Our Staff
Editor-in-Chief: Casey McCarthy
Editorial Assistants: Vacant
Communications and Administrative Manager: Melody Rivas
Communications and Administrative Assistant: Analisa Davis, Natalie Intihar
Recruitment Manager: Vacant
Design and Layout Manager: Ryan Yau
Design and Layout Assistants: Vacant
Website Design Manager: Casey McCarthy
Website Assistants: Vacant
Art Manager: Maren Detlefs
Art Judges: Clarissa McLaughlin, Jen Sexton-Riley
Copy Chief: Clarissa McLaughlin
Copy Editors: Natia Kirvalidze, Ember-Reece Richardson
Social Media Manager: K Rose Stanley
Social Media Assistant: Alexandra Ashe
Submissions Manager: Amira Mazzawy
Submissions Assistant: Emily Andsager
Features Editor: Natia Kirvalidze
Features Assistant: Vacant
Features Writer: Shannon Stockdale-Elftman
Features Writer: Shannon Sweeney
Readers: Haley Brock, Emily Chapel, Maren Detlefs, Keera Lydon, Katie McGuire, Ella Miller, Amber Morrison, K. R. Stanley, Tehya Tenasco, Skylar Allen
Meet the Team
Emily Andsager – Submissions Assistant
“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”
-Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
Alexandra Ashe – Social Media Assistant
Haley Brock – Reader
Emily Chapel – Reader & Co-Chair of the Board
Analisa Davis – Communications & Administrative Assistant
Maren Detlefs – Art Manager & Reader
Patrick Edinger – Features Writer & Board Administrator
Shannon Stockdale-Elftman – Feature Writer
Natalie Intihar – Communications & Administrative Assistant
“Writing fiction is easy- just start writing about yourself and don’t stop yourself from lying.”
Natia Kirvalidze – Features Editor
Keera Lydon – Reader
Amira Mazzawy – Submissions Manager
Casey McCarthy – Editor-in-Chief
Katie McGuire – Reader
Clarissa McLaughlin – Board Chair & Copy Chief
Ella Miller – Reader
Amber Morrison – Reader
Ember-Reece Richardson – Copy Editor
Jen Sexton-Riley – Art Judge & Board Member
Melody Rivas – Communications and Administrative Manager
K. R. Stanley – Social Media Manager & Reader
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” -Edgar Allan Poe, Complete Tales and Poems
Shannon Stockdale-Elftman – Feature Writer
Shannon Sweeney – Features Co-Assistant & Feature Writer
Tehya Tenasco – Reader
Ryan Yau – Design and Layout Manager