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Meet the Flock
Feathered Friends
Lexi Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Poetry Editor, Co-FounderLexi Rosen (she/her) is a queer Greek American writer from the Chicagoland Area. She writes about true things like kissing girls and reading coffee grounds and waning crescent moons. She writes about wanting things, too, and being scared of having them. She is afraid of geese.
Lexi studied Fiction at The University of Redlands and holds a dual genre MFA in Fiction and Poetry from The Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work can be found or is forthcoming from The Writer’s Chronicle, Midwest Review, Luna Luna Magazine, Outskirts, Maudlin House, HAD, and others.
Honk at her: IG @lex.rosen, others @lexirosenwrites, or at www.lexirosenwrites.com
Parker Dean
Managing Editor, Creative Nonfiction Editor, Co-FounderParker Dean (he/him) is a Trans and Queer poet and writer based in Seattle, WA. He holds a BA in Creative Writing and English Lit from the University of Redlands and an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics from the University of Washington Bothell. When not writing, he can be found scouring the Washington wilderness for birds of all kinds. His previous work can be found in Bullshit Lit!, Troublemaker Firestarter, Thirteen Bridges Review, and Outskirts.
Find him on Instagram @parkerdeanwrites, or at www.parkerdeanwrites.com.
Very Important Geese
E. Enbom
Art, Photography, Hybrid Editor, Co-FounderE. Enbom (they/them) writes about strange happenings and loves taking photos while in nature. They have a Bachelors in Creative Writing and one in Media & Visual Culture Studies from the University of Redlands. Born and raised just north of San Francisco, they now live in Toronto where they work for a video game company. They are the co-founder and Art editor of Silly Goose Press. Their work has been featured in Udd3r, Crab Apple Lit, and The Redlands Review. Find them on Instagram @ebom12.
Genevieve Garibaldi
Fiction EditorGenevieve Garibaldi (she/her) is a fiction writer based in Los Angeles, California and received her Bachelor’s in Creative Writing and Theatre from the University of Redlands. Her dog — ehm, Supreme Ruler — Zuzu runs almost every aspect of her life, and likes it that way. When she’s not writing or obeying Zuzu’s every whim she can be found hunched over the potter’s wheel, working on early arthritis in her back. You can find her on Instagram @gengaribaldi
Annelise Schoups
Copy EditorAnnelise Schoups (she/her) is a Chicana Belgian-American poet, essayist, and critic who laughs at her own jokes and writes about things that are mostly not funny. Her work appears in HAD, Silly Goose Press, Another Chicago Magazine, Only Poems, and elsewhere. You can find her in San Diego, where she plans thru-hikes with her partner, or on Instagram, where it's less weird to follow her, @anneliseschoups.
Julia Shelley
Project ManagerJulia Shelley (she/her) works in marketing for a tech company, and thus her writing can primarily be found on her company’s website, Goodreads reviews, and in the Hinge prompts of her dearest friends. She is a graduate of Villanova University, and lives in Chicago with the loves of her life (her fiancé and their golden retriever, Steve).
Find her on Instagram @julia.shelley.
Good Eggs
Say hello to our Interns!
Claire Chang
Web DesignerClaire Chang (she/her) is a sophomore in college currently studying Computer Science and Digital Art. She loves design and taking on creative endeavors of any kind, and she's super excited to be a part of the Silly Goose Press' Content and Social Media team! In her spare time, she likes to make music, develop (and play!) video games, look at cat photos, and visit cute cafes with interesting drinks.
Paloma Gomez
Social Media StrategistPaloma Gomez (they/them) is a rising junior at Georgetown University studying Women and Gender Studies and Government. They are originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and are passionate about social justice and promoting the arts at their college! They can be found around DC making espresso, reading feminist literature, or committing way too hard to the bit.
Cody Tieman
Editorial Operations AssistantCody Tieman (they/them) is a queer poet interested in the complexities of gender performance and dreams. They spend their free time wandering in the woods, reading graphic novels, and crocheting little critters. Oh, and they might be a little psychic.
Angelica Urquizo
Community Engagement AssistantAngelica Urquizo is a poet and collage artist who seeks magic in the mundane. She often finds inspiration from the natural world, mythology, shadow work, and the overall human experience. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics from the University of Washington Bothell and has publications in Brigid’s Gate Press’s Weird Women of the West Anthology, Marrow Magazine and Suburban Witchcraft, among others. You can find her on a rainy day reading or watching the hummingbirds from her porch. To discover more about her work, find her at angelicaurquizo.com/website
Nell Wilks
Brand DesignerNell Wilks (she/her) is working towards her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies, while pursuing a minor in Writing. Her work has been featured in Undeclared, a chapbook she handmade, with help from her university’s Creative Collective. She likes listening to sad music and becoming best friends with every dog she sees!
Liana Yadav
Brand DesignerBorn and raised in Delhi, Liana (she/her) has always loved to express herself through a combination of words and designs that fit together like a puzzle. Her debut fiction novel Rama & the Palace of Evil was published on her 18th birthday and she has not stopped writing since. Her features have appeared in local zines and newspapers, along with her own newsletter called slightly ajar door. You'll mostly catch Liana adding to her ever-growing lists of books, restaurants, and playlists (that she'd love to share with you) and/or taking an introspective walk as soon as the sun peeks out. Recently graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University, Liana now works at a marketing agency. You can reach her on Instagram at liana_yadav!
Ethan Irey
Copy EditorEthan Irey (he/him) is a writer and freelance editor based in Los Angeles. He earned a B.A. in Media Studies from the University of Redlands, and a Certificate in Editing and Publishing from the UCLA Extension program. When away from his desk, he can be found making music, perfecting sandwiches, or getting very, very lost.
Say hello to our Readers!
Chloe Ackerman
Reader LeaderChloe Ackerman (she/her) lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her cat, Miss Farrah Pawcett. Chloe has been published in Silly Goose Press, FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art, and Barstow & Grand.
Taylor V. Card
Reader LeaderTaylor V. Card (she/her) holds an MFA in fiction writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and haunts her home in Michigan, making trending coffee beverages, obsessing over her cat, and wearing blue. Her fiction has been published by Digging Through the Fat, Paranoid Tree, Milk Candy Review and Red Noise Collective, among others. Besides writing, Taylor enjoys making ceramic animal sculptures - you can see a few at taylorvcard.com, and also find her @pinlie on Instagram.
Lindsey Keefer
CNF & Fiction Reader
Lindsey Keefer (she/her) holds an MFA in Poetics & Creative Writing from the University of Washington Bothell and has since moved across the country to Massachusetts. She loves science fiction novels, bodies of water, and friendship. You can find her blog at lindseykwrites.com.
Melissa LaCross
Poetry ReaderMelissa LaCross (she/her) is a poet and writer living in Charlotte, North Carolina. A native Southerner, she obsesses about the haunted land of the South as well as navigating gender issues in rural subcultures. She has a masters of fine arts in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and was a finalist for the 2025 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize at december magazine. You can find her on Instagram or on the greenway with her pup and family.
Georgia Lowe
Fiction ReaderGeorgia Lowe (she/her) is a writer, a mother, a Brooklynite, a Midwest native, and an MFA student in Writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is working on her debut novel.
Emma McVeigh
CNF ReaderEmma McVeigh (she/her) is a poet, performer, and multi-media artist based on occupied Duwamish land in Seattle, Washington. Her work has been published in Silly Goose Press,Clamor, Bluebird Anthology, Ancient Technologies Newsletter, and by The Pacific Northwest Conceptual Art Center (a conceptual art project). Her debut chapbook, Folly, was published by Milk & Cake Press in December, 2025. She co-curates the semi-regular and very silly poetry series, “A House Reading,” in the homes of Seattle-area poets and her favorite comfort food is tuna casserole.
Charlie Pecorella
Poetry ReaderCharlie Pecorella (they/them) is a non-binary, Latinx poet from New Jersey. In May of 2026, they received an MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College. Charlie's work grapples with grief, love, identity, queerness, and transforming the mundane. Their poems have been featured in The Fruitslice, Silly Goose Press, Fork Apple Press, Fifth Wheel Press, Porchwater Press, and Eggplant Tears. When they aren't writing, Charlie enjoys laughing, petting animals, and listening to music.
Mary Simmons
Poetry ReaderMary Simmons (she/her) is a queer poet from Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of Mother, Daughter, Augur (June Road Press). She earned her MFA from Bowling Green State University, where she also served as the managing editor for Mid-American Review. She has work in or forthcoming from The Baltimore Review, Phoebe, ONE ART, trampset, Moon City Review, Midwest Review, and elsewhere. She lives with her cat, Suki, at the edge of the woods.
Will Gordon
Fiction ReaderWill Gordon (he/him) is a teacher and writer living in Asheville, North Carolina. He has a BA in English from Clemson University and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts if you're into that sort of thing. You can find his work at London Fog Literary, Ink in Thirds, and Sheep on Substack. In a perfect world, he will join a yacht rock cover band and retire.
Geese Emeritus
Rhiannon Fisher
Fiction & Minis Editor Emeritus, Co-FounderRhiannon Fisher (she/her) is a writer of many genres, though her main loves are fantasy, historical fiction, and mythology. She is a collector of random knowledge (just ask about that submersible) and loves anything mysterious, spooky, or queer. She has a BA in Public Policy and Creative Writing from the University of Redlands, and received her Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 2022. You can usually find her binge reading/watching at 3 am, training high wire classes for the Great Y Circus, or writing letters by candlelight. You can find her work in the From Arthur’s Seat 2022 Anthology and on AO3 (no, she will not tell you her username).
Find her on the website formerly known as Twitter @rhithewriter6, Instagram @rhi.the.writer, and Tik Tok @rhi.the.writer.
Website: rhiannonfisherwrites.com
Kelley Lee
Poetry & Fiction Reader EmeritusKelley (she/her) managed to survive getting an MFA so now she is burying herself in all things readable. Send her book recs, she likes it. But be warned, she has made being Minnesotan her entire personality (if you need proof just ask her to say bag). The one and not the only (a quick internet search will find you quite a few)... Kelley Lee. (Wildleekelley on instagram/threads)
Ian Wuertz
Fiction Reader EmeritusIan Wuertz (he/him) is a writer and teacher in St. Louis, Missouri. When he’s not writing, he’s playing video games, getting tattoos, or getting way too into Thursday Night Bowling League.