David W. Berner
is author of several books of award-winning personal narrative and fiction.
Judy SooHoo
started writing in her retirement years. She has been published in anthologies including The Write City Review (2023) and TallGrass Writers Guild Play (2022).
Thomas Chockley
is a journeyman haiku poet and facilitator of the ISPS-HSA Haiku Chapter. He has published two books of haiku poetry.
Marjorie Rissman
serves as the ISPS treasurer and also membership chair. In addition she is on the Board of East on Central Association.
Susan T. Moss
the author of two poetry chapbooks, In From The Dark and Keep Moving ‘til The Music Stops and a full-length collection entitled Mapping A Life.
Jim Wilkerson
a lifelong resident of Decatur, Illinois. In his poetry he likes to trigger emotion, involve the senses, and capture moments in time.
Kathryn P. Haydon
wrote her recent poetry collection, Unsalted Blue Sunrise, throughout the seasons of a year on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.
Kate Hutchinson
recently retired from a 34-year career as a high school English teacher and Fine Arts Coordinator.
Lynn Fitzgerald
is a professor of English for the Chicago City Colleges and a published poet.
Jordan Maclay
sees art and poetry as an expression of the joyous mysteries and the tough realities of life.
Lennart Lundh
a poet, photographer, short-fictionist, and historian. His work has appeared internationally since 1965.
Joseph Kuhn Carey
has published two full-length books of poetry, Postcards From Poland (Chicago Poetry Press, 2014), and Black Forest Dreams (Kelsay Books, 2021).
Jill Angel Langlois
lives in Gurnee with her husband. They both enjoy poetry, novels, movies and music.
Jennifer Dotson
the author of Late Night Talk Show Fantasy & Other Poems (Kelsay Books, 2020) and Clever Gretel (Chicago Poetry Press, 2013).
Janice Doppler
spent her writing energy on grant proposals and curriculum development during her career as a teacher and school administrator.
Donna Pucciani
a Wheaton resident, has published poetry many national and international journals.
Jane Richards
A retired piano teacher, she now pursues her life-long passions for writing, nature and travel.