Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Jamie Kim

Jamie Kim is a poetry & short story writer from NJ attending Columbia University. You can find her work published in the Glass Magazine and Saranac Review. Most days, Jamie is in bed reading beside her dog.

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Executive Editor

Neda Ravandi

Neda Ravandi is an Iranian-American ballet dancer and creative writer from Houston, Texas. She has 11 recognitions from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and is a recipient of the Fiction Attic Press Teen Voices scholarship. She is an alumnus of the Iowa University summer writing program and her poetry is published in So To Speak journal. She has a mild obsession with Jeff Buckley and loves anything and everything Tarantino. Check out her emergent magazine Saffron City Press, or look for her on Instagram @neda__ravandi and Letterboxd @neda_r

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Senior Editor

michelle li

Michelle Li has been nationally recognized by Scholastic Art and Writing, The Waltham Forest Poetry Contest, and the Rising Voices Awards, and is published in Blue Marble, Masque and Spectacle, and Lumina Journal. She is an alumnus of the 92Y Young Writer's Workshop, and Kenyon Review's Workshop, and is on the board of the Incandescent Review and Pen and Quill magazine. She plays violin and piano and loves Rachmaninoff and Sylvia Plath.​

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Operations Coordinator

Leah Gavilan

Leah Gavilan is a 16-year-old writer and current student at Dwight-Englewood. Her literary achievements include being a National Gold Medalist in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, participating in the Kenyon Review's Online Writing Workshop, co-founding the organization "In Her Words", and being a First Class Distinction winner of the National Council of Teachers of English competition. She is passionate about using storytelling to explore identity and social change. Moreover, Leah’s leadership includes serving as class representative, founding and growing her school’s Bible Study Club, leading her school's chamber music club, and being the Arts editor of her school newspaper. Her musical life consists of being a pianist at Juilliard Pre-College, a regional director of Back to Bach, and a conductor at the NYYS conducting program.

Managing Editor

michelle lee

Michelle Lee is a creative writer and high school student from New Jersey. She loves writing short stories and flash fiction, drawing inspiration from speculative fiction. When she’s not writing, she enjoys baking small desserts, listening to music, watching movies, and getting lost in a good book.

Staff Writer

Melissa hurtado

Melissa Hurtado is a rising writer originating from Mexico City, Mexico. Her work had been recognized by Young Writers and currently submitted to a selection of magazines. Her passion for writing ignited at an early age, when her teachers and peers would recognize her talent for creating captivating stories and poetry. You’ll most likely need to take her book or pen out of her hands to make her look up.

Poetry/Prose Editor

Alistair Gaunt 

Alistair Gaunt (they/he/she) is a Filipino queer non-binary poet born in Southern Philippines. She is a self-taught writer, with English being her third language. Their writing contemplates the queer experience, violent desires, peculiar dreams, death, grief, and catharsis. He is currently a full time university student, taking up Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Aside from written literature, they also host poetry readings via Instagram Reels (@hauntedbythestars). They may be contacted through alistairgauntwriting@gmail.com.

Staff Writer

Mavis Sterling

Mavis Sterling is a teenage writer from one of the southwestern U.S. states. She has harbored a strong passion for the literary arts since she first read Ella Enchanted in the second grade. Her current favorite authors are Shirley Jackson, George Orwell, & Emily Bronte. She enjoys writing gothic tales & stories about the female experience. When she isn’t writing or reading, you can find her doing archery, baking sweet treats, or crocheting silly things.