Contributor Bios

Daisy Noelle – is a Creative Writing major at EWU in her junior year. She grew up in the rainy weather of western Washington, so reading fantasy and fiction novels was her way to escape the gloominess outside. This love of reading turned into a passion for writing. Daisy loves telling stories through short stories, and recently finished her first full-length novel! She also dabbles in poetry, loving the way she can portray raw emotions on the page.

E.W. Here lives and breathes for writing. Every experience becomes a possible seed for a poem or fuel for a story. She is drawn to the enchanting nature of poetry and fiction that captivates the mind and remains a meaningful gem forever in hearts of readers. She writes whenever she has the chance and aims to keep improving as she finishes up her Creative Writing degree at Eastern.

Elizabeth Mendiola is a multimedia Chicana artist born and raised in Washington. She is passionate about creating an immersive experience for viewers and creating interactive paintings, installations, and sculptures to create artwork that bridges the gap between physical and digital realities and how our current usage of technology impacts the day-to-day.

Emma Reincke is currently pursuing a degree in film at EWU. She tends to latch onto one specific object or perspective for a poem or story then blast white noise through her headphones and just write down whatever comes to mind first. She says this is both a blessing and a curse because she finds it leads to some interesting lines but then also requires a lot of editing.

Irie Browning is a 4th year philosophy student and McNair Scholar at Eastern Washington University. She hopes to continue her study of philosophy in graduate school. Along with academic research papers, she writes novels, poetry, and creative nonfiction. When she isn’t writing, she can often be found reading books with her dog and cat or playing Dungeons and Dragons with her friends.

Jenn Ramsdell is a multidisciplinary printmaker who has a particular fondness for collograph printing’s rich textures. Within their dark and playful works, they question the concepts of healing by talking about connection, cyclical trauma, and mental illness in society. They are a graduated EWU BFA student who currently reside in Spokane, Washington, with their partner and cat.

Kayla Vanderhoof enjoys experimenting with different media as she cultivates her many ideas like flowers in a garden. Photography, sketching, ceramics, painting, poetry, and narrative fiction are just a few of the creative hobbies in which she engages.

In her free time, one could find her working on a project, wishing for a rainy day, petting a cat, or teaching herself something new. She admires Tolkien, Poe, Sarah J. Maas, and Leigh Bardugo, and aspires to their capabilities. If you’d like to follow her work on Instagram, her handle is gloomshine_press

Luu Melon is a comic artist and illustrator with a love for film and other sequential media. Luu’s storytelling is centered in character exploration and capturing the small scope, organic events that transpire through life. To explore the lives and people hidden underneath the surface. Luu is currently working on their first graphic novel and other projects at the Hive.

Rachel Rickards is an undergraduate student at Eastern Washington University. She was born in California and raised in Spokane. She is engaged to a military man and will be moving back to California by the end of the year. She is a fiction writer who dabbles in poetry. One of her poems has been published in an online magazine called “Folio.” Her Instagram is @rachelrickards645, though she never posts. 

Sam Cash is a senior at EWU. He is studying English Studies with a focus in literature and has been reading and writing his entire life. For the past years, he has been writing a book with his best friend and hopes to get it published soon. As he will be graduating soon, he is excited to see where life takes him!

Zachary Lumsden is a senior and Creative Writing major at Eastern Washington University. His time at Eastern is coming to a close and he’s excited to see where his education is going to take him!