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
Jessica Pfeifer
Editor-in-Chief
Jessica Pfeifer is a first-year English and Creative Writing major 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
Ava Henrie
Managing Editor
Ava is an English and Creative Writing on the Publishing Track and Theatre Arts double major from Minnesota. Her dream is to live in New York City working as an Editor for Penguin Random House. Ava joined Ink Lit to help her gain more skills so that she can accomplish her dreams. If you can’t find her in the Theatre Building or playing games with her friends, she’s probably side questing at Target or Hyper.
Email me: ava-henrie@uiowa.edu
Sophia Andrade
Creative Director
Sophia is a first year English Major from Los Angeles, California (Go Dodgers!) who’s hoping to gain a lot of new experiences within the vivid literary community of Iowa City. In her free time, she loves to make art, read, and play Animal Crossing and Tomodachi Life. She’s extremely excited to be a part of the Ink Lit Mag team and hopes to help deliver an amazing issue this year!
Email me: sophia-andrade@uiowa.edu
Zia Eger-Slobig
Social Media and Website Editor
Zia is a first year English and Creative Writing major from Los Angeles, California. She loves all things cat, horror, classic lit, and coffee. There is no one in this world she loves more than her cat, Elliott.
Email me: zia-eger-slobig@uiowa.edu
Thanh-Lan Nguyen
Alumni Curator
Thanh-Lan Nguyen is a third year English and Creative Writing student from Austin, Texas that bounces between nonfiction, (fan)fiction, and poetry on any given day with little regard for genre. Beyond writing, she loves indie video games, kung fu, stand-up comedy clips, and receiving rabbit videos in her sibling group chat. The likelihood that you will see him outside his dorm is low, but your best bet is in Food For Thought or Teamo Tea.
Email me: thanh-lan-nguyen@uiowa.edu
Eleanor Granstrom
Addendum Editor
Eleanor Granstrom is a freshman majoring in Engish & Creative Writing, and minoring in… something. Hailing from Evanston, IL, she’s a part of the Iowa Writers LLC and a sci-fi book club, and interested in pursuing environmental advocacy. In her free time she can be found playing Stardew Valley, thinking about baking, and listening to D&D podcasts.
Email me: eleanor-granstrom@uiowa.edu
Deen Villaflor
Drama Editor
Deen Villaflor is a first-year creative writing and screenwriting arts major from Joliet, IL. She is also a member of the UI Tabletop Gaming Organization and THC improv group. Her favorite movies are Monster’s University and Challengers.
Email me: deen-villaflor
Ella Braig
Drama Editor
Ella Braig is a Journalism and Mass Communications major from St. Louis, Missouri. When she isn’t reading your play submissions, she can be found hiking, playing guitar, or writing plays of her own. She hopes to one day work as an environmental journalist, but her secret wish is to run off into the woods, never to be seen again, and live off the grid (shhh, don’t tell anyone).
Email me: ebraig@uiowa.edu
Ethan Andrew
Fiction Editor
Ethan Andrew is an English and Creative Writing major from Las Vegas, Nevada. He does not have a gambling addiction, but instead has a crippling addiction to Pinterest with over 25k pins.
Email me: ethan-andrew@uiowa.edu
Madison Fleck
Fiction Editor
Madison Fleck is a freshman double majoring in Political Science and English going on the pre-law track. She can often be found reading fantasy novels, getting coffee with friends, or listening to Chris Stapleton. Her goal in her career is to help give people a shoulder to lean on and a voice. Madison joined Ink Lit to meet new people, continue her love for reading, and gain leadership opportunities.
Email me: mmfleck@uiowa.edu
Laney Cobb
Non-Fiction Editor
Laney is a freshman English literature major from Odessa, Texas. She’s a member of the Hawkeye Drumline and likes classic rock music. She’s good at baking boxed cakes and bad at writing autobiographies.
Email me: laney-cobb@uiowa.edu
Sydney White
Non-Fiction Editor
Sydney White is a first-year student at the University of Iowa majoring in English and Creative Writing and minoring in Political Science. Outside of class and Ink Lit, she enjoys writing her novel, listening to Bob Dylan on repeat, and drinking copious amounts of bubble tea.
Email me: sydney-m-white@iowa.edu
PJ Jenkins
Arts and Photography Editor
PJ Jenkins is a first-year English and Creative Writing major from small town Michigan. They spent the last four or so years working as a barista and traveling to learn more about the world and themselves. They enjoy reading, spending time with their dog Ollie, exploring nature and the world, and indie video games.
Email me: pj-jenkins@uiowa.edu
Jack Pearson
Arts and Photography Editor
Jack Pearson is an English, creative writing major from Washington D.C. Outside of InkLit, you can see Jack jamming to 90’s rock, taking .5 photos of his friends, “mothering,” and sleeping anywhere but his bed.
Email me: jack-a-pearson@uiowa.edu
Morgan Eyanson-Renken
Poetry Editor
Morgan is a freshman majoring in English and Creative writing from Polk City, IA. Along with being the Poetry Editor for Ink, Morgan enjoys writing, reading, making music, and FaceTiming his family to see his dogs back home.
Email me: meyansonrenken@uiowa.edu
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