Dragana Mokan was born in Zrenjanin in 1981. She lives and works in Belgrade. She’s written the book of poetry Kako mi je prošlo vreme (2003). She’s won the awards Ulaznica, Pčesa, Evenstar Festival of Fantasy and was a finalist in the poetry and short story competitions Alma (Belgrade) and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (Rome). Her poetry has been published in literary magazines and on portals: Savremenik (Belgrade), Afirmator (Belgrade), Most (Sarajevo), Sveske (Pančevo), Sykoli (Budapest), Orbis (Kanjiža), Natron (Zrenjanin), Latica (Podgorica).
Marija Pavlović was born in Leskovac in 1984. She lives and works in Belgrade as a copywriter, e-magazine editor and writer. She’s written the drama A Strange Case of Mrs Jeckyll and Doctor Hyde which has been performed twice at the Cultural Institution Parobrod in Belgrade, as well as the short story collection Everyday Horror Stories (Matica srpska, Novi Sad, 2014), which was short-listed for the prizes Biljana Jovanović and Dušan Vasiljev. Her short stories have been published in collections of the Belgrade association Oxymoron, Zrenjanin’s magazine Ulaznica, and at Zagreb’s Festival of the European Short Story. She’s participated in the regional literary project Writers for the Future, as part of the project Dialogue for the Future, which is the joint initiative of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations (UN). She also took part in the short-story festival Kikinda Short in 2016 and its follow-up activities.
Richard Owain Roberts is the author of All the Places We Lived, his debut story collection. Described as one of Wales’ freshest literary talents, Richard was born on the island of Môn and now lives in Cardiff, capital city of Wales. Richard is represented by Zoe Ross at United Agents. Follow him on Twitter @RichOwainRobs.
Srđan Srdić was born in Kikinda in 1977. He’s written two novels, Mrtvo polje (2010) and Satori (2013), two short-story collections, Espirando (2011) and Sagorevanja (2014), and a book of essays Zapisi iz čitanja (2014). He’s won the following literary awards: Ulaznica (2007), Laza Lazarević (2009), Biljana Jovanović (2012), Edo Budiša (2012), and a scholarship from the Borislav Pekić Fund (2010). Srđan Srdić’s texts and books have been translated into English, German, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Romanian, Slovenian, Albanian and Hungarian. He lives in Mikro-naselje, next to Kikinda.
Dragoljub Stanković was born in Jagodina in 1971. He’s a poet, critic, interviewer, columnist, prose writer, editor.
He’s written for the portal E-novine, the feuilleton Beton, the newspaper Danas, for a number of literary magazines, and for the Radio Belgrade Third Channel.
He’s written three books of poetry: Pesme jednog dana (KOV, 2005), Barka tela (KOV, 2010) and S onu stranu noći (Levo krilo, 2014).
