Jacqueline Gabbitas was born in Nottinghamshire. She is the administrator of The Poetry School, a poetry advisor on WriteWords and has been a poetry judge for the Koestler Awards since 2004. She won third prize in the Poetry On The Lake competition 2004. Her poems have been published in various magazines and anthologies. She has an MA in Writing from Sheffield Hallam University. She likes otters and good strong tea. See www.poetrypf.co.uk for examples of her poems.

Louisa Hooper has been published in various magazines and was a winner in the Barnet Open Poetry Competition 2001. She has lived and taught English in Japan and the UK and now works in publishing in London.

Tina Tse was born in Hong Kong and brought up in England. She studied French and History at the University of Wales, Cardiff, as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris, and is fluent in French and Cantonese. She has an active interest in current affairs and human rights, and her main hobbies are eating and reading.

David Floyd was born in north London in 1980. His debut pamphlet War in the Playground was published by Hearing Eye in 2003. He has performed poetry in venues across London, a couple of which have invited him back. David is a columnist for The Morning Star newspaper and a Director of a creative agency SocialSpider.com

Martin Parker was born in North Nottinghamshire and studied photography at Napier University, Edinburgh. He did his MA (Fine Art) at Central Saint Martins, London and has had exhibitions in Sheffield, Edinburgh, London and Poznan, Poland. He currently plays in the bands, Friends. He has been working as a graphic designer since 1997 and specialises in education and the arts. For more information go to www.silbercow.co.uk