Editor-In-Chief

Jiyu Hong is a writer from North Carolina. Besides writing, she enjoys learning random biology facts, baking, and going down Google rabbit holes.

Poetry Readers

Yael Tobón (she/they) is a Mexican writer and poet concerned with feminism, nostalgia and social issues. They are enrolled in the Honours English and Creative Writing program at Concordia University with a double minor in Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality and Liberal Arts. You can find them at a cute local coffee shop, listening to K-pop, or mindfully scrolling through Pinterest. @moonchildd02

Eartha Davis second in the 2022 Woorilla Poetry Prize Youth Section, with work published or forthcoming in Dipity Literary Magazine, Frozen Sea Journal Issue 2, Eunoia Review, & Wildness Issue 32. Eartha’s poems have also been featured in the Spotify poetry podcast ‘Hummingbird Blink.’ She is currently a staff member of Dipity Literary Magazine & Panoramic Press.  @eartha_davis_

Karen Yang is a junior at Palo Alto High school who have studied in international schools in China. She loves experimenting with poetry, and she believes poems are the most powerful camera for capturing the emotional settings of a piece of memory. Her poetry are imaginative and many of them are written in Chinese, showing the beauty of different languages. Her pseudonym is “过七”, seven passes, which has the same pronunciation as “expiration” in Chinese. Her poetry and art works had been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing awards and several forums in China.

Poetry Editors

Olivia Burgess is an 18 year old word chef raised and residing near London, England. Her poetry usually revolves around her deep admiration of nature, the frailty of humankind, or her muse, who shall remain unnamed. Soon embarking on an English degree, she has been published in over 20 micro press avenues. When she’s not composing poetry she likes to walk dogs, cook, and stare at the moon. She hopes you take care of yourself today. @light_green.eyes

Lenya Norea Wegener is an 18-year-old writer from Germany. In a perfect world, she would spend the entire day wandering through New York City, writing and reading everything from poetry to nonfiction. But, alas, she has to get her high school diploma first. @lenyanorea 

J.Y. Tan is a student from Singapore. Her work appears in Salamander, Lunch Ticket and Rust + Moth among other journals. Visit her at jytan.carrd.co. @almostjiayan on Instagram

Prose Readers

Ash K. Gray is a young Egyptian author, poet and artist who can typically be spotted lurking within the shadows of horrors undefined or hanging in the swamps of comedies undivine. Gray’s work has been published or is forthcoming in Subliminal Surgery, Moonbow Magazine, Beneath The Mask and Midsummer Magazine, as well as a few others. @ash.k.gray

Maryam Majid is a young writer from Britain who loves weaving together pretty words until her prose is a deep, royal purple. Her work has been recognised by the Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine, and Teen Ink. She aspires to work in medicine and to publish a book one day. @maryammajick

Hailey Jiang is a 16 year old poet residing in Boston, MA. She has been writing poetry since the 7th grade and is an avid fan of Jason Reynolds, Sylvia Path, and Zane Fredrick. She also rows for her school and is a figure skater. In her free time she enjoys listening to Kpop (especially Itzy!) and playing with her cats. @hailey_j189

Prose Editors

A’Daja Harris is a ravenous reader turned whimsical writer with a peculiar taste for graphic memoir. Her love for language knows no bounds—evident in her unprecedented obsession with em-dashes. @adayjust

Lucy Lamb is a freelance writer from Wiradjuri Land in regional Australia. She engages with concepts regarding absurdism, feminism and youth issues through her evocative fiction and non-fiction works, as well as experimenting with form and intertextuality. Lucy’s work is featured in the 2023 Regional Scribes anthology ‘You Together’ produced by Regional Arts Australia. Read more of Lucy’s work at lucylamb.blog @lvcy.jpeg

Ella Eberhardt is a third-year university student in Sydney, passionate about the process of communication through writing and reading. She grew up in the Blue Mountains and has a healthy love of nature and the outdoors, as well as strong coffee and adding maple syrup to matcha! ella.eberhardt (Instagram)

Copy Editor

Tori Ingram is an undergraduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who has a special interest in discussing spirituality through a bicultural lens. Her childhood was spent in California, but she now resides in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is finishing up her studies in English and Creative Writing and is currently the head poetry editor for the university’s literary journal Jabberwocky. She is also working with the university’s MFA program on their Visiting Writers Series. Her work has been published in The Foundationalist, The Scribe, and Jabberwocky.

Content Writers

A seventeen year old girl from Pakistan, Nabeeha Mudassar has been writing from the very first moment she learned how to pick up a pencil. Various books, poems and stories pay tribute to her life. Her hobbies include reading, crocheting and swimming.

Anna Marie is a bubbly Filipina American who loves to create to empower and inspire others.

Sariya Camp is a writer, avid reader, and tea-drinker with an enthusiasm for classic literature. She is currently studying English at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her work is forthcoming in Metrosphere.

Kathryn Harry is a high school junior and writer from rainy Washington with interests in nature and art history. She carries a pocket notebook with her everywhere—whether it be volunteering at her local library, going to the movies, or taking long walks by the water—in case inspiration decides to strike her. Kathryn is ecstatic to work with The Expressionist and hopes to spread the wonder of writing as best as she can through this opportunity. instagram: @kathyrn._.jane

Art Editor

Sophia Liu is a high school junior in California. Her art has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and published in Eucalyptus Lit, HELM, and others. She is the media director of 1072 Harker Robotics and an Art Club co-president. Aside from art, she spends her time in neuroscience and developmental economics research, robotics, and cross-country.