Darrion Williams
	Darrion Williams, is the grandson of our director, Connie, he is the Forrest Fest mascot and recommends climbing a tree.

Ken Hada

Ken Hada is an Associate Professor in the English Department at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, where he teaches Humanities and American Literature. He completed a Ph.D. at The University of Texas–Arlington in 2000. Ken’s poetry appears in The Way of the Wind (Village Books Press), and a new collection, Spare Parts, will soon be available. His poems have also appeared in publications such as Oklahoma Today, Many Mountains Moving, Poesia, RE:AL, Flint Hills Review, Crosstimbers, Westview, Kansas City Voices, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, among others. He also directs the annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival held the first weekend of April on the campus of ECU, and he extends a cordial welcome for everyone to attend that celebration of writers and readers

Dr. Chris Ellery

Dr. Chris Ellery is a Professor of English at Angelo State University. His forthcoming book "The Big Mosque of Mercy," from Inbush Press is a collection of poems on the Middle East. "With an exquisite sense of line and a world of imagery, Ellery has given us a fine soul’s response to a world he was not born to but one that becomes his and ours through the power of empathy. Sailing beyond self, he evokes a sharp sense of self as he guides us through that provocative other-world called the Middle East." -- James Hoggard, poet, translator, essayist and novelist

Zach Harmon
	Zach Harmon began his career in music by playing in clubs at the age of fourteen. He has played with such acts as Pat Green, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Randy Rogers Band, Reckless Kelly, Bart Crowe, Eli Young Band, and many more. With the release of his first album "Road to Nowhere" he hopes his music will reach more people and add his note to the music world.