Saturday, September 6 at 10 a.m. at Salem Lit Fest, Ames Hall at 208 Essex Street! Register (FREE!) at salemlitfest.org.
Kymm Coveney (Boston, 1959) lives in Barcelona and spends summers in Jamaica Plain. History of Milk, her translation of award-winning novelist Mónica Ojeda's poetry collection, will be published by Coffee House Press in 2026/27. In the US, her most recent poems have been included in California Quarterly, Molecule: a tiny lit mag and Lyrical Somerville. Bluesky: @kymminbarcelona.bsky.social Facebook: kymm.coveney Instagram: @kymmcoveney Twitter: @kymminbarcelona betterlies.blogspot.com
An interior designer by day, Five Minutes contributor Betsy Ellor spends her free time hiking, walking the beach with friends, and annoying her tweenage son. Her recent work includes Heroic Care and the picture book, My Dog is NOT a Scientist. Her novel Hera comes out this fall. @betsyellor on Instagram, Facebook, and Substack
Ian Owens lives in Essex, MA where he writes, acts in community theater, and chases rainbows. He is also working feverishly on a medieval historical fiction trilogy based on Icelandic sagas. His first book, a cycling memoir called "Riding the Big One," can be found at ianowens.com.
Susanna Baird is founder and editor of Five Minutes. When not writing or editing, she helps lead the nonprofit Clothing Connection, volunteers with the Salem Literary Festival, and readsreadsreads.
Brooke Delp is a writer, educator, and photographer whose work has appeared in several publications and earned multiple awards. She is currently working on a screenplay, a memoir, and a novel, but her most meaningful project to date has been raising her two wonderful daughters.
Five Minutes contributor Rebecca Ingalls is a former English professor, now midwife and nurse practitioner. She lives in New England with her family, close to the sea, where she loves to write and play music as a DJ for her local radio station. Her work has appeared in Five Minutes and River Teeth’s "Beautiful Things."
Dawn Stahura is a poet and artist from Salem, Massachusetts. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appears in such journals as The Comstock Review, Rhino, Plexus Review, and Rogue Agent. Dawn serves as the Poetry Editor and Managing Editor of Soundings East. Find her at www.dawnstahura.com
Pamela Bloomfield has worked for many years as an independent consultant to governments and nonprofits. Her stories have appeared in Five Minutes, Molecule, Parhelion, Rivanna Review, Foliate Oak, and other literary magazines. She once spent a summer working as a barmaid in South Devon, England.
Micro Marvels emcee Jim DeFilippi is a prolific, eccentric American author with 44 books and over 2 1/2 million words in print. www.JimDeFilippi.com
Bobbi Lerman is a writer of personal and travel essays, as well as historical romance. Passionate about storytelling, happiest when exploring both new destinations and old favorites. Whether wandering cobblestone streets or imagining the past, she's always chasing a good story. Follow her on her online writing community: Scribbler's Ink at www.facebook.com/groups/351022088275863 or on Instagram @scribblersink6 or at scribblersink.com.
David Earl Williams has been his alias since birth. His new chapbook A.I. Yokohama Yankees Twelve, A.I. Rio-Atlanta Dantes 36 Long-12” … Mysteriously Tied After 9 … or The Sock Puppet Melodrama is available for purchase or as a free download at C22press.wordpress.com. His previous chapbook, Everybody Lives Here One Night at a Time, Hillbilly DaDa Poetry may be found at wetcementpress.com.
Kathy Lynn Carroll is a writer living along the Connecticut shoreline. Her work has appeared in Blink-Ink, Five Minutes, The First Line, 50-Word Stories, and elsewhere. She publishes the children’s book review blog, Celebrate Picture Books. She finds inspiration in walking around her woodsy backyard with her cat, Angus, who shows her how to look and listen for the little things, and finding random artifacts from the families who previously lived in her 1895 farm house. Web: celebratepicturebooks.com Instagram: @celebratepicturebooks
Five Minutes contributor Misti Duvall is a writer and law professor newly relocated to Boston, where she writes fiction, essays, and sometimes poetry. Find her online at mistiduvall.com.
Jason O’Toole is Poet Laureate Emeritus of North Andover, MA. He serves on the advisory board of the New England Poetry Club, and as treasurer of the Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco. His newest full-length collection is The Strange Misgivings of the Sadly Gifted (Dead Man’s Press Ink).
Heather Wright has an MFA Creative Writing at Boston University and an MA in English Literature from Salem State University where she served as editor of Soundings East. She is a Robert Pinsky Global Fellow. Her work is in The Brooklyn Rail, The Gloucester 400+ Project and elsewhere. IG @heatherwrights