Julie Beveridge comes from a background in Theatre and Stage Management. She also works for Queensland Writers Centre as their Marketing and Program Coordinator. Julie has two chapbooks of poetry published Rock'n'Roll Tuxedo and Home is Where the Heartache is. When she's not thinking about the festival she makes books under the name Jolly Badger.

Graham Nunn is Chair of the Queensland Poetry Festival, co-founder of Small Change Press and organiser of Brisbane's longest running poetry event, SpeedPoets. His blog, Another Lost Shark is a fertile breeding ground, where poets and writers gather to share their thoughts on all things literary. Nunn's writing has been described as assured, achieved and ambitious. He has published four collections of poetry, his most recent, Ruined Man (2007) and has a spoken word CD, The Stillest Hour due for release in August 2009.

Zenobia Frost is a hat fetishist and protector of apostrophes. Her debut collection, The Voyage, was published in 2009 by SweetWater Press, and its poetry was described by Jeffrey Harpeng as having “both the resignation of the sage, and the wit and passion of the articulate romantic.” Her creative work can be found in Voiceworks, Mascara, Stylus and Small Packages, and she is a regular reader at poetry events around Brisbane . When she remembers, Zen runs The Ruby Fizz Society, a light-hearted excuse for performance arts, dressing up, and cupcakes. She has been known to take very, very long baths as an excuse to read whole books in one go. zenobiafrost.wordpress.com

Alicia Bennett is a Brisbane poet who has published two collections of poetry.  The Tincture of Salt was published in 2004 by Spotted Gecko Press. Faith, a verse novel edited by award winning Queensland poet Ross Clark, was launched at the Queensland Poetry Festival in 2007. Faith is currently being adapted for the stage by Brisbane playwright and theatre director Michelle Miall.  Alicia has also researched and written the true crime casebook, Death Before Dishonour: The Crime that Broke Brisbane's Heart, published by Jack Sim Publications and launched at the 2007 Brisbane Writer's Festival.
 
Alicia has performed extensively including as a feature poet at Brisbane's renowned Speedpoets, at ouTsideRs on the Sunshine Coast, The Velvet Landmine, Riverbend Books, Melbourne's Midsummer Festival, Queensland's Poets for Pride and the Queensland Poetry Festival in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Alicia has also performed at the Brisbane Writer's Festival in 2005 and 2007 in addition to the Straight out of Brisbane Festival in 2004 and 2007. She is currently completing her Masters of Writing, Editing and Publishing at UQ.
 
Alicia believes that the courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness (Morley).

Deb Ralph writes poetry and short stories. She uses her writing to inspire her to paint future masterpiecesto hang on her bedroom wall.

Jodi De Vantier would much rather listen to or read poetry than make it herself. She prefers to make cakes. If she could bake with words, that would be hoots balloon.

John Koenig is a romantic rebel who turned out to be a poet. Wonders will never cease. After many years wandering in the wilds, he has recently reconnected with his writing roots. He lives a passionate life and likes, in no particular order, birds, words, animals, people of all ages and love. John believes that if you search hard enough for something, and it is there to be found, you will find it.

Nerissa Rowan is obsessed with words - reading them, writing them, speaking them, and moulding them into winning combinations on the virtual Scrabble board. This obsession has drawn her in to the colourful world of the Brisbane poetry scene. Nerissa has been writing poetry and lyrics most of her life, and loves to make words sing.

Francis Boyle is a poet, sculptor, graphic designer, and film-maker. He is a longtime participant in the Brisbane poetry scene and produces the poetry magazine small packages with Rob Morris.