Previous feature authors and artists have included Aberjhani, Jeff Abshear, Sherry Ackerman, Viestarts Aistars, Katie Alvord, Shaindel Beers, Eleanor Bennett, Olga Bonfiglio, Traci Brimhall, Kate Buckley, Derick Burleson, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Rick Chambers, Kurt Cobb, Tish Cohen, William Doreski, Michael Dunn, Stuart Dybek, Pamela Erens, Judith Fein, Holly Friesen, Ed Gray (jikiwe), Michael Loyd Gray, Gail Griffin, Mariela Griffor, Hedy Habra, Ladislav Hanka, Deborah Henry, Jeanne Hess, Conrad Hilberry, Ingrid Hill, Juris Jurjevics, Laura Kasischke, Jen Knox, Kip Kreiling, Dorianne Laux, Paul Levinson, Margo McCafferty, Daiva Markelis, Lori A. May, Sue Miller, Agate Nesaule, Nicolette Hahn Niman, Harry Owen, Marge Piercy, David Poyer, Ed Rode, Jothy Rosenberg, Russell Rowland, Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya, Tom Rudd, Sniedze Rungis, James Sanford, Laimdota Sele, David Small, Chandler Smith, Dominic Smith, Brent Spink, t. kilgore splake, Joannie Stangeland, Lynn Stegner, Diane Seuss, Marjory Heath Wentworth, Lori Williams, and a long, lustrous list of talented writers and poets.