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Editor-In-Chief Ben Wignall:

Ben Wignall is a poetry and prose writer living in Dundas, Ontario. They have a Bachelor’s degree in English and Creative Writing from Brock University and are currently studying for their MA at the University College of Dublin. They have been previously published in issues two and five of Paloma Magazine, Collection 52 of ActiveMuse, 24-hour poetry night: Collections of Chaos, Issues one and two of Phylum Press, Issue 8 of #Ranger, as well as the 2022/23 and 2023/24 Brock Creative Writing Anthologies. When they aren't writing, Ben can be found coaching and practicing fencing, obsessing over coffee, or playing chess until 2:00 in the morning. 

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