Abigail ImBeau is a fourth year English major at Trinity Western University. She is currently serving as Co Editor for [spaces]. Abigail takes great joy in combining her interests of literature and art as she explores different directions of creative expression. Abigail has published both poems and art in previous editions of [spaces] Abigail has served [spaces] in the past as Art and Design Editor where she was blessed to direct [spaces]’s aesthetic vision. She hopes that this edition of [spaces] provides creative scope for the imagination.

Faith Nelson is a fourth year English major at Trinity Western University, and is one of [spaces]’s Co Editor in Chiefs. She currently works as an assistant in the TWU Archives, and is the research assistant for the ConVersing/ConServing project. She also serves as the president for TWU’s English Society, Inkblots and Inscapes (IBIS). Faith plans on pursuing an MLIS and a career in Archivery.

Livia Wolfs is a fifth year English major at Trinity Western University. She is a Managing Editor at [spaces]. Livia is currently working at Trinity Western University’s library with the borrowing services. She loves to read while drinking tea: like C.S Lewis said, “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

Landon is an Associate Editor for the [spaces] Literary Journal and student of English at Trinity Western University. He is currently in his fourth year of studies and plans to graduate in the spring of 2025. He loves books and films and is fascinated by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Stochia Ocon is a fourth year Art + Design BAH Student at TWU. She likes to draw and paint but in recent years has cultivated a love for sewing, pattern development, and textiles. Stochia grew up in Ontario and Quebec but has lived in BC since she was fifteen. She likes to play tennis, mostly for the cute outfits, and spend time with her seven siblings.

Lucas is a fourth year Education student with minors in English and History, having stumbled his way into the Events Coordinator role of [spaces] this year. He is so grateful to be able to help others share their stories through [spaces] and continue to expand the literary community.

Kate Bartel is in her second year as and English major at TWU. She is especially interested in 19th century novels, fairytales, and the art of storytelling. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, the beauty of the natural world is one of her biggest inspiration for art and writing.

Jessica Walters has an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University. Her work has been published in Ormsby Review, Still, Agape Review, and her short story "Glass Jars" was shortlisted for the Mitchell Prize for Faith and Writing. She teaches at a Trinity Western University and is the faculty advisor of [spaces]. 

Connie T. Braun is a Canadian poet and author and has published two books of non-fiction and two poetry chapbooks along with academic and personal essays, poetry, and reviews, in various journals and anthologies in Canada, the US and UK. Her poetry has been set to musical compositions, and she has given talks and readings in North America and Europe. Connie has instructed creative writing in the university setting and enjoys mentoring undergraduate writers and editors. As the former faculty advisor for [spaces] she introduced guest contributions to [spaces] that have included two former Canadian Governor General Award Winners, Rudy Wiebe (prose) and George Elliot Clark Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate (poetry) and priest Malcolm Guite, renowned UK poet, among others, and she continues to foster relationships between student writers and a range of established writers. She is a full member of the League of Canadian Poets and other Canadian writing associations, and in addition to [spaces] has served on boards for other arts organizations.

Lynn R. Szabo is a devoted scholar of the poet, mystic, and political activist Thomas Meron. She is the editor of the first comprehensive selection of his poetry, In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems of Thomas Merton (New Directions, 2005), and is Professor Emerita of English Literature, Trinity Western University. In her retirement, Lynn serves as a spiritual director, mentor to writers and young professors, and a facilitator of study groups for the National Council of Jewish Women. Her decades of studying poetry, especially Merton's are one of the pleasures not interrupted by her more recent life as a wheelchair navigator.