Masthead

2024–2025

 ☀Previous Writer ☉Currently Abroad

  • Alex Aureden ☀

    CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Alex (she/they) is a poet and artist from upstate New York, studying Gender & Sexuality Studies, English, and Studio Art. She is currently working on an Honors Thesis exploring the potential of fiber craft for queer archival practice. She joined Sunset Press Sophomore year as a writer, publishing In Your Car, and has had the immense honor of serving as Editor-in-Chief ever since. If she could spend the rest of her life floating in a body of water, holding hands with her best friend, she would.

  • Niamh Cahill

    CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Niamh (she/her) is a writer and artist from New Jersey, majoring in English (creative writing) and Sociology with a Law and Society concentration. She has been involved with Sunset Press since 2022, editing Alex’s book and then serving as Head Editor for Will. As Co-EIC she has found immeasurable joy working with her fellow EIC’s and contributing to the rare, beautiful, creative community that is Sunset Press. When Niamh isn’t writing, reading or editing, you can probably find her hiking in the woods or with her cat! She loves her friends, her pets, and Sunset Press.

  • Stephanie Chang ☀

    CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Stephanie Chang (she/they) is a writer and editor from Vancouver, Canada. Her work appears in The Rumpus, The Kenyon Review, Strange Horizons, Hobart Pulp, Penn Review, and Berkeley Poetry Review, among others. She won the 2021 Adroit Prize for Poetry, judged by Carl Phillips. Her poem was included in the 2023 Best of the Net Anthology and awarded a Special Mention in the 2023 Pushcart Prize Anthology. Previously, she interned at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and currently serves as a Curatorial Associate at The Gund and Visual Art Intern at The Kenyon Review. She studies Art History, English, and Creative Writing.

  • Emma London

    CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Emma London (she/her) is a writer and editor from California, majoring in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She joined Sunset Press as a freshman, and has loved every minute since. She worked as a Press Editor on Cosmic Rice and In Your Car, and now has the honor of serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief. She is also an associate at the Kenyon Review. In her free time, you can find her reading, laughing with friends, and updating her Goodreads.

  • Cole Hibbert

    TREASURER

    Cole Hibbert (he/him) bio here

  • Mihir Lennox

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Mihir Lennox (he/him) is a writer and editor from various cities in Switzerland and Massachusetts, majoring in English with a creative writing emphasis and French and German. He first joined Sunset Press as an editor for Nicole Wang's chapbook Babyface in his freshman year and now serves as executive assistant head press editor for Prarthana Aggarwal's forthcoming chapbook. When not working with Sunset Press, Mihir spends his free time writing, reading, cooking, foraging, and hanging out with his birds.

  • Will Madden ☀

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Will (he/him) is a Sociology and English major who loves to read and write poetry. He published Burner Boys with Sunset Press in 2023, and is now a proud member of Sunset's new Zine Team. He's an Oklahoman, a brother, and a friend of many poets. One day he hopes to publish more books and maybe learn how to garden. Until then, he's looking for book recommendations — as long as they are available in audio format — and trying to find time to journal.

  • Matthew Toth

    SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER • HEAD EDITOR

    Matthew Toth (he/they) is a writer and editor from Pasadena, California, majoring in English (creative writing) and minoring in Religious Studies. Matthew began working with Sunset in 2023 as a press editor for Burner Boys by Will Madden. In 2024, he became Sunset's social media manager, as well as the head press editor for Blake Ciresa's forthcoming chapbook. He has been a Kenyon Review associate for over a year now. When he isn't writing or reading, Matthew loves playing guitar and making new Spotify playlists for every occasion.

  • Tess Abraham-Macht

    HEAD PRESS EDITOR

    Tess (she/her) is a poet, journalist and avid reader from New York City. At Kenyon, she majors in English and Gender and Sexuality studies. She is captivated by writing that is playful and provocative in all senses: thematically, formally, and rhythmically. In her free time you can find her dancing, being silly with friends, or nestled under the covers with a good book.

  • Stella Menkov

    HEAD PRESS EDITOR

    Stella Menkov (she/her) is an editor from New Hampshire. She fell in love with Sunset Press's vibrant community of writers and editors in 2022, when she began working on Phoebe Houser’s Overgrowth, and now has the privilege of leading the editing team for Hayden Fletcher’s chapbook. She enjoys translating, journaling, and writing vignettes, as well as taking road trips. In her limited free time, you can find her curled up with a cup of earl grey, listening to music, and scribbling or reading, or perhaps roasting some root vegetables.

  • Daisy Newbury

    WEB MANAGER

    Daisy Newbury (she/her) is a storyteller from Boston, MA. She has been teaching herself to code for the better part of a decade, finally dipping her toes into the realm of web design in her senior year of high school. If she had to pick, her favorite website is Wikipedia. In addition to an interest in journalism, Daisy also enjoys reading and writing short fiction, primarily magical realism and sci-fi/fantasy. In her free time, she enjoys animating, puppetry, and solving puzzles. She has a not-so-secret soft spot for octopuses and outer space.

2023–2024

Executive Board

Editor-in-Chief
Alex Aureden

Editorial Assistant 
Niamh Cahill

Communications Chair
Stephanie Chang

Treasurer
Tati Gross

Burner Boys

Will Madden

Head Editor
Niamh Cahill

Editors
Celia Schwartz
Ezra Karmanos
Matthew Toth
Oli Wulff
Prarthana Aggarwal

Art Editor
Emma Kang

Design Editor
Alex Grenn

Bear in the Château

Dawsen Mercer

Head Editor
Phoebe Houser

Editors
Alex Aureden
Aram Ebrahimian
Rachel Botkin
Blake Ciresa
Caeleigh Stamper
Iris Santalucia
Mihika Topiwala
Annabel Rothfeld
Tati Gross
Chace Correll
Celia Goldstein

Art Editors
Josephine Smith
Shea Wilt

Design Editor
Ruby Rosenfeld

Babyface

Nicole Wang

Head Editor
Stephanie Chang

Editors
Chau Anh Nguyen
Elexis Diaz
Ellis Du
Emma Kang
Mihir Lennox
Paloma Fernandez
Sophia Czechowski
Sam Hafetz

Art Editor
Anna Brown

Design Editor
Stephanie Chang

2022–2023

Executive Board

Editors-in-Chief
Mikayla Connolly
Micah Kim
Edward Moreta Jr.
Samantha Neilson
Alex Aureden

Head of Communications
Abigail Patton

Editorial Assistant 
Emma London

Head Social Media Editor
Hallie Underwood

Social Media, Marketing, & Publicity Editors
Ellie Greenberg
Cameron Moore
Emma Rice

Art & Design

Head Design Editor
Sam Lee

Design Editors
Delaney Marrs
Isabel Murley
Ruby Rosenfeld

Head Art Editors
Lucy Adams
Maia Cornish-Keefe

Art Editors
May Buchanan
Eva Illuzzi
Lucia Kornzweig
Anneliza McHugh
Greer Morgan
Delia Preston
Wilder Smith
Emilia Thompson
He Zhang

Hooligan Shit

Aaliyah Daniels

Head Editor
Edward Moreta Jr.

Editors
Anabel Barnett
Rachel Botkin
Rose duCharme
Tati Gross
Kohkoh Memeh
Osose Omofomah
Maxwell Payne

In Your Car

Alexandra Aureden

Head Editor
Stephanie Chang

Editors
Niamh Cahill
Sydney Fallon
Emma Johnson
Ezra Karmanos
Emma London
Dawsen Mercer

Overgrowth

Phoebe Houser

Head Editor
Aram Ebrahimian

Editors
Ireland Bone
Paloma Fernandez
Emily Gaines
Lorien Kauffman
Stella Menkov
Benjamin Weiner

The Tomato Woman

Bea Bolongaita

Head Editor
ilan magnani

Editors
Prarthana Aggarwal
Hanu Bugg
Julián Clivillés
Ella Kim
Rosa Kwon
Will Madden
Carlos Lopez Martinez

2021–2022

Executive Board

Editors-in-Chief
Virginia Kane
Micah Kim

Editorial Assistant 
Samantha Neilson

Social Media, Marketing, & Publicity Editors
Maia Cornish-Keefe
Grace McManus
Hallie Underwood
Benjamin Weiner

Art & Design

Design & Layout Editors
Samantha Lee
Sarah Pazen
Ulysses Yarber

Art Editors
Lucy Adams
Maia Cornish-Keefe
Sarah Pazen

Podcast

Poetry on the Path Hosts
Ocean Wei

Ilan Magnani

Editorial

Head Press Editors
Mikayla Connolly
Liv Kane
Edward Moreta

Press Editors
Emma Abate
Bea Bolongaita
Aram Ebrahimian
Sydney Fallon
Phoebe Houser
Victoria Kerrigan
Claire Laubacher
Emma London
Ocean Wei
Zach Weiner

Spring 2019

Executive Board

Chief Editors
Maria Peteet ‘21
A Shaikh ‘21
Emmy Roday ‘21
Trudy Wrona ‘20

Marketing & Publicity Editors
Sarah Goustra ’22
Kate Lemon ’20

Social Media & Design Assistant
Grant Holt ’22

Editorial

Press Editors
Nour B. ’20
Jack Cohen ’21
Sloane Wilten ’20
Elijah Newman ’22

Design Editors
Alexandra Gulden ’21
Zach Hollander ’21

Art Editors
Luke Hester ’20
Hannah Hippen ’19