Amari Cooper is a biological sciences and social work double major at MSU. Over the summer and long breaks, she works at Madison Oak Preschool as an assistant teacher and recently became a volunteer for the Red Cross. She started writing when she…
Callie Matthews is a freshman at Mississippi State University majoring in psychology and minoring in creative writing. She is a proud resident of the Magnolia State, and its natural beauty influences her poetry a great deal. She enjoys many aspects…
Ms. Seeman is from Jonesboro, Arkansas and is a senior English major with a minor in Pre-Law. She is a member of the Mississippi State Speech and Debate Council, Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, Demmer Scholar's Program, and Pre-Law Society. She will graduate…
Philippe Schicker, an international student from Germany and recent community college transfer, is a senior mechanical engineering major. After graduation, he plans on continuing his education at Carnegie Mellon University. At MSU, Mr. Schicker is…
Katie Norris is an MSU junior who loves to express herself through creativity and writing. Ms. Norris has always loved reading and writing, ever since she was a child, and now uses this passion to learn about the world around her and as well as…
Saddiq Dzukogi is a Nigerian poet and Asst. professor of English at Mississippi State University. He is the author of Your Crib, My Qibla (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), winner of the 2021 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, and the 2022 Julie Suk…
C.T. Salazar is a Hispanic poet living in Mississippi. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Tampa Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, The Harpoon Review, The Matador Review, Bad Pony, FLARE: the Flagler Review, and elsewhere. He's the…
Sam Kealhofer is a Mississippi native who obtained a master's degree in English with a concentration in creative writing from Mississippi State University. His work focuses on setting, tone, and revitalizing a modern-day romanticism. His work has…
Ciera Higginbotham currently teaches composition and creative writing at Mississippi State University and is a consultant at The Writing Center. She received her MFA in Poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2020, after previously graduating…