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Iris Cai (she/her) is a senior from the SF Bay Area. Her poetry has been recognized by YoungArts, the Adroit Prizes, Poetry Society of America, and the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and appears in COUNTERCLOCK, Rattle, On the Seawall, and elsewhere. An alumna of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, Kenyon Review Young Writers’ Workshop, and Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, she also serves as co-editor-in-chief of her school’s literary and arts magazine. When not writing, Iris plays piano and takes too many pictures of her cat.

Felix Chen (he/him) is a senior from California. He serves as editor of the National Junior Classical League's Torch, and has experience as an editor of his school’s newspaper, the Winged Post. Dedicated to spreading the joy of reading and writing within his community, he also heads his school's library-affiliated organization and history journal. His work has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. An alumnus of the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, he is also three-time state champion of the National History Day competition. His work appears in The Concord Review.

Jessica Wang (she/they) is an artist and writer based in the Bay Area. She enjoys dabbling in most forms of writing, sans dramatic script, and also has a background in the visual arts. She is the co-Managing Editor for her school's newspaper, a Scholastic National Medal recipient, and a California Arts Scholar. Her work is forthcoming in the Neologism Poetry Journal. In her free time, she enjoys making various concoctions of various different flavors of instant ramen and playing with her cat, despite allergies.

Akshita Krishnan (she/her) is a senior from Dallas, Texas. She is an alum of the Kenyon Young Writers’ Workshop, and her works have appeared in Girls Right the World, Atlas and Alice, Fifth Wheel Press, and Miniskirt Magazine. She edits for her school’s literary magazine, the CLAM, and serves as the President of the Coppell Young Writers’ Association, an organization dedicated to providing editorial services for writing, and a safe space for all writers. She is a fan of Mahmoud Darwish, playing with her dog, and all things Taylor Swift.

Nina Stadermann (she/her) is a Bay Area-based senior. She is a strong believer in experimental, abstract writing; she strives to take the silly seriously and the profound at face value. As a CSSSA and IYWS alum, Nina's talents include opening oranges in a single peel and thinking too hard. Her work is published or forthcoming in Ember, ETERNAL, Fleeting Daze, The Malu Zine, and elsewhere.

Kyla Guimaraes (she/her) is a senior from New York City. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from SUNHOUSE Literary, The Penn Review, Dishsoap Quarterly, and elsewhere. Kyla is an alum of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio and the Adroit Journal’s Summer Mentorship Program. She is a poetry reader at Okay Donkey. In addition to writing, Kyla likes bad puns and the rain.

Sophia Lee (she/her) is a junior from Dallas, Texas. Her work is featured or forthcoming in The Expressionist, Abstract Magazine: Contemporary Expressions, The Sandy River Review, Moonbow Magazine, and more. Her poetry collection, Between Entrance Veins, is currently awaiting publication by Bookleaf Publishing. She is also a district and state-recognized cellist. In her free time, she likes dabbling in sketch art, querying her two upcoming books, and plowing through Donna Tartt novels.

Lara Chamoun (she/her) is a high school student from Toronto, Canada. With a passion for surrealist and experimental literature, Lara has work forthcoming in Toronto's Young Voices Magazine and is a 2024 Adroit Summer Mentorship mentee in fiction. She enjoys exploring new literary forms, and when not writing or editing, she (of course) enjoys reading. Lara is thrilled to be a part of Eucalyptus Lit and contribute to its dynamic literary community. 

Julia Liu (she/her) is a Chinese-American poet currently living in New England. A Pushcart Prize nominee and an American Voices Winner, her work has received recognition from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Pulitzer Center, and the Connecticut Poetry Society. Her work also appears or is forthcoming in Eunoia Review, CUTBOW Quarterly, Hot Pot Magazine, among others. When not creating, she enjoys cafe hopping, doing crossword puzzles, and watching too many films. Find her on Twitter @byjulialiu.

Madeleine Moon-Chun is a high school junior. A Scholastic Art & Writing Awards national medalist, she is published/forthcoming in Fleeting Daze and Mukoli: The Magazine for Peace, among others. Her debut poetry collection, Not Made of Lines: Poetic Meditations on Time, Space, & Other Matters, has been published by Eastwind Books of Berkeley. She loves writing due to its immense versatility to showcase the most beautiful and vulnerable parts of being human and how it serves as an inclusive, freeing, and connective art form. 

Ela Kini (she/her) is a student based in New York. She has been recognized by YoungArts, the Nancy Thorp Poetry Prize, and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, as well as others. Her work appears in Palette Poetry, The Margins, Rust & Moth, and elsewhere. She loves good lattes.

Claire Jiang (she/her) is a junior from Atlanta, Georgia. She enjoys various forms of art, from painting and pottery to photography and mixed media. Her art has been featured in the High Museum Atlanta, recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, and displayed at the Chinese American Museum in DC. She currently serves as the co-Editor for her school’s literary magazine, Knight Gallery, and the editor of A Taste of the Past, a bi-annual historical publication. She is a nap enthusiast, an avid philosophy reader, and a supporter of cereal without milk.

Rishi Janakiraman (he/him) is a sophomore who writes from Raleigh, NC. His work has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, The New York Times, Young Poets Network, and the Poetry Society of the UK. A Top 15 Foyle Young Poet of the Year, his poems appear in Rust + Moth, Blue Marble Review, and eunoia, among others. He is an alum of the Arvon Course and the 2024 Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program. Outside of writing, he enjoys red skittles, red M&M's, and hour-long video essay binges.