Archibald Rutledge (1883-1973) was South Carolina's most prolific writer and the state's first poet laureate. His nature writings garnered him the prestigious John Burroughs Medal. Jim Casada has written or edited more than forty books, contributed to many others, and authored some five thousand magazine articles. Casada has edited five Rutledge anthologies. A past president of the South Carolina Outdoor Writers Association, the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, and the Outdoor Writers Association of America, Casada has been honoured with more than 150 regional and national writing awards. Stephen Chesley is a semiabstract artist working primarily in oils, charcoal, and metal. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions and has been honoured with a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Chesley's previous collaboration with the Humanities Council SC was an illustrated chapbook edition of the Julia Peterkin short story ""Ashes"" in 2012.

Ben McC. Moïse was recognized with the Guy Bradley Award by the North American Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Order of the Palmetto for his service as a conservation officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. He is the author of Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden: A Memoir, editor of A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis, and a frequent contributor to the Charleston Post and Courier, Garden and Gun, and other regional publications.