Cleve Corner | Fiction Editor
Cleve Corner is an MFA student in creative writing and publishing arts at the University of Baltimore. He has worked in author event coordination for over twenty years and is currently the manager of author and speaker engagement at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Alex Cosentino-Tich | Poetry and Art Reader
Alex Cosentino-Tich (he/him or they/them) is a trans and queer writer based in central Maryland. His creative nonfiction and poetry explore the intersections of gender identity, familial grief, and queer joy. Alex has his B.A. from NYU in English and American Literature and is obtaining an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Baltimore.

Melissa Foley-King | Nonfiction Reader
Melissa Foley-King is a nostalgist, librarian, and MFA candidate in the Creative Writing & Publishing Arts program at University of Baltimore. Writing is among one of the many things she enjoys, which include, but are not limited to, fiber arts, gardening, playing bass and ukulele, going to punk shows, making miniatures, and overcommitting. Melissa lives in Baltimore with her husband and her pets. Her work has appeared in Baltimore Fishbowl and Welter.

Zahra Gordon | Poetry Editor
Zahra Gordon is an African-Caribbean poet and former journalist. She holds a BA in English from Howard University and is currently an MFA Creative Writing & Publishing Arts candidate at the University of Baltimore. Her poetry has been published in literary journals such as TRUAE, The New Engagement, and in the anthology Thicker Than Water. She was a winner of the 2010 Furious Flower Poetry Competition and was longlisted for the 2015 Hollick Arvon Prize for Caribbean Writers. 

Trinity Gray | PR Manager, Poetry Reader
Trinity Gray is a Baltimore native with a passion for words.  She realized it after taking her first English class as an undergrad at Coppin State, which caused her to switch her major from Business Management to English.  Trinity has a deep love for the arts and black culture, which she consistently expresses throughout her work.  This passion for words drove her to obtain her MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts at the University of Baltimore.  Trinity’s involvement in the program has caused her to appreciate publishing just as much as writing. Trinity is also a newly published writer in Yellow Arrow Journal.

Tim Huber | Managing Editor
Tim Huber is a former Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps. He is currently pursuing his MFA at the University of Baltimore, where he was awarded the Beatrice Kanigel Prize for Language and Literature. In his free time, he is an avid enjoyer of all things escapism, whether it be novels, TV and film, or video games. He also does non-nerdy things, like growing his own food, working out, and hunting.

Nat Kaplan | Nonfiction Editor
Nat Kaplan (they/them) is a Connecticut born, Baltimore based poet and creative non-fiction writer. Their work has appeared in TRNSFR Books: Volume 8 and they read submissions for Yellow Arrow Press. They have a B.A. in English and are currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts at University of Baltimore. When they are not writing, you can find them crocheting and watching reality TV with their cat. 

Kara Kauffman | Fiction Reader
Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Kara Kauffman considers Baltimore her adopted home and loves all the characters and stories this special place has to tell. She is currently enrolled as a student at the University of Baltimore’s MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing program. In her spare time, she likes to read and journal (particularly in parks around Baltimore) and go on adventures locally and abroad, and she loves a good statue to pose with.

Wardha Moriam | Art Director, Webmaster
Wardha Moriam is a design goblin (no, really—find her online @thedesigngoblin) who has traveled far and wide as an international student in search of better stories to tell. She loves stories and spinning them out into a thousand tangents, designing them, and occasionally getting hopelessly tangled in them. Her work is a mixture of art and narrative, with ideas that are as memorable as they are a little strange. When not busy conjuring stories into existence, she can be found embarking on side quests as if they awarded life points. She insists that no experience is ever unnecessary.

Alicia Potee | Art Director, PR Manager, Poetry and Art Reader
Alicia Potee is a 2002 graduate of St. John’s College in Annapolis and a current MFA candidate at the University of Baltimore. Her poems have appeared in trampset, BRUISER, Chestnut Review, Comstock Review, Hawaii-Pacific Review, Little Patuxent Review, and Baltimore Review, among other places. She lives in Towson, MD with her tiny zoo of children and pets.

Tracie Pullen | Nonfiction Reader
Tracie Pullen is a reader, writer, student, and teacher. She earned the Sigma Tau Delta award in Research Writing as a senior at Notre Dame of Maryland University in 2005. For the past twenty years, she has instructed middle and high school students in literature and writing. In addition, she has ten years’ experience as yearbook adviser, photographer, copyeditor, and designer. 

Jayden Rhodes | Art Reader
Jayden Rhodes (she/her/hers)  is a well-versed Baltimore-based graphic designer and visual artist. Currently pursuing her Masters in Integrated Design at the University of Baltimore and interning at the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs, Jayden has had varied experience in several visual arts disciplines, from animation to print design. Additionally, she is a member of the Cheeky Magpie Collective and a Linehan Artist Scholars alumna.

John Sweeney | Poetry Reader
John Sweeney (b. 1988) is a poet currently based out of Laurel, Maryland. He holds a BA in English with minors in creative writing and history from the University of Maryland, College Park. His work has appeared in Pinky Thinker Press. He also records and performs original music under the stage name “Jasper Juniper.” Find him on Instagram at @madsweeneypoetry or @jasperjunipermusic.

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Nat Raum | Web Editor, Faculty Advisor
Nat Raum (b. 1996) is a queer disabled artist and writer based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They currently serve as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the University of Baltimore, where they earned their BFA and MFA respectively. They are the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press, and their writing has appeared in Baltimore Beat, Gone Lawn, beestung, Split Lip Magazine, and others. Find them online at natraum.com.

Betsy Boyd | Editor-in-Chief