MANAGING EDITOR

Asheley Nova Navarro is a Dominican poet, translator, and editor based in Georgia. Her work can be found in North American Review, wildness, Brink, Shō Poetry Journal, Joyland, and elsewhere. She is the founding editor of Sontag Mag and works as a bookseller.

ASSOCIATE POETRY EDITOR

Samantha Strong Murphey (she/her) is the author of the full-length collection BAD PROPHET, forthcoming from Trio House Press in 2027. She has an MFA in poetry from NYU and has been supported by the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been published by The Missouri Review, Rattle, The Rumpus, North American Review, and elsewhere. Before poetry, Sam worked as a journalist. Now she teaches writing at the University of Texas-Dallas.

POETRY READER

Aanya Mehta is in her senior year, majoring in English literature. Her love for literature has been immense, and she is interested in pursuing her research in the field of literature itself. Other than creative writing, she does street photography, which has helped her heighten the level of observation needed to write creative and effective poetry. Her poetry has been published in various anthologies, and her photographs have been displayed in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India.

POETRY READER

Jai Michelle Louissen is the EIC of a literary journal, The Winged Moon. Scottish, living in the Netherlands, with an education in literature, systemic therapy, and meditation, she writes about identity, trauma, and loss. Published recently in Poetry Scotland, Dust, and Eche, you can follow her on X and Bluesky/IG @bornonadarkmoon.

POETRY READER

Suzanne Claridge is a writer, researcher, and artist based in Sydney, Australia. Her arts writing and poetry can be found in unMagazine, Performance Review, Cordite Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She is currently a PhD candidate; her interdisciplinary research explores social history, feminist postcolonial studies, diasporic studies, archives, and poetics. She is also a member of the editorial collective for Lilith: A Feminist History Journal. 

POETRY READER

Ezra Fox is a Best of the Net nominee who lives and writes in San Francisco, CA, and holds an MFA from Indiana University. A Breadloaf, Tin House, and Lambda Literary Fellow, and recipient of the Lili Elbe Memorial Scholarship, which recognizes transgender writers of exceptional promise, their work appears or is forthcoming in TriQuarterly, The Pinch, Fourteen Hills, Interim, and elsewhere. Additionally, they won the 2025 West Trade Review Poetry Prize and currently serve as assistant judge of the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Apart from writing, Ezra maintains a daily practice of reconnecting with their inner child: roller-skating, playing drums, and enjoying animated films and theme parks. In quieter moments, they can be found sharing cups of tea and sweet treats with their beloveds. Learn more about Ezra at ezrafox.net or on Instagram @ezraxfox.

POETRY READER

Noah Racey is an American poet, professor, and workshop leader from Maryland writing after the Fresno School. Noah holds a BA in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University, where he spent four years as the near-sole member of the Malibu Hardcore Scene. In 2022, while earning an M.Phil. from Trinity College Dublin’s Oscar Wilde Center, he was awarded the Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Prize. He currently resides between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Edinburgh, Scotland.

POETRY READER

Zi'Andria Corley is a poet and an M.F.A. candidate at Georgia College & State University. She is a recipient of the 2026 AWP Intro Journal Awards and has been nominated for the Best New Poets Anthology. Her work has appeared in Revolute, Outskirts, Kawandi Magazine, Kitchen Table Quarterly, Twisted Tongue Magazine, and elsewhere. 

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Kaylee Salazar is an Ecuadorian-American poet from northern New Jersey. She graduated with a bachelor’s in English from the University of New Haven. Kaylee is now pursuing a creative writing MFA from Southern Illinois University, where she works as a peer tutor, English instructor, and editor for the Crab Orchard Review. She currently resides in the Hudson Valley. 

POETRY READER

Aanji Sin is a Chinese American writer and copyeditor based in New York City. Her poetry appears in the Agave Review and RUNT Magazine.

POETRY READER

Anna Erre is a French editor based in Paris and specialized in law books. She also draws and is learning how to tattoo; her portfolio is available here.

POETRY READER

Gabby Paradis is a 4th-year English student at the University of British Columbia, living between Vancouver and Edmonton, Alberta. They have recently been shortlisted for the Fractured Lit 2025 Micro Prize.

POETRY READER

Fabiana Ungaro is a Peruvian American poet and writer. Her creative work explores themes of otherworldliness, assimilation, and restraint. She is an MFA candidate at Georgia College and State University, where she works as a graduate assistant and a reader for Peach Literary Magazine. She holds a B.S. in Communication with a minor in Journalism from the University of Central Florida. She has reported for multiple queer-owned publications, including Watermark Out News, OUTSFL, and more. She is on the Board of Directors for PRISM FL, where she previously worked as a program manager for LGBTQ+ youth. 

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Marxie Colliver is a Michigan-born poet. She received her BA in English and Spanish from the University of Michigan, where she was named a finalist for the Hopwood Award and the Theodore Roethke Prize in 2026. Her work has appeared in SHEI Magazine, Qua, and elsewhere. She currently lives in Savannah, where she works as a bookseller. When she’s not writing, she’s probably at her local grocery store hunting for the ripest melon.

POETRY READER

Annie Grimes (she/her/hers) is a writer from Conway, Arkansas. She received her MFA in fiction from the College of Charleston in 2024, and she currently lives in New Orleans, LA. Her poetry is featured in Rattle, Frozen Sea, and Mudroom, and her fiction can be found in New Delta Review and Cagibi. Find more of her writing at https://anniegrimes.com/ or on her Instagram, @annieslittlelibrary.

POETRY READER

Based in Karachi, Hunza Ghanchi’s interdisciplinary work explores space, memory, and belonging. They currently serve as the Programme Coordinator at the Citizens Archive of Pakistan and are an artist-in-residence at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. 

POETRY READER

Ignacio Oliden (Buenos Aires, 1997) is an editor at La Piccioletta Barca and a member of the editorial board of Buenos Aires Poetry (magazine and publishing house). He also writes literary criticism for the cultural supplement of the print newspaper Perfil. He co-edited and translated Poetas del Renacimiento de Harlem (2023, alongside Juan Arabia) and published Mester de Juglaría (2024). Some of his poems have been translated into English, Greek, and Italian. Among his latest publications is his contribution to Jugar con espejos: Ensayos sobre la traducción de culturas asiáticas en Latinoamérica (Editorial Noctámbula & Centro de Estudios Asiáticos UC, 2025).

Mina Shazia Shoaib is a Pakistani poet and mixed media artist, for whom writing is an avenue of reflection, curiosity, and confession. Her work engages with understandings of urbanity, gender, violence, and most recently, time. In 2026, she was named the Youth Poet Laureate [English] for Pakistan by Urban Word and was published in the Jashn Anthology [Vol II]. She has previously been published in The Aleph Review, Cup Shup Magazine, Behenchara Magazine, and Flight Poetry Press and has worked as the Poetry Editor for Cup Shup Magazine. In addition to writing, she enjoys creating collages, reading speculative fiction, and cycling.

POETRY READER

李奕轩/Michelle Li has been nationally recognized by Scholastic Art and Writing, Bennington Young Writers Awards, and Narrative Magazine. An alumna of the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop and the Adroit Summer Mentorship, her work is forthcoming or published in Up the Staircase Quarterly, The Penn Review, and Frontier Poetry. She plays violin and piano, loves Rachmaninoff, blackberries, and the rain.

STAFF INTERVIEWER

Amarys Dejai is a multifaceted writer from Austin, Texas. Her poetry and prose have been published by Local Wolves, Foglifter, and others. In addition to working with Sontag Mag, she is currently the Director of Writing for the Austin-based art and creative magazine Glaze, a music journalist for the press outlet Punkaganda, and a staff writer for Hayat Life Magazine. Alongside being a writer, she is a photographer, artist, and educator.