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

Aiman Tahir Khan is a writer from Lahore, Pakistan, and the inaugural Pakistan Youth Poet Laureate in English. Her work appears in Nimrod International Journal, Harpur Palate, Michigan Quarterly Review: Mixtape, Nashville Review, and elsewhere. 

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

Samantha Strong Murphey (she/her) has an MFA in poetry from NYU and has been supported by the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Vermont Studio Center. Sam teaches writing at UT-Dallas. Her work has been published by Rattle, Crab Creek Review, and North American Review and is forthcoming in The Missouri Review, RADAR, MER, and SWWIM. Her manuscript “Bad Prophet” was a finalist for the Trio Award from Trio House Press.

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. 

POETRY READER

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. 

COLUMNIST

Jenna Martínez is a queer Mexican-American writer and artist. A finalist for the Jack McCarthy Book Prize and Airlie Prize, her poetry has appeared in The Kenyon Review, HAD, Shō Poetry Journal, Cleveland Scene, Homology Lit, and elsewhere. Her work has been supported by the Macondo Writers Workshop, Sundress Academy for the Arts, Literary Cleveland, and Community of Writers Workshop. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

COLUMNIST

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

COLUMNIST

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.

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. 

STAFF REVIEWER

Rishi Janakiraman is a poet and essayist who writes from Raleigh, NC. He has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Urban Word, Young Poets Network, Bow Seat, and Best of SNO. A Top 15 Foyle Young Poet of the Year, his work has been published in The New York Times, The Poetry Society, Rust + Moth, and Dishsoap Quarterly, among others. He serves as the Co-Editor-In-Chief of Polyphony Lit and as the NC Youth Poet Laureate.