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Editor-in-Chief
Grace Marie Liu (she/her)
Grace Marie Liu is a Chinese-American writer from Michigan. She is a 2024 YoungArts National Winner with Distinction in Poetry and an alumna of the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, the Iowa Young Writers' Studio, and the Sewanee Young Writers' Conference. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Minnesota Review, Sundog Lit, AAWW, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Okay Donkey Mag, and Peach Mag, among others, and has been recognized by The Poetry Society UK, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, and the Leyla Beban Young Authors Foundation. She also serves as an Editor-in-Chief for Polyphony Lit.
Executive Editor
Ruoyu Wang (they/them)
Executive Editor
Ruoyu Wang is an artist based near Seattle who supports the struggle for Palestinian liberation. Their poems appear in Sine Theta Magazine, COUNTERCLOCK, and The Shore, and they have studied under Kelly X. Hui and Logan Hoffman-Smith. When not editing and conducting interviews for SUNHOUSE Literary, Ruoyu is busy finding love in their friends. Find them @shallowf1sh on Twitter.
Editors
Althea Downing-Sherer (she/her)
Althea Downing-Sherer is a high school junior from Iowa. She is an alumna of the Iowa Young Writer’s Studio, an editor at Polyphony Lit, and an international finalist in Coexist Literary Magazine’s Metamorphosis writing contest. When she’s not writing, she can be found creating elaborate Pinterest boards, listening to Taylor Swift, and preparing for Mock Trial competitions.
Audrey Wu (she/her)
Audrey Wu is a high school student from Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to The Dawn Rview, she edits for a variety of other magazines and interviews for the Teen Magazine. She has attended the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop, Iowa Young Writers studio, Grubstreet’s Young Adult Writer’s program, and Northwestern Creative Writing for Talent Development among others. When she’s not writing, you can find her baking, crocheting, or obsessively binging rom coms.
Ava Ye (she/her)
Ava Ye/叶曳 was born in Hangzhou, China and attends high school in Los Angeles. She has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and the National Council of Teachers of English. Ava is an alumna of the Iowa Young Writers' Studio, and her poetry is published or forthcoming in Whale Road Review, Kissing Dynamite, The Penn Review, and elsewhere.
Cathleen Balid (she/her)
Cathleen Balid is a high school junior from Queens, New York. Her writing has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the New York Times, Columbia College Chicago, and Roanoke Review, among others. When she is not writing, she likes hiking, listening to K-pop, and buying copious amounts of cheesecake flavored candles. You can find her at cathleenbalid.carrd.co
Claire Xu (she/her)
Claire Xu is a high school junior from Maryland. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and appears in The Afterpast Review. She is an alumna of the Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference, the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, and the Iowa Young Writers Studio. When not writing, she enjoys visiting modern art installations and completing crossword puzzles.
Christina Julien (she/her)
Christina Julien is a Trini-American teen who finds solace in retellings of Caribbean folklore. Outside of writing, her greatest love is anthropology.
D. H. Lane (she/he)
D.H. Lane is a creative writing and linguistics undergrad at Syracuse University. She focuses on classic civilizations, language, the horror genre, queer identity, and deer in the headlights. She edits for Renaissance Review in addition to publishing her own work. You can find her work in The Graveyard Zine, Anti-Heroin Chic, warning lines, and various Syracuse publications including Perception and The Outcrowd. You can visit her page at delightfullyunhinged.substack.com.
Elizabeth Mansfield (she/they)
Elizabeth is a writer from Denver, Colorado. They studied creative writing at the University of Chicago, where they graduated with honors. Their works have been featured in Quailbell, Wigleaf, and Unlimited Literature. Currently, they're studying law in the hopes of becoming an environmental justice lawyer.
Heather Qin (she/her)
Heather Qin is a high school junior from New Jersey. She is an alumna of the Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference and the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the New York Times, Breakbread Literary Magazine, Columbia College Chicago, and more. Besides writing, Heather loves classical music, watching anime, and playing gacha games.
Anna Liu (she/her)
Anna Liu (or Joanna) is a writer from Massachusetts. Her work has been recognized by the New York Times, the Alliance for Young Writers, Bennington Young Writers Awards, and Polyphony Lit, among others. In her free time, she likes to take care of chickens and watch video essays on Youtube. You can find her doing nothing on Twitter @cyoxyx
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Richard is an Asian-American writer and creative from California. They run an archival tumblr blog, and in their free time, they can be found posting on independent journalism blogs, copywriting, and purchasing snacks with coins only.
Richard Yuan (they/he/she)
Sophia Kunkel (she/her)
Sophia Kunkel (she/her) is a junior at Hollins University in Roanoke Virginia, where she studies English and Creative Writing. She loves nature walks, has endless enthusiasm for The Beatles, and adores her miniature Goldendoodle, Bielka [the space dog]. Her experimental, cross-genre pieces have previously been featured in publications such as Cathartic Youth Literary, Juven Press, Gravel Magazine at Hollins, Outlander Zine, and more. She is also indie published in fiction and poetry. You can find Sophia at www.sophiakunkel.com
Editors Emeritus:
Our past editors include Ziyi Yan, Vicki Lin, Terra Ungson, Akshita Krishnan, Paridhi Poddar, Loisa Fenichell, Kaydance Rice, Heidi Pan, Lucas Rucchin, Hilary Tam, Sabine Wilson-Patrick, Samiksha Ransom, Sandra Lin, Jacqueline Parker, Mackenzie Duan, Believe Chakenya, Ciara Whimbush, Evan Wang, Mark Kyungsoo Bias, and Maabena Nti.