OUR EDITORS
KARAN KAPOOR
Editor-in-Chief
Karan Kapoor is the Editor-in-Chief of ONLY POEMS and Strange Pilgrims. His poems have appeared in Best New Poets, AGNI, Shenandoah, Colorado Review, and elsewhere, fiction in JOYLAND and the other side of hope, and translations in The Offing and The Los Angeles Review. He also serves on the editorial board of Alice James Books.
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SHANNAN MANN
Creative Director
Shannan Mann is the Creative Director of ONLY POEMS and Strange Pilgrims. Her upcoming poetry collection God Has Nothing To Do With This was a finalist for the Michael Waters Poetry Prize. Awarded the Emily Morrison Short Story Award, Irene Adler Essay Prize, and Palette Poetry Love & Eros Prize, she’s also placed for the Rattle Poetry Prize, Auburn Witness Prize, and the Foster Poetry Prize. Her poems appear in Poetry Daily, Black Warrior Review, Missouri Review, Poet Lore, Gulf Coast, The Literary Review of Canada, & elsewhere. She also runs Sub Club.
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MUSKAN KAPOOR
Managing Editor
Muskan Kapoor is a writer and yoga teacher based in New Delhi. She has a Master's in Human Consciousness and Yogic Science from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya. She writes & publishes in Hindi, and also works at Chill Subs.
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ANDREEA CEPLINSCHI
Associate Editor
Andreea Ceplinschi is a Romanian immigrant writer, graphic designer, waitress, and kitchen worker, living and creating on the tip of Cape Cod. Her poetry, fiction, and CNF appears in One Art, Liminal Spaces Magazine, Anti-Heroin Chic, Oxford Public Philosophy, Women on Writing, and elsewhere. You can learn more about her on her Instagram.
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BRIT WASHBURN
Nonfiction Editor
Brit Washburn is the author of the poetry collections What Is Given (Wet Cement Press, 2025) and Notwithstanding (WCP, 2019) and of the essay collection Homing In: Attempts on a Life of Poetry and Purpose (Alexandria Quarterly Press, 2023). She is doing her M.F.A. at Virginia Tech. She has worked as a freelance writer, editor, and indexer, a Montessori teacher, and instructor in the Great Smokies Writing Program at University of North Carolina Asheville.
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TARA MESALIK MACMAHON
Director of Outreach
Tara Mesalik MacMahon is the winner of the James Hearst Poetry Prize and a finalist for ONLY POEMS Poet of the Year Award. Her debut full-length collection, To the Gods of Perfect Sugar was finalist for the St. Lawrence Book Award, the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, and the Catamaran Poetry Prize. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School and resides on an island in the Salish Sea with her husband and their rescue dog.
ANCCI
Reviews Editor
Ancci (b. Kamaldeen Moyosore Arasi) writes from Ibadan, Nigeria. His writing has appeared in or forthcoming from Liberties Journal, The Rumpus, The Republic, Harvard Review, Cleveland Review of Books, Poetry London, Adroit Journal, Annulet: A Journal of Poetics, and elsewhere.
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MAIRA ASAAD
Assistant Editor
Maira Asaad is a writer and teacher from Lahore, Pakistan. She is a Fulbright Scholar and recent MFA Creative Writing graduate from Emerson College in Boston, MA. She has been a poetry editor for Redivider and SUNHOUSE Literary. She has also worked as an organizer for the LUMS Young Writer’s Workshop residency.
OUR ARTISTS
MARIAM CHAGELISHVILI
Illustrator
Mariam Chagelishvili is a Georgian visual development artist who works in a wide range of styles, creating cartoons, comics, storyboards, character designs, and editorial illustrations. As a founding member of the Georgian comic anthology MECOMICSE, she helps shape the local indie comics scene. Mariam is also passionate about animation, reading, and languages. She shares her work online under the handle @lokokinart.
TIM RAYMOND
Comic Artist
Tim Raymond lives in Seoul, South Korea, where he works as a barista. His fiction has appeared recently or will appear in Boulevard, Conjunctions, and Chicago Quarterly Review, among other publications. Find his comics about autism and gender on Instagram at @iamsitting.
OUR EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Our editorial assistants keep the whole chaotic, wonderful world of our indie lit mag from collapsing. They help with our socials, website, and inbox, contribute regularly, and occasionally talk us out of bad ideas. We’re very lucky they’re here.
OUR READERS
Our readers are an integral part of the editorial process. They help us sift through the long queues of submissions, offer thoughtful feedback, and join our longlist discussions with care and curiosity. Many have been with us for years, shaping the voice of the magazine behind the scenes. We couldn’t do this without them.
