Editor-in-Chief: J. David (they/them)
J. David is from Cleveland, Ohio. They love Julien Baker.
Poetry Editor: Taylor Byas (she/her)
Taylor Byas is a Black poet and essayist from Chicago. She now lives in Cincinnati, OH where she is a second year PhD student and Yates scholar at the University of Cincinnati. She is a reader for both the Cincinnati Review and The Rumpus. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, Hobart, Pidgeonholes, Empty Mirror, Jellyfish Review, and others. You can find her on Twitter @TaylorByas3.
Prose Editor: Jon Conley (he/him)
Jon Conley is a writer, musician, and educator from Cleveland. He is a candidate in the NEOMFA at Cleveland State University. He produces and performs music as Beach Stav. Find him online at conjonley.tumblr.com or on instagram @beachstav.
Assistant Editor: Crystal Ignatowski (she/her)
Crystal Ignatowski is an Oregon writer whose poetry has been featured in Roanoke Review, Honey & Lime, Bullets Into Bells, and more. In her professional life, she is an adoption clinician for the oldest child welfare agency in Oregon. You can follow her on Twitter: @crysignatowski
Submission Reader: Edward Sambrano III (he/him)
Edward Sambrano III is from San Antonio, Texas. An MFA candidate at the University of Florida, his recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Salamander Magazine, DIAGRAM, and Pidgeonholes, among other publications. He loves cats and concerts. Follow him on Twitter: @SambranoPoet
Submission Reader: Ben Kline (he/him)
Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing poems, telling stories, drinking more coffee than might seem wise. His chapbook SAGITTARIUS A* will be published in 2020 by Sibling Rivalry Press. He is a poetry reader for The Adroit Journal and Flypaper Lit. His other work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in The Cortland Review, DIAGRAM, Hobart, Juked, Vagabond City, A&U Magazine, Bending Genres Journal and many more. You can read more at https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/
Submission Reader: Zack Lavoie (he/him)
Zack Lavoie graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington and is the author of the chapbook UPHEAVALS (Pond Bench Press). He was awarded the 2017 Alice James Books Director's Chair Fellowship in Farmington, Maine, is the winner of the Franklin & Somerset County Poetry Competition and has been nominated for Best of the Net. He works as a copywriter and founded Northland Creative. He is also on the Poetry staff at The Maine Review and Flypaper Lit. His work has been featured in The Shallow Ends, Empty Mirror Magazine, OCCULUM Journal, Dirty Paws Poetry Review, Longleaf Review, FlyPaper, OXIDANT | ENGINE, and on the 'memoria' podcast. When he isn't writing he can be found wandering along the banks of a lake with his dog.
Submission Reader: Briony Collins (she/her)
Briony Collins is a writer, artist, and performer from England. She currently lives in Bangor, Wales, where she is doing a Master’s degree in Creative Writing. She is the co-curator of Cape Magazine and is represented by DHH Literary Agency. Briony won the 2016 Exeter Novel Prize and has publications with Poetry Wales, Agenda Magazine, Retreat West, Black Bough, Vociferous Press, and more. Find her on Twitter @ri_collins.
Submission Reader: James O'Leary (they/them)
James O’Leary is a gender-fluid Pisces, dreamer, and dork from Arizona. After spending some time up and down their home state, James has currently relocated to New York City, where they are pursuing an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College. James’s most recent work has appeared in such places as Kissing Dynamite, Frontier, and The Indianapolis Review. James wants to share some coffee with you and talk about birds. You can find them on Twitter @thesundaypoet
On-Staff Book Reviewer: Julia Beach (she/her)
Julia Beach graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. A southern girl living in Massachusetts, she works as a freelance graphic designer and content writer in the non-profit sector. Her poems have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Occulum, Barren Magazine, and I-70 Review. She’s a devoted collector of weird facts and a firm believer in the Oxford comma.
J. David is from Cleveland, Ohio. They love Julien Baker.
Poetry Editor: Taylor Byas (she/her)
Taylor Byas is a Black poet and essayist from Chicago. She now lives in Cincinnati, OH where she is a second year PhD student and Yates scholar at the University of Cincinnati. She is a reader for both the Cincinnati Review and The Rumpus. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, Hobart, Pidgeonholes, Empty Mirror, Jellyfish Review, and others. You can find her on Twitter @TaylorByas3.
Prose Editor: Jon Conley (he/him)
Jon Conley is a writer, musician, and educator from Cleveland. He is a candidate in the NEOMFA at Cleveland State University. He produces and performs music as Beach Stav. Find him online at conjonley.tumblr.com or on instagram @beachstav.
Assistant Editor: Crystal Ignatowski (she/her)
Crystal Ignatowski is an Oregon writer whose poetry has been featured in Roanoke Review, Honey & Lime, Bullets Into Bells, and more. In her professional life, she is an adoption clinician for the oldest child welfare agency in Oregon. You can follow her on Twitter: @crysignatowski
Submission Reader: Edward Sambrano III (he/him)
Edward Sambrano III is from San Antonio, Texas. An MFA candidate at the University of Florida, his recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Salamander Magazine, DIAGRAM, and Pidgeonholes, among other publications. He loves cats and concerts. Follow him on Twitter: @SambranoPoet
Submission Reader: Ben Kline (he/him)
Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing poems, telling stories, drinking more coffee than might seem wise. His chapbook SAGITTARIUS A* will be published in 2020 by Sibling Rivalry Press. He is a poetry reader for The Adroit Journal and Flypaper Lit. His other work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in The Cortland Review, DIAGRAM, Hobart, Juked, Vagabond City, A&U Magazine, Bending Genres Journal and many more. You can read more at https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/
Submission Reader: Zack Lavoie (he/him)
Zack Lavoie graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington and is the author of the chapbook UPHEAVALS (Pond Bench Press). He was awarded the 2017 Alice James Books Director's Chair Fellowship in Farmington, Maine, is the winner of the Franklin & Somerset County Poetry Competition and has been nominated for Best of the Net. He works as a copywriter and founded Northland Creative. He is also on the Poetry staff at The Maine Review and Flypaper Lit. His work has been featured in The Shallow Ends, Empty Mirror Magazine, OCCULUM Journal, Dirty Paws Poetry Review, Longleaf Review, FlyPaper, OXIDANT | ENGINE, and on the 'memoria' podcast. When he isn't writing he can be found wandering along the banks of a lake with his dog.
Submission Reader: Briony Collins (she/her)
Briony Collins is a writer, artist, and performer from England. She currently lives in Bangor, Wales, where she is doing a Master’s degree in Creative Writing. She is the co-curator of Cape Magazine and is represented by DHH Literary Agency. Briony won the 2016 Exeter Novel Prize and has publications with Poetry Wales, Agenda Magazine, Retreat West, Black Bough, Vociferous Press, and more. Find her on Twitter @ri_collins.
Submission Reader: James O'Leary (they/them)
James O’Leary is a gender-fluid Pisces, dreamer, and dork from Arizona. After spending some time up and down their home state, James has currently relocated to New York City, where they are pursuing an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College. James’s most recent work has appeared in such places as Kissing Dynamite, Frontier, and The Indianapolis Review. James wants to share some coffee with you and talk about birds. You can find them on Twitter @thesundaypoet
On-Staff Book Reviewer: Julia Beach (she/her)
Julia Beach graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. A southern girl living in Massachusetts, she works as a freelance graphic designer and content writer in the non-profit sector. Her poems have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Occulum, Barren Magazine, and I-70 Review. She’s a devoted collector of weird facts and a firm believer in the Oxford comma.