Kateřina Černá, born in 1985 in the Czech Republic, studied Slavic Studies in Graz, Prague and Odessa and Scenic Writing at Forum Text/ uniT. She writes drama and prose for children and adults. Her texts have received several awards, including the Peter Turrini Scholarship (2017) and the City of Graz Literature Scholarship (2021). The author lives in Graz.
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Julia Knaß is founder of the literary magazine mischen and part of the printing collective Risograd (Schaumbad - Freies Atelierhaus Graz). Together with Anna Neuwirth, she reflects on what 1 literature is (Ist das 1 Literatur, Sukultur 2021).

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Tara Meister (born 1997) grew up in Carinthia. She studied medicine in Vienna and has been studying literary writing in Leipzig since autumn 2022. Her texts have been published in various anthologies and literary journals (Lichtungen, Perspektive, mosaik, etc.), she received the Dramatikerinnenpreis der neuen bühne villach, the Erostepost-Literaturpreis in 2022, the Förderpreis für Literatur des Landes Kärnten and was nominated for the Wortmeldungen Förderpreis.

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Asiyeh Panahi (born 1998 in Iran) spent her childhood in the Torbate Jam refugee camp. She came to Austria in 2014 and has lived in Graz since 2015. She attended German courses in Graz for the first time in summer 2015 and started evening classes in autumn. In addition to her school-leaving examination, she completed a diploma programme in social and vocational education at the BFI. Immediately after her school-leaving examination, she enrolled at the University of Graz and is studying law. She is a columnist and author with publications in Lichtungen, Kenne deine Rechte, Jahrbuch österreichischer Lyrik 2019 and Megaphon.