Eli: I’ve always wanted to be a Tenenbaum, you know?
Royal: Me too. Me too.
Eli: It doesn’t mean what it used to though, does it?
- Wes Anderson’s The Roya...
Annabelle Carvell
twitter: @AnnabelleCSyn
She often writes about fractured relationships that are quietly imploding; those little moments that make you go oh ...
Kyle McCord is the author of five books of poetry including National Poetry Series Finalist Magpies in the Valley of Oleanders (Trio House 2016). His work h...
Cade Leebron
twitter: @CadeyLadey
She is currently finishing up her MFA at The Ohio State University, where she serves as an editor at The Journal. ...
Juliet Escoria
twitter: @julietescoria
She writes books that she thinks are funny, but most other people seem to find them depressing. People who like them of...
Kevin Bertolero
twitter: @KevinBertolero
A recent graduate of Potsdam College, Kevin has spent three and a half years studying American literature, philosophy...
Hannah Gordon
twitter: @_hannanicole
She wrote about five separate drafts of fantasy novels by the age of eighteen. She thinks they're awful and vaguely...
Picture that trite analogy of a car wreck from which you can’t look away. Okay, now amplify it and evolve it into a delightfully visceral set of absurdist tales...
Libby Flores
twitter: @libbytheflores
She writes about broken men, and the tiny moments that shift a life. She was chosen as one of eight writers in the Unite...
Eve Kenneally
twitter: @eveveve418
A freelance writer and recent alumna of the MFA program at the University of Montana. Her poetry discusses pop culture, gen...
Jerome C. Keith
twitter: @JeromeKeith76
Filmmaker. Current editor-in-chief for Loyal University's undergraduate journal Reader's Response. He writes scripts, ...
Nadine Nabass
As a young poet, she enjoys experimenting ruthlessly in her work with a distinct and unapologetic style of poetry. With a diverse backgrou...
“You can feel them poking at you, trying to draw the pain out of your body with a syringe...You think how painful it would be if your pain were taken from you.”...
Safia Elhillo
twitter: @mafiasafia
She is the author of the collection, The January Children, a deeply personal collection of poems that describe the experien...
Kamden Hilliard
twitter: @KamdenHilliard
Kam wanted to be a scientist, but isn't. Instead, they are a reader at Gigantic Sequins, an editor at Jellyfish Magaz...
Aline Dolinh
twitter: @alinedolinh
A writer from the D.C. suburbs who currently draws most of her inspiration from 80's synthpop, female-driven horror movies,...
Julia Dixon Evans
twitter: @juliadixonevans
Her true love is longform writing: novels, sprawling things that she can lose herself in. But she writes short sto...
Khaty Xiong
twitter: @khatyxiong
A lover of persimmons and loquats. She is a second-generation Hmong American from Fresno, Ca. Born to Hmong refugees from L...
“There’s nothing there,” says Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) in Manchester by the Sea.
Equally moving and understated, Kenneth Lonergan’s movie and Melanie Fin...
Zachary Doss
twitter: @thisyearsboy
Lives and writes in Houston where he mostly dotes on his cat. To support his writing, he works a day job at a musical th...
George Abraham
A Palestinian-American poet attending Swarthmore College. He competed in the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational (placing 2nd out of 68 inte...
Ashley Mares
twitter: @ash_mares2
She works at a law firm during the day, attends law school classes at night, and writes during every spare moment in betwe...
Erin McIntosh
twitter: @misserinmc
Writer. Actress. Living in Los Angeles. She serves as the youngest judge and panelist for the inaugural CYBILS book awards ...
“...she locks the car behind her. She hates the few moments between locked car and locked apartment.”
At the moment you realize that not all opportunities wi...
Aria Misha Aber
twitter: @ariamisha
A German-Afghani creature based in London, UK. She's a recent graduate from Goldsmiths College, University of London, ...
Michael Paramo
twitter: @Michael_Paramo
A Latinx homoromantic from an unknown city in Orange County, Ca. They are usually pondering their existence, and are o...
Joyce Chong
twitter: @_joycechong
She spends a lot of time daydreaming about having the time to play Harvest Moon and finally finishing FFIII and Chrono Trigge...
William James
twitter: @thebilljim
Known to most as BillJim. Officially called William James who likes trains, and scaryloudangry music. He is a poet, aging p...
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
twitter: @sadqueer4life
She spends her time writing poems, waiting for the world to be reborn, and tweeting about being sad and queer...
