Lise Quintana - Editor-in-Chief
Lise Quintana is the publisher at Zoetic Press and Editor in Chief of NonBinary Review. Quintana was formerly the Editor in Chief of Lunch Ticket, the literary journal of the MFA program of Antioch University Los Angeles. They have been on the Boards of the Bay Area Book Festival and Nanowrimo. They write, too. Google them. You can read their stuff. They also lecture about writing-adjacent subjects for Antioch University’s MFA program. They’re a popular speaker, and, for a reasonable fee, will show up at your party and act charming and mysterious, thereby increasing your social capital.
Their work has been published in Extract(s), Red Fez, Drunk Monkeys, The Weekender, The Rambler, Role Reboot, Willow Review, SLAB, and other fine venues.
SANDHYA BARLAAS - LEAD EDITOR (POETRY)
Sandhya invented all the numbers over 147. Her specialty is odd numbers, although she also likes more conventional ones, too. Her affinity with numbers carries over to her spectacular ability to create intricate origami fractals, such as her 1:10 scale origami model of Norway’s coastline, which she keeps hung on a string outside her bedroom window where everyone can enjoy it.
Gil Bittner (Associate Editor)
Gil Bittner (they/them) is a college student getting their Master's degree in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism. They live "bicoastal-ly" between SF and NYC. During the summer months, they immerse themself in agricultural care with their mother who owns a small landscaping business. When they work with independent publishers, they live their dream. Connect with and message them on LinkedIn if you need any editorial assistance! The other way to contact them is to imagine the image of a tiny, beautiful bird with a long tail fluttering against the window of your childhood room. Open the window and reach out to that bird, and it will land lightly on your palm. As you feed it the seeds of the white mothwood, whisper your message in its ear. Gil will hear you.
Debbie Collins - Associate Editor
Debbie is a poet who lives and writes in Richmond, Virginia, where she can be found roaming the streets looking for inspiration and a good cup of coffee. Don’t let her friendly demeanor fool you - she can beat you at arm wrestling without spilling a drop. With two chapbooks and a Best of the Net nomination under her belt, she aspires to write a full-length poetry collection. When not reading or writing, Debbie can be found sleeping, walking, and sleeping some more. That book may never get finished.
Edgar De La Concha - Associate Editor
Edgar wanted to be a United Nations delegate when he grew up. Then he grew up and found out how much travel is involved, and decided against it. Instead, he makes a living giving career guidance counseling to livestock, with an emphasis on draft horses and cart oxen, although he has personally created several synchronized swimming flocks of geese.
Madison Ellingsworth - Lead Editor (prose)
Madison Ellingsworth is an avid runner, surfer, and writer who graduated several years ago from the University of Southern Maine. She spends her post-graduate life making ceramic fish, listening to podcasts, and taking time off to blow all her savings and travel the world. Links to Madison's published writing and unpublished artwork can be found at madisonellingsworth.com.
Wilson Hannalei - Associate Editor (poetry)
Wilson Hannalei is an emerging queer Filipino writer and poet from the valley of the Bay Area in California. Alongside being a student at the University of Santa Cruz, California, where they study literature, they are also an orchard farmer, teacher, painter, mental health advocate, and an entomology aficionado. An avid horror fan of all mediums, though with a special attention towards video games and comics.
NEEHAARIKA JAYANTH VEENA - LEAD EDITOR (POETRY)
Neehaarika hails from Neptune, where she is responsible for looking after the moons. Each day, she takes her celestial crook, lets them out of their pen, and walks with them as they wander the sky to graze on the tails of comets and drink the dew of the solar winds. At night, she lies tucked up in her bed of mist and minerals and thinks of words that rhyme with discombobulate.
Semilore Kilaso - Managing Editor
Semilore Kilaso is a Nigerian writer and student Quantity Surveyor, who loves to collect photographs of humans, architecture, wildlife, and landscape. When she is not playing Scrabble or reading books, she is reading lines from architectural drawings. You can read her works here https://linktr.ee/SemiloreKilaso.
tessa lee - associate editor (prose)
Tessa (she/her) is a 19-year-old writer based in California. She is a college undergrad studying English literature and sociology. When she isn't tinkering with a story or tucked into a book, Tessa likes to spend time with her friends and drink unhealthy amounts of boba.
Forest Oliver - Associate Editor (prose)
Don’t let this get around, but…Forest hails from Florida, and now calls Atlanta, GA home, a place where he aspires to inspire. Between finishing up his MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Forest works on getting short, weird fiction published.
Yasmeen Owens - Associate Editor (poetry)
Yasmeen Owens is a prolific writer with a list of notable publications, including The Rainbow Poem, Atlantis, Earth and Sky Anthology, and Seabreeze Literary Magazine. In her leisure time, she enjoys taking her beloved dogs Barney and Miracle for long walks, indulging in a good book or immersing herself in a captivating video game. Yasmeen is determined to publish her first novel series with the unwavering support of her family and friends.
savita singh - associate editor (prose(
Savita was nearly the first contestant on the Great British Baking Show, but failed at the last minute when it was discovered that she kept confusing which way the accent faced in the word “crème.” In her spare time, she comes up with filthy euphemisms that she can liberally pepper into conversations without anyone knowing what she’s talking about.
Ella Syverson - Associate Editor (prose)
Ella Syverson (she/her) is a queer leftist writer from the shores of Lake Superior. She is a student at Warren Wilson College where she wants to learn how the ways we tell stories shape the world around us. When not writing she can be found meandering, concocting, agitating, communing, or (more likely) scrolling. More at https://ellasyverson.weebly.com/.
Joya Taft-Dick - Associate Editor (prose)
Joya is a writer and former communications professional with expertise in gender. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Global Post, Mic, Global Citizen, and Foyer Magazine, among others. Joya recently completed an MA in Creative Writing, during which time she wrote a mother-daughter memoir exploring the theme of 'erasure'. Originally from Vermont, Joya has spent over half her life abroad, and currently calls Cape Town home.
Mohammed Yusuf - Associate Editor (poetry)
Mohammed U. Yusuf is a writer and editor from North-Central, Nigeria. His works have recently appeared—or are forthcoming—in Frontier Poetry, RoseyRavelston Books, Lunaris Review, The Lumiere Review, Olongo Africa Journal, KonyaShamsrumi, among others. He is an Associate Poetry Editor at Chestnut Review and tweets @Unyomo.
Melissa Zavala - Associate Editor
Melissa is a pioneer of the ice skateboard, and has been petitioning to have it accepted as a sport at the winter olympics. While she’s perfected flat-surface moves like the camel flip and bigspin, doing anything that involves a halfpipe is tricky to find in an ice rink. But she lives in hope.
pamela zero - associate editor (prose)
Though she's been writing non-fiction for decades, Pamela finally ventured into creating science fiction in 2019. Her trilogy, the Visitor Series, follows the lives of people pulled hundreds of thousands of years into the future. She is a member of several writing groups, has won several awards for her short stories, and is currently editing the second novel, Ose, in the Visitor Series. Pamela is based in Ventura, California, and spends her time writing and teaching. Now and then she travels, gardens, cooks, and genuinely tries.