for the Rash Award in Poetry and her first book, Unpacking the China, won the QuillsEdge Press 2016 chapbook competition. In 2020 her collection Everyone A Bell was published by Kelsay Books.

• Read more about Greta Ehrig

Greta Ehrig is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist with a passion for teaching piano, songwriting, creative writing, and mixed-media arts.

• Read more about Maria Wood

Maria grew up on the Eastern Shore and has returned to her roots after venturing into the wider world to, among other things, dance at Jacob's Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts, spend several years as a stage manager, travel the country with a children's band, study ethnomusicology, and write and teach extensively on the musical and cultural meanings of Hamilton. She is currently at work on a documentary film project about sea-level rise on the Eastern Shore. 

• Read more about HMH

Hi I am Hannah, an creator in the MD area. 

• Read more about wildliz

Liz is an emerging photographer with a lifelong passion for adventure and wildlife. She has long worked to connect people to the outdoors and conservation through years as a public interest activist and as an outdoor leader, teacher, and guide with the Sierra Club and REI. Her work as a photographer is a continuation of those efforts. Through the global pandemic, Liz's "bird-a-day" project has become a source of joy for many suffering through such a difficult year; giving people a connection to and education about birds.

• Read more about Candy Campbell

Candy Campbell, DNP, is an award-winning actor, author, playwright, filmmaker, and fine artist. As a proud SAG-AFTRA member, she has appeared on stage, screen, radio, and television. Candy co-founded an improv and stand-up comedy group and has since created three solo shows. The latest, “An Evening With Florence Nightingale: The Reluctant Celebrity,” has received rave reviews and played off-Broadway, several states,  and in three countries (so far!) Audiences young and old love the wit and wisdom of one of history's most influential women.