Black Lipstick

Mila Jaroniec is the author of Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover and the creator and editor of Black Lipstick.

writer, performer, events producer, and editor in chief of be about it press. find out more at alexandranaughton.com

Textbook crazy. Second Rounder Austin Film Festival 2022 and Sundance Development Lab 2023. Published with HAD, Crybaby, Rejection Lit, and Forever Mag.

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Tommy is a writer-director-actor-poet-novelist. Credits include "Cool Runnings," "Puss In Boots The Last Wish," and the upcoming Shrek sequel. He directed, co-wrote and co-stars in "A Thousand Junkies" and wrote the novel "Straight Dope."

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Writer and educator, living in Brooklyn, NY.

C. E. Janecek is a Czech American writer and freelance editor with an MFA in poetry from Colorado State University. Janecek's writing has appeared in Poetry, Sugar House Review, Gulf Coast, Booth, and elsewhere. Online at www.cewritespoems.com.

Joseph Lezza is a writer in the northeast. His debut memoir, I'm Never Fine: Scenes and Spasms on Loss, was listed by Buzzfeed, Lambda Literary, them, Style Caster, & abc7 KGO-TV as a "Most Anticipated/Best Book of 2023." Website: josephlezza.com

Heather Domenicis holds an MFA from The New School and her words appear in Hobart, JAKE, Anti-Heroin Chic, and A Thin Slice of Anxiety. Find her on Instagram/Threads @13heatherlynn1

Al Shapiro is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. More of their work is available at Maudlin House and 3Elements Review. They have not been on social media since Tumblr was cool; you can pick the year.

Jay is a queer trans writer who has written for New York Magazine, The Village Voice, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, The Huffington Post, The Toast, and McSweeneys. He edits Human Parts, an essay collection on Medium.com.