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editor-in-chief | they/she | india
Dhwanee Goyal is sixteen and getting through life one donut at a time. Their work appears or is forthcoming in Barrelhouse, Foglifter Journal, and Plum Recruit Mag, amongst others. You can find them on Twitter @pparallell, and their micro-chapbook "Kasauli Daydreams" is out with Ghost City Press.
executive editor | she/her | hong kong
Jessica Tsang is an undergraduate student at UCL. Her work is featured or forthcoming in Full House Literary, The Jupiter Review, The Blue Marble Review and more. She is also a Best Of The Net 2021 nominee. You can find the more interesting side of her on Twitter @JessicaTsa_g.
poetry editor | she/her | united arab emirates
Afrah Shekh, 20, hails from India, but has lived in the warm-blooded deserts of UAE her whole life. When not consumed by the slow flames of passion in Wong Kar-Wai's films, she is listening to hollow songs on repeat and falling asleep at obscene hours. Her work has been featured in the Heritage Review, the Write the World Review, and Cathartic Lit Magazine.
poetry editor | she/her | united states
Jasmine Kapadia is a JUST POETRY!!! topical winner whose poetry has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Her work published or forthcoming in Superfroot Mag, the Eunoia Review, Malala's Fund Assembly, Kissing Dynamite, All Guts No Glory, and elsewhere. When not writing, she can be found stanning Beyoncé or (re)binge-watching RuPaul's Drag Race. Find her on Instagram @jazzymoons.
poetry editor | she/her | united states
Riley Ferver is eighteen years old and lives by the Chesapeake Bay. Among other things, she is an incoming student at St. John’s College, an avid watcher of snl, and a sandwich artist at Jersey Mike’s. You can find her on Instagram and twitter @rileyferver.
poetry editor | she/her | united states
Mia Golden is a teen poet from California with a plant obsession (she has five, and more on the way!) and too many movie quotes floating around in her head. She is published or forthcoming in perhappened mag, all guts no glory, Pollux Journal, Eunoia Review, and more! She hopes you have a wonderful day!
prose editor | she/they | united states
Ainsley Kennedy hails from the Midwestern United States and is an honorary nature spirit, and a passionate writer. She loves the taste of starlight and the sound of cicadas, and writes best under moonlight. Her hoard of writing notebooks grows by the week.
prose editor | she/they | canada
Grace Liang is a Chinese-Canadian writer based in Toronto. She likes watching 2D animation, wasting her time on AO3 and Twitter, and attempting (with no results so far) to find a fandom for novels written 1000 years ago.
poetry editor | he/him | united states
Daniel Liu is a Chinese-American writer and author of COMRADE (fifth wheel press 2022). His work appears in Diode Poetry Journal, Kissing Dynamite, National Poetry Quarterly, and elsewhere. His work has been recognized by YoungArts, the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, and more. He founded and currently runs INKSOUNDS, an interdisciplinary arts gallery. Find him online @danielliu_1 or at daniel-liu-card.co.
prose editor | she/her | united states
Zoe Elisabeth is a poet from Washington, DC and a student at Sarah Lawrence College. She has previously been published in literary journals such as Kissing Dynamite, Caesura, Rust + Moth and Counterclock under the name Zoe Cunniffe. She is also the Associate Editor for Thrush Poetry Journal. Zoe can be found on Instagram at @makeshiftparadises
managing editor | she/her | singapore
Xin Yi Yap lives in the fast-paced city of Singapore, where she meets with an existential crisis every now and then. On slower days, she writes circles around her sentiments and lets versions of herself flit among friends. She loves every shade of blue, and you can find her moseying along at daybreak and the universe, blogging about poetry, photography, and life. Her short story Minkuso Magic was published in the All in! Snackable Fiction Anthology 2017, and her flash fiction piece Walk-talking in Write the World’s Literary Journal 2017.
web designer | she/her | united states
Ai Li Feng is a young writer with work in Waxwing Mag.
poetry editor | she/they | united states
Nora Conrad is an eighteen year-old student from Ohio who spends too much time thinking about Celtic druids, chemistry, and neoclassical art. Their spare time is spent petting dogs, irritating family and friends with duolingo russian, and unsticking keyboard keys.
prose editor | she/her | united states
Lyra Bornholdt-Collins is a high school sophomore and French student especially intrigued by the connections between different languages. When she isn’t contemplating existential questions, she is exploring the realm of classical music through piano, finding comfort in the bittersweet chords of Chopin and Satie.
poetry editor | she/her | united states
Sunny Vuong is a Vietnamese-American writer and an alumna of the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program. Her recent works are featured or forthcoming in Diode Poetry Journal, Strange Horizons, Half Mystic Journal, and Kissing Dynamite, among others. Sunny adores the Oxford comma, irony, and a missed opportunity. In her free time, she is an avid soccer player, zombie film connoisseur, and fashion enthusiast. Connect with her on twitter @sunnyvwrites or instagram @thesunnyvuong.
prose editor | she/her | indonesia
Joey Isjwara is a Chinese-Indonesian writer who will always be more of a dog person than a cat person. She enjoys her morning rain with a gallon of escapism and a dash of daydreams. Her work is published in The Hearth, Hecate Magazine, Kissing Dynamite, and in other nooks and crannies across the web.
poetry editor | she/her | india
Anoushka Kumar is a student and writer from India, with work forthcoming or published in Kissing Dynamite, Vagabond City Lit, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She likes wood-panelled flooring and Phoebe Bridgers. Find her at anoushkakumar.carrd.co
poetry editor | she/her | singapore
Natasha Lim is a psychology student from Singapore who writes poetry and prose. Her work is forthcoming or published in the Blue Marble Review, the Eunoia Review, and the Galliard International Review, among others. In her spare time, she enjoys drinking copious amounts of coffee and reading books that make her cry.
poetry editor | she/her | united states
Meily Tran is a college freshman from Southern California. Most of her works are first drafted at 1 AM and are inspired by her tragic sapphic love life, sporadic identity crises, and beloved pet chihuahua. Twice a week or so, she rambles on twitter @tran_scendence.
prose editor | she/her | united states
Thanisha Chowdhury is from Northern Virginia. She is a co-founder and EIC of Paper Crane Journal. Thanisha is allergic to penicillin.
poetry editor | he/him | india
Ashish Kumar Singh is a queer poet from India and a post graduate student of English literature. Other than writing, he reads and sleeps extensively. Previously, his works have appeared -or are forthcoming- in Chestnut Review, Mason Jar Press, Blue Marble Review, Native Skin, Tab Journal and elsewhere. twitter: @Ashish_stJude
instagram: @ashish_the_reader
EDITORS EMERITUS:
Jood AlThukair, Ayla Deacon, Lara E., Asenath Rose, Vivian Zhi