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wildscape. editors
Ophelia Monet // EIC + Founder
wildscape. literary journal was started in 2024 by Ophelia (she/her),
a 2025 and 2026 Best of the Net nominated poet who started writing after learning that
her late mother was a published poet under a pen name. The first name of her
mother’s pen name was “Ophelia”, hence the choice of Ophelia’s pen name
(though Monet is not a pseudonym). Ophelia is a special education teacher,
storm chaser & certified weather spotter, avid crocheter, and mother. She lives in the suburbs of
Cincinnati with her husband and their four-year-old son. She has poetry published
or forthcoming in HOBART, Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine, Moss Puppy, Free Verse Revolution,
Ink & Marrow Lit, Loud Coffee Press, tiny wren lit, Heimat Review, The Orchards
Poetry Journal, The Inflectionist Review, and more. You can connect with her on
Instagram at @opheliawmonet, or via email at mysoullaidbare@gmail.com. You can
check out some of her publications here.
Oliver Andrews // Fiction + CNF Editor
Oliver Andrews (he/him) has his MFA in creative writing from Miami University (Oxford, OH) and is a freelance writer, as well as a bookseller. Similar to Ophelia, his first name is a pseudonym. He lives in the suburbs of Cincinnati with his wife and their four-year-old son. He loves reading sci-fi and fantasy novels in his free time, and his favorite hobby is gaming. Old School RuneScape, anyone?
wildscape. readers
Angela Heiser
fiction/nonfiction + feature writer
| Angela Heiser lives near Raleigh and spends her days herding children and dreaming of her next trip, whether to North Carolina beaches or Scotland. She writes about exploring nature with her kids and searching for woodpeckers. She is an alum of Writers in Paradise and reads for Abode Press, The Poetry Lighthouse, and Wildscape. Find her on Instagram @angelacheiser |
Instagram: @angelacheiser
Bethany Hutchison
poetry
| Bethany Hutchison (she/her) has been writing and obsessing over poetry since 2008. She resides near Dayton, Ohio with her ceramicist husband, Scottish terrier, and two cats. When she’s not reading or writing poetry, she can be found working in a hospital pharmacy, studying chess, or working on her gothic horror novel she’s rewritten countless times in the past five years. Her work can be found under the name B. A. Hutchison in several anthologies and online journals such as SQUID Literary & Arts, First Line Poets Anthology, Youngstown Art Scene Zine, and wildscape. literary journal’s Issue I. |
Instagram: @fromtheastralplane
Derek Yen
poetry
| Derek Yen writes about chronic illness, (un)certainty, and care. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in Apogee Journal, ANMLY, Seventh Wave, and elsewhere. He has received support and poetic education from McCormack Writing Center, Brooklyn Poets, and Abode Press. He is a 2026 Abode Retreat Poetry Fellow. When not writing, he is a copy editor for the speculative fiction magazine khōréō, and he lives in Brooklyn with his partner, their dog, and several houseplants. Find him online at derekiswriting.com. |
Hannah Voteur
fiction & nonfiction
| Hannah (she/her) is a writer, poet and editor, currently working in publishing in NYC as an operations associate. She has loved fiction and stories for as long as she can remember, particularly gothic and evocative literary pieces. She got her Master’s in Linguistics from Boston University in 2022, and her Master’s in English Language and Literature from the University of Sheffield in 2023. When she doesn’t have her nose in a book, she can most likely be found baking lemon bars, daydreaming about moving into a cat friendly apartment, or seeking out new hole-in-the-wall bookstores in her neighborhood. |
Substack: @thinksandthings
Ian Parker
poetry
| Ian Parker is a poet, musician, and photographer. Between poem drafts, he enjoys listening to records, watching movies with his wife and three cats, and holding onto his inner child through Nintendo. He has work published in Chainmail Poetry, Mikrokosmos Literary Journal, Humana Obscura, and wildscape. lit journal, and releases music under the names bernard cardigan, leaks, and slomononomo. He lives in Portland, Oregon. |
Joshua Ward
poetry & nonfiction
| Josh graduated with a degree in Wildlife Conservation from Virginia Tech in 2022, with a minor in Creative Writing. He returned to Tech in 2025 and now pursues a Creative Writing MFA with a focus on eco-poetry and other forms of nature writing. He has long sought a career that blends together elements of language arts, education, and natural history. His goal is to resurrect the ways of the old naturalists, the scientists who recorded their theories through eloquent verse, and the poets who inspired science with their wisdom and patience. His passions as a birder, wildlife photographer, artist, and frequent traveler all go towards this pursuit: the re-unification of science and art. |
Instagram: @thefinderofthefurtive
Kate Burks
poetry
| Kate Burks (she/her) is a writer and relationship therapist based in Dubuque, Iowa. She earned her MS in marriage and family therapy from Northwestern University and has been published under her maiden name, Kadleck, in places such as Beaver Magazine, Outskirts Literary Journal, and Rust & Moth. Kate is also the author of a chapbook, Corpse Pose (Bottlecap Press, 2025), and has a collection of poems, Not Quite Medusa, forthcoming from Kelsay Books. Instagram: @kathrynkadleckburks https://www.katekadleck.com/ |
Instagram: @kathrynkadleck
Kate Choi
poetry
| Kate Choi is a creative writer from Seoul, South Korea. An alumna of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, Kenyon Young Writers Workshop, and Adroit Summer Mentorship, her work is published or forthcoming in Rust & Moth, ONEART, and manywor(l)ds. She works as a poetry reader for Ploughshares and Twin Bird Review. |
Katrina Gross
poetry, fiction, & nonfiction
| Katrina (she/her) is a lifelong lover of all things literary, but particularly enjoys poetry and horror fiction. She has a BA in English from Xavier University, and a Juris Doctorate from university of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. After leaving the corporate world to stay home full time with her two children and two cats, Katrina reignited her passion for writing and has been working on poetry she hopes to submit for publication, eventually. |
Instagram: @katrina._.gross
Michelle Greco
poetry
| Michelle Greco is a poet who lives and teaches in Pennsylvania. She holds an MFA from Drew University and is the author of the chapbook Field Guide to Fire (Finishing Line Press, 2015). Her poems have appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, The Stillwater Review, Edison Literary Review, and the anthology Dear Sister, among others. When not writing, Michelle enjoys drawing, photography, and red dresses. |
Instagram: by.michellegreco
Website
Morgan Adams
fiction & nonfiction
| Morgan (they/them) has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Arkansas, where they spent three years working on a fantasy novel that is now collecting dust in a file somewhere while they work as a medical receptionist in Buffalo, New York. When they’re not writing or reading, they enjoy cuddling their two cats, playing gotcha games, and watching Studio Ghibli movies. |
Instagram: @morgue_writes
Nix Carlson
poetry & nonfiction
| Nix Carlson (she/they) is a queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent poet and sign language interpreter based in Lexington, KY, with strong ties to Milwaukee, WI. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Wildscape, Voicemail Poems, Arcana, Orange Rose, Gather Poets, Broken Stone Review, Eunoia Review, and Page Gallery, among others. Their debut chapbook is slated for release in the summer of 2027. |
Instagram: @bynixec
Sapphire Lynn Johnson
poetry
| SAPPHIRE LYNN JOHNSON is an African American author from Chicago who is pursuing a BA in Creative Writing at Bradley University. Currently, she works as Editor-In-Chief for Broadside Literary Magazine, where she reads and critiques student submissions. She is a recipient of the 2026 Stein/American Academy of Poets Prize. You can find her poetry in The Core Review, The Yesterday Review, The Broken Plate, and elsewhere! |
Instagram & X: @sapphirejwrites
Website
Sarah Kuhr
poetry & nonfiction
| Sarah Kuhr (she/they) is a fourth-year English undergraduate at the University of Cincinnati. She has been previously published in Short Vine Literary Journal, and her work can be found under the name Bear Willow. They believe writing gives language to the constant boil within them—a space for the universe simmering beneath their skin. When not in class or creating/exploring literature, they greatly enjoy baking treats for their friends, taking care of too many plants, and spending time walking through nearby nature. |
Sophia Pan
poetry
| Sophia writes from the suburbs of Illinois. Her poetry has been recognized by YoungArts and Scholastic, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best New Poet. You can find her works forthcoming/published in West Trade Review, DIALOGIST, and The Round, among others. She plans to continue creative writing at Stanford University in the fall, and hopes you can find some simple joys to be happy about today. |
Instagram: @potatoir
Sukriti Patny
poetry
| Sukriti Patny is a poet by dawn, and an overthinker by day. Her work explores the intersection of emotion and the body, and looks to the natural world to understand what exists within. Her poems have been published in Outskirts Literary Journal, The Turning Leaf Journal, and Gather amongst others. She lives in India with her husband and her anxiety. |
Instagram: @wordsbysu
Substack: @sukritipatny
Susan M. Pendley
poetry
| Susan M. Pendley is a Houston area writer with roots in the Texas Hill Country. With a BA in English, she is a recipient of SHSU’s Excellence in Writing Award. Her poem, “You Said It Would Rain” is published as a finalist in Four Tulips’ New Beginnings Writing Contest. Other poems can be found in WayWords Issues 19 and 20, Sad Girl Diaries, Navy Pen and Penmen Review. She is a poetry editor for WayWords Literary Journal. |
Instagram: @susan_m_pendley
tc Wiggins
poetry
| tc Wiggins is an African American poet residing in Cincinnati, Ohio who has been writing since the August of 2022. His favorite writers and inspirations are Jack Gilbert, Linda Gregg, Raymond Carver and Mary Oliver. He’s not proud of it, but he’s been pushing off learning how to fish for the better part of four years now. His Instagram handle is scaringthemuse. |
Instagram: @scaringthemuse
Theo Ryan
poetry & fiction
| Theo Ryan (he/him) is a writer currently based in Tennessee, USA. When not writing, he enjoys painting, ice skating, and volunteering. His two primary motivations in life are community and joy, and without them he is known to flounder. Maybe one day he will decide once and for all whether he prefers to write in ballpoint or gel ink. |
Instagram: @theokoryan
Thomas Jackson
poetry
| Thomas Jackson (he/him) is a disabled queer poet from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a published TEDx Speaker, landscape designer, self-published author, amputee, and suicide prevention leader. His work has appeared in several journals, including Emerge Literary Journal, Stonecrop Magazine, and HNDL Magazine, among others. |
Instagram: @jtommyj
Twitter: @tommybbyboy
Thomas Rions-Maehren
poetry
| Thomas Rions-Maehren (he/him) is a bilingual poet, novelist, and educator. His Spanish-language prose can be found in his published short stories and in his novels En las Manos de Satanás (Ápeiron Ediciones, 2022) and Diabólica (Ápeiron Ediciones, 2025). More of his poetry in both languages can be found in his collection Las Propiedades Medicinales del Veneno (Talón de Aquiles, 2026), in a number of journals, such as Pensive, Tabula Rasa, Welter, Casapaís, and Iguales Revista, and at his website (thomasrionsmaehren.com). He is on Instagram @MaehrenTom. |
Instagram and Bluesky: @MaehrenTom
Valentina Fulginiti
poetry
| Valentina Fulginiti (she/her) is a bilingual writer active in English and Italian. An alumna of the universities of Toronto and Bologna, she currently works as a Senior Lecturer of Italian at Cornell University. Her debut novel, “Nessuna di queste vite mi appartiene” (ExCogita 2025) was the recipient of the Premio Bianciardi Inediti in 2024. Her English-language poems have appeared in Sacramento Literary Review, Panoplyzine, Sky Island Journal, Ovunque Siamo and other venues. |
Instagram: @effe.valentina
Veronica Tucker
poetry
| Veronica Tucker is an emergency medicine and addiction medicine physician, writer, mother of three, and lifelong New Englander. She is the author of the chapbook The House as Witness (Quillkeepers Press, 2026). Her work has appeared in The Offing, ONE ART, Rust & Moth, and elsewhere. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, her work was also selected for Best Microfiction 2026. She lives in New Hampshire with her family, two dogs, and a backyard flock of chickens. Outside of medicine and writing, she enjoys traveling, running, and spending time with family and friends. |
Instagram: @veronicatuckerwrites
Website
Zia Marshall
poetry
| With a doctorate in English Literature, Zia Marshall (she/her) has always been passionate about writing. Her poetry collections, From Breaking to Blooming (2023) and Petals in the Breeze (2024) explore themes of vulnerability, healing, and resilience. Awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the Asian Literary Society’s Wordsmith Award (2020), 8th place in the Rabindranath Tagore Award International (2024), and Poet of the Year at the Kolkata Literary Carnival by Ukiyoto (2025), her short stories and poems have found homes in several literary journals and anthologies including Contemporary Literary Review of India, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Auroras and Blossoms, Scarlet Leaf Review, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore and Spillwords, and Muse India. |
Instagram: @zenrainbows_
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