Cara Thompson (or ‘CreativelyCandid’) is a writer, poet, and self-described “Black Wellness Warrior” from Nottingham, England. Born into a lively Jamaican-British family, Cara started writing at the age of 14 in the form of silly short stories and secret songwriting sessions with mates. Since then, Cara has used poetry to explore her identity, celebrate her Caribbean heritage, and address the often-unspoken impacts of racism on Black British community members. Cara has collaborated with the NHS, Oxfam, Simon and Schuster and more, and she is currently a proud member of the Nottingham based poetry collective ‘GOBS’. She also loves cheese.

Georgia Bartlett-McNeil is a poet who’s been writing for 13 years and performing for 6. Her work covers a range of topics from nature and love to current affairs and, drawing from her daytime career, science! She is known as “The Queen of Imagery” by Katie Ailes, and has been involved with Loud Poets virtually since its inception.

Judith Hofmann has always been drawn to the world of literature and theatre. She wrote poetry at an early age and began performing two years ago. As a trained theatre pedagogue, she has led various projects. In her work, she tries to explore the boundaries of the sayable and the inexpressible in human experience.

Keijo Ahtonen comes from a background of metal work and engineering. The roots of his family are in the Karelia of the White Sea region, behind the Finnish-Russian border. For him, learning about cultural history is a way to understand his own heritage and discover connections to his ancestors. Nowadays culture is also his livelihood, as he currently works in the Juminkeko Information Center for Kalevala and Karelian Culture. He is also an entrepeneur and an enthusiastic woodworker, when he has time for it. For him, writing this poem was a chance to combine all of his interests, and celebrate the completion of a succesful project.

Princess Arinola Adegbite or “P. A. Bitez” is a Jamaican-born Nigerian poet, songwriter, musician, filmmaker, and actress. In 2017 she won Slambassadors, a national poetry competition, and published her debut poetry collection Soft Tortures. In 2020, she became one of the six finalists of BBC Words First. She is a member of Young Identity.

Cara Thompson (or ‘CreativelyCandid’) is a writer, poet, and self-described “Black Wellness Warrior” from Nottingham, England. Born into a lively Jamaican-British family, Cara started writing at the age of 14 in the form of silly short stories and secret songwriting sessions with mates. Since then, Cara has used poetry to explore her identity, celebrate her Caribbean heritage, and address the often-unspoken impacts of racism on Black British community members. Cara has collaborated with the NHS, Oxfam, Simon and Schuster and more, and she is currently a proud member of the Nottingham based poetry collective ‘GOBS’. She also loves cheese.

Érika is a multidisciplinary artist based in Quebec City, Canada. She graduated from l’École de Cirque de Quebec in 2017. Her work is anchored in the various spaces that shelter poetry, seeking it’s manifestations through multiple languages, be it body, voice, music or spoken poetry. She is active in multiple artistic fields, notably circus (Théâtre À Tempo), literary arts (Productions Rhizome, Slamcap), music (Bleu kérosène), dance and theater (Les Bambines). In 2016, she co-founded the BAM [Bouillon d´art multi] as well as the multidisciplinary collective Les Bambines, which combines theater, circus, poetry and music. Their first creation was presented at Premier Acte in 2019. That same year, she was mentored by the poet Marie-Andrée Gill, with the support of Première Ovation Arts litteraires.

Iina Gyldén is a medical student and writer from Tartu. A smalltown girl from Finland she found stage poetry in Tartu and fell in love with its energy, freedom and the chance to combine her background in performing arts and passion for writing. She has been performing in literature and poetry events around Estonia, competed in poetry slam and is the Tartu slam champion 2020 and holds the Estonian slam second place from the same year

Poet, performer, organizer of cultural events, head of the Absurdus theater, head of the Art-Eklektika cultural center