Dr Kartini Anwar bertugas sebagai pensyarah kanan di Jabatan Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Melayu, Institut Pendidikan Nasional (NIE), Universiti Teknologi Nanyang (NTU). Beliau mengajar kursus-kursus seperti Sastera Melayu Tradisional, Sastera Melayu/Indonesia Moden, Sastera Kanon, Teori Kritikan Sastera, Pendramatisan Teks Sastera, Sastera Kanak-Kanak & Remaja dan Pengajaran Sastera Melayu. Beliau banyak membentangkan kertas persidangan tentang kesusasteraan dan di antaranya telah diterbitkan dalam jurnal tempatan dan antarabangsa. Dr Kartini juga terlibat dengan tugas penyuntingan dan menjadi anggota panel juri untuk beberapa anugerah persuratan.

Dr Kartini Anwar is a senior lecturer at the Malay Language Division of the Asian Languages & Cultures Academic Group, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She teaches Classical and Modern Malay Literature, Indonesian Literature, Children's Literature, Literary Criticism, and the Teaching of Literature. She has presented a number of academic papers at regional and international conferences and is involved in academic and literary editorial works. She is also on judging panels for a number of literary awards.

Cecep Syamsul Hari adalah seorang penyair, eseis, editor dan penerjemah. Beliau adalah redaktur Majalah Sastra Horison (2000-2014) dan pendiri Sastra Digital. Beliau pernah tinggal sebagai sasterawan tamu di Korea Selatan, Malaysia, Hungaria, Ceko, Australia, China, Azerbaijan.

Cecep Syamsul Hari is an Indonesian poet, essayist, editor and translator. He previously served as the editor of Horison literary magazine from 2000 to 2014. He is also the founder of Sastra Digital (2011) and has been a guest poet in various countries across Asia, Europe, and Australia.

Syed Mohd Zakir bin Syed Othman, atau S.M. Zakir, telah menerima puluhan anugerah sastera kebangsaan termasuk Hadiah Sastera Perdana kategori Buku 1994/95 dan 2010/11, Hadiah Sastera MASTERA 2012 dan Anugerah Buku Negara 2018. Beliau menerima Anugerah Sasterawan Muda Mastera 2010 dari Majlis Sastera Asia Tenggara (MASTERA) dan Anugerah SEA Write Award 2011 dari S.E.A Write Council di Bangkok, Thailand.

S.M. Zakir is an acclaimed writer who has received dozens of literary awards and prizes, including the Malaysian Premier Literary Prizes in 1994/95 and 2010/11. He was awarded the Southeast Asia Malay Literary Prize (MASTERA) in 2010 and the S.E.A Write Award in 2011.

Sa’eda Buang merupakan anggota akademik di Jabatan Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Asia, Institut Pendidikan Nasional (NIE), Universiti Teknologi Nanyang (NTU), Singapura. Beliau menerima Ijazah Kedoktoran dalam bidang Pengajian Melayu di Universiti Teknologi Nanyang (NTU), tahun 2009. Beliau pernah menjadi Editor Bersekutu dan masih berada di Lembaga Penasihat Antarabangsa beberapa jurnal akademik rantau dan antarabangsa. Beliau menerima Hadiah Sastera pada 2003 dan 2005 bagi genre sajak, dan pada 2005 menerima Anugerah Persuratan genre cerpen.

Dr Sa'eda Buang is Assistant Head at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She received her Doctorate in Malay Studies at NTU in 2009. She was an associate editor and remains on the international advisory board of several regional and international academic journals. She received the Hadiah Sastera in 2003 and 2005 for her poetry, as well as the Anugerah Persuratan in 2005 for her short stories.

Agus R. Sarjono menulis puisi, cerpen, drama, dan esei. Beliau mendapat Hadiah Mastera (2012) dan Sunthorn Phu Award (2013). Beliau adalah redaktur Horison (1997-2013), Ketua DKJ (2003-2006), pemimpin Jurnal Sajak, dan pensyarah di SBI Bandung. Beliau adalah pensyarah penulis/ilmuwan tamu di IIAS Leiden (2001), Bonn University (2010, 2012), Heinrich Böll Haus (2002-2003), dan Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf (2014).

Agus R. Sarjono writes poems, short stories, plays, and essays. He has been awarded the Mastera Literary Award in 2012 and the Sunthorn Phu Award in 2013. Sarjono also served as an editor of Horison (1997-2013), chairman of the Jakarta Arts Council (2003-2006), lecturer at the Theatre Department of ISBI Bandung, and editor-in-chief of the Journal Sajak. 

Eka Kurniawan lahir di Tasikmalaya, 1975. Beliau menulis novel, esei, dan senario filem. Novelnya yang sudah terbit antara lain Cantik itu Luka (2002) dan Lelaki Harimau (2004). Beliau memperoleh Financial Times/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Fiction Award tahun 2016, Prince Claus Award tahun 2018, serta Piala Citra untuk senario adaptasi filem Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas, yang ditulis berdasarkan novelnya.

Born in Tasikmalaya in 1975, Eka Kurniawan is a writer known for his novels, essays, and film screenplays, including Man Tiger (2004) and Beauty is a Wound (2002). He was honoured with the Financial Times/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Fiction Award in 2016 and the Prince Claus Award in 2018. Additionally, he received the Piala Citra for the screenplay of the film adaptation of Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021), which was based on his novel. 

Mohamed Aidil Subhan merupakan seorang pakar perancangan bahasa yang mengajar dan menjalankan kajian perancangan Bahasa Melayu dalam sistem dwibahasa Singapura. Beliau kini bertugas sebagai Pensyarah Kanan Kurikulum dan Pedagogi di Institut Pendidikan Nasional (NIE), Universiti Teknologi Nanyang (NTU). Beliau telah menerbitkan dua buku mengenai Perancangan Bahasa Melayu di Singapura.  

Mohamed Aidil Subhan is a bilingual scholar whose research and teaching focus on Malay Language Planning within Singapore's bilingual education system. He is currently a senior lecturer of Curriculum & Pedagogy at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He has published two books on Malay Language Planning in Singapore.

Mawar Safei, Profesor Madya di Pusat Kajian Bitara Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Buku terkininya adalah Kelestarian Persuratan Melayu (2023), Alam Sekitar dalam Novel (2022) dan Narasi Musim Wabah: Antologi Cerpen Covid-19 (2021), kesemuanya oleh Penerbit UKM. Beliau merupakan penerima Hadiah SEA Write 2018 dan Anugerah Akademik Negara 2018.

Mawar Safei is an Associate Professor at the Malay Excellence Centre in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her latest works include Kelestarian Persuratan Melayu (2023), Alam Sekitar dalam Novel (2022) and Narasi Musim Wabah: Antologi Cerpen Covid-19 (2021), all published by UKM Press. She was the recipient of the National Academic Award (2018) and the S.E.A. Write Award (2018).

E. Aminudin Aziz adalah profesor Pragmatik dan Linguistik Forensik di Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) Bandung. Selain meniti karier sebagai ahli akademik yang aktif meneliti dan menulis, Aminudin juga dipercaya sebagai unsur pimpinan di universitinya ; terakhir sebagai Wakil Rektor (2010-2015). Setelah bertugas sebagai Atase Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan di KBRI London (2016-2020), Aminudin diangkat sebagai Kepala Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi, Republik Indonesia (2020-sekarang). Sejak November 2023 sampai sekarang, Aminudin menerima penugasan sebagai Pelaksana Tugas Kepala Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia.

E. Aminudin Aziz is Professor of Linguistics at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI). He holds two degrees from Monash University, Australia. Currently, he holds two positions within the government, as the Head of Agency of Language Development and Cultivation since 2020, and as the Acting Director of the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia since November 2023. From 2016 to 2020, he served as the Education and Culture Attaché at the Indonesian Embassy in London. Aminudin has published a wide array of scholarly works, primarily focusing on his specialisation in the fields of Linguistic Politeness, Sociolinguistics, and Forensic Linguistics.