Rachel Sambrooks is a writer and Runner Up of the Comedy Women in Print prize (CWIP) 2025. She is also a stand-up comedian, poet and wellbeing practitioner taking comedy and creative writing workshops to community groups.

Sophie Underwood is a writer and teacher, based in the North East of England. She has lived off-grid for over a decade, and writes about life in a remote woodland cabin, foraging, fungi, and folklore on her Substack, All The Wild Magic.

Bartholomew is a London-based writer with a keen interest in African myths. He is currently working on a novel which explores power and redemption and asks whether faith alone is enough to save both gods and men from a mortal end. He was a longlisted writer on Bloomsbury’s inaugural Mentorship Programme.

Cathryn Kemp is a bestselling writer of memoirs, both her own and as a ghostwriter. Her first historical fiction novel was published in 2024.

Award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist