Ink Lit Mag boasts a crew of talented poets, playwrights, nonfiction and fiction creators, and artistic masters.
Tracy Meginnis
Publisher
Tracy Meginnis is a writer and educator who leads the Writing Certificate program at the University of Iowa. Tracy is passionate about print and online publishing, book and paper arts, language and linguistics, Godzilla, and any and all cats.
Email me: tracy-meginnis@uiowa.edu
Lynne Inouye
Assistant Publisher
Lynne Inouye is an English and creative writing major from Minnesota. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, reading, and listening to D&D podcasts.
Email me: lynne-inouye@uiowa.edu
Dawson Chritian
Assistant Publisher in Training
Dawson Chritian is in his sophomore year as an Iowa Hawkeye. He came all the way form Arlington, Texas, to pursue his passion for writing and storytelling with a double major in Creative Writing and Journalism. He chose Ink because of his passion for providing a platform for first-year students to share their stories with the Hawkeye community. Dawson loves to read, write, and watch movies with his friends.
Email me: dchritian@uiowa.edu
Grace Bartlett
Editor-in-Chief
Grace is a first-year student at the University of Iowa studying Journalism and Mass Communications and English and Creative writing on the publishing track. Grace is from Iowa City, is a digital producer at The Daily Iowan, and is a member of Chi Omega Women’s Fraternity. In her free time, she enjoys reading, spending time with her younger brothers, and walking her dogs!
Email me: gcbartlett07@gmail.com
Giselle Geyer
Managing Editor
Giselle Geyer is a freshman majoring in English and Creative Writing on the Publishing Track and minoring in Communications. She is from Minnesota, so she will tell you that it’s not that cold outside. In her free time, she enjoys spending time crocheting, reading, playing guitar, and cuddling her dog.
Email me: giselle-geyer@uiowa.edu
Jessica Pfeifer
Creative Director
Jessica Pfeifer is a first-year English and creative writing major on the publishing track from Elk Grove Village, Illinois, who loves the little things in life! She’s part of the Iowa Writers LLC and works as a stagehand at Hancher Auditorium. In her free time, you might find her junk journaling in her hammock or birdwatching by the river (Common Nighthawks are her favorite!)
Email me: jessica-pfeifer@uiowa.edu
Nora McCloy
Alumni Curator
Nora is a sophomore at the University of Iowa. She is majoring in English and creative writing, and double minoring in Translation for Global Literacy and Spanish. She’s a loving person who enjoys cuddling up and playing Hades, reading romantasy, and getting stuck in the mud while fossil hunting.
Email me: nmccloy@uiowa.edu
Norah Heise
Addendum Editor
Norah Heise is a first year English and creative writing major on the publishing tract. She enjoys writing, the outdoors, and poorly playing the harmonica.
Email me: norah-heise@uiowa.edu
Audrey Meason
Drama Editor
Audrey Meason is a second-year Creative Writing major in the publishing track who transferred from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She spends her free time reading, writing, missing her dog, and obsessively consuming musical theatre.
Email me: ameason@uiowa.edu
Laura Waldron
Drama Editor and Web Editor
Laura Waldron is a first-year English and Creative Writing/Journalism and Mass Communication major from Newport Beach, California. When she isn’t reading your submissions, she can be found listening to music, writing, or watching movies.
Email me: laura-waldron@uiowa.edu
Addison Long
Fiction Editor
Addison is an English and Creative Writing major on the Publishing track. She loves literature, video games, anime, and music, and is very excited to be working on Ink this semester!
Email me: allng@uiowa.edu
Sydney Davis
Fiction Editor
Sydney Davis is a Freshman at the University of Iowa from Southern Illinois. When she’s not exploring the literary world, she’s consuming an obsessive amount of chai lattes, watching procedural cop shows, and thinking about her cats. As the oldest of four siblings, she is used to living in pleasantly loud spaces: surrounded by laughter and messy craft projects. Children’s literature has always been one of Sydney’s passions. She hopes to explore writing for children during her time at the University of Iowa. After college, Sydney hopes to work in New York City as an editor for a publishing company.
Email me: sydney-davis@uiowa.edu
Katherine Thompson
Non-Fiction Editor
Katherine Thompson is a first year English literature major from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Other than her love for books and her interest in the editing world, she is an avid music lover and loves to travel. In her free time, you can catch her enjoying an iced vanilla latte from The Encounter Cafe or chilling in her dorm watching Downton Abbey with her roommates.
Email me: katherine-thompson@uiowa.edu
Kylie Foerster
Poetry Editor
Kylie Foerster is a first-year English and Creative Writing student from Orange County, California. In her free time, you will probably find her doing work at a coffee shop, going to pilates, or reading.
Email me: kylie-foerster@uiowa.edu
Julia Samayoa
Poetry Editor
Julia is studying English and Creative Writing and Screenwriting at the University of Iowa. She loves movies, music, and anything to do with writing. She’s from a small town in Pennsylvania and is loving all the writing opportunities in Iowa City.
Email me: jsamayoa@uiowa.edu
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