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Editors-In-Chief
Chelsea Guo is a fiction writer and poet based in California. She is an alumna of the Iowa Young Writers Studio and the Adroit Summer Mentorship Program. She is a 2024 YoungArts Winner, and has been recognized by Scholastic and the Adroit Prizes for Prose. She has been published in Bluefire, Eunoia Review, and the YoungArts Anthology. Her writing is guided by subtext: the art of saying one thing and meaning another. Somehow, what emerges is anything that glints (she’s like a cat in that way).
Claire Guo is a fiction writer and poet based in California. She is an alumna of the Adroit Summer Mentorship Program. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, Trampset, Eunoia Review, The National Poetry Quarterly, Bluefire, has been recognized by the Adroit Prize for Prose, and is forthcoming in Smokelong Quarterly. When she’s not editing, she loves to collect fountain pens and play tennis.
Prose Readers
Passionate about literature and the rhythm of language, Andreea Maria-C, a junior in high school, approaches prose with both a critical eye and a compassionate heart. An ardent lover of music, she understands the cadence of words as intimately as a melody, shaping narratives with sensitivity and depth. Empathy fuels her editorial vision, allowing her to honor the soul of a piece while refining its form. And like her favorite color, red—bold, intense and full of passion—she gives life to the profound meaning of every story she touches.
Yamille (Millie) Moss (She/They) is a sapphic Bahamian writer and graduate of Fresno State’s MFA program. Their work has appeared in MeowMeow Pow Pow Lit, The Sprawl, and been published by Ghost City Press. They have an affinity for cats, tea, and afternoon naps.
Dani González (she/they) is a Mexican American writer who was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, near the Texas-Mexico border. From a young age, Dani immersed herself in books, engrossed by the characters and worlds other writers created, leading her to want to create stories of her own, many of which revolve around queer and/or Mexican American characters and their experiences. Having recently graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with an MFA in Creative Writing, she hopes to continue writing stories that resonate with others, and in doing so, making them feel less alone, the way other people’s writing has done for her. She can be found on Instagram under the username @daniggwrites or contacted via email at: dani.g.gonzalez@hotmail.com.
Poetry Readers
Alyssa Miyasato is a current Creative Writing and Media and Cultural Studies Student at the University of California Riverside. Alyssa highlights her Japanese American heritage throughout her poetry in hopes of highlighting Asian American experiences through art. Alyssa hopes that her writing acts as a warm hug to fellow young adults living through these challenging times.
Yaeji Kim is a Korean-American writer from San Diego, California. Alumna of the Iowa Young Writers Studio and recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, she works across mediums of film photography, writing, and cinema. In her free time, she likes logging movies on Letterboxd, drinking matcha lattes, and going to flea markets.
Staff Artist
Adriana Chavez is a comic creator who is currently studying at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She recently discovered a love for illustrating for magazines/publications and would like to do that alongside creating comics on the side. When not drawing, she loves playing video games, reading a mystery novel, or starting a new crochet project!
Ashleigh Shuler has over a decade of experience as a professional graphic designer, primarily in the nonprofit and small business sector. In addition to being a freelance designer, she is also a multimedia visual artist and a sewist, creating clothing and costumes—usually while listening to an audiobook.