The Habit Portfolio

Elizabeth delights in the sacramental nature of this world and everything in it. She writes about nature, the quotidian, words, poetry, and the rhythms of life.

Writer. Author of Daughter of Arden Trilogy. Wife to Professor Kraig. Mom to three intrepid teens. Thinker of lots of thoughts. Learning to love God more as the mystery of him grows greater each year.

Heather Cadenhead is a poet, essayist, and autism advocate. Previously, she has written for Ekstasis Magazine, The Rabbit Room, and Autism Speaks. She is a homeschooling mother of two sons, one of whom has non-speaking autism.

Reagan loves names and words and stories. She once studied creative writing and theatre arts, but today she sends handwritten letters and salvages her own little house on the prairie.

Writer of poetry and prose. Cultivating attention, curiosity, connection and presence. Encountering God in the small spaces of life. Find me with a good book and handful of ditch flowers in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

High school English teacher in Jackson, MS. Native to the "Christ-haunted" South.

Mother. Poet. Teacher. Sojourner.

I write to remember, behold, & reach for home—both temporal and eternal. meganhuwa.com | IG: @meganhuwa

I write wholesome historical fantasy for tweens, teens, and adults.

Aaron J. Nelson is a writer and disability rights advocate with Cerebral Palsy. His favorite form of procrastination is watching ESPN. Ask his Border Terrier, Scout, if he's unreachable. He's likely visiting Kansas City’s bookstores and restaurants.

Bald from the inside out.

Her short stories have appeared in international literary magazines as well as "best of" anthologies. She studied at The Writers Studio and One Story in New York and is an assistant editor at Narrative Magazine. www.sylviaschwartz.com

Danielle lives with her husband, six kids, and two dogs in an old house surrounded by wheat fields. She homeschools her kids, drinks too much coffee, and writes poetry and faery stories while sitting at swim team practice.

Nicole is a writer passionate about community. She helps host an annual gathering in Northeast GA to celebrate faith, art, and creative life. Her hobbies include dancing in the kitchen and trying to convince her husband she needs more bookshelves.

Writer of Cajun fantasy and historical fiction. Inspired by myths, fairytales, Bible stories, and legends, I love taking ancient tales and reintroducing them to a modern audience. Visit me at www.MonicaLOlsen.com.

Colleen is a former engineer turned stay at home mom who squeezes writing in amidst the bustle and of whirl of raising a large family in the piney woods of southeast Texas.

Wife of one. Mama of five. Grandma of seven. Writer, reader who loves morning walks and afternoon tea.

Dave Nelson is a writer who currently lives in Mississippi. His short fiction has appeared in CC&D, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, The Habit Portfolio, and The Windhover. Decision at Brock Road (2025) is his first novel.

Dana Ryan writes from Southern California where she lives with her husband and three children. She still doesn’t think of herself as a city person.

I’m a visual artist from the Western Isles of Scotland. I also work in arts education, production design / filmmaking. I’ve been learning about poetry for 4 years.

Kendra Bell is a local artist, illustrator and middle-grade writer. She also adores being a mom to her two boys, which often involves donning a superhero mask and cape. She is a Seattle native but currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.