DIRECTOR
JALEN JONES
Jalen is a Creole, Black and Filipino American writer from Los Angeles. He is a staff writer for Mixed Asian Media, and his creative work has been published by Geez and The Offing. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine, and this is his first year in Louisiana State University’s MFA program.
EVENT COORDINATOR & WEB DESIGNER
SARAH BROCKHAUS
Sarah is a first-year MFA candidate in poetry at LSU. She graduated from Salisbury University with a B.A. in English. She is a two-time Best of the Net nominee and her poems can be found in Sugar House Review, North American Review, Tupelo Quarterly, New South, and Cider Press Review.
ŠARI DALE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Šari, a first-year MFA student, received her BA in English & Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Her work has been published in Event, The Malahat Review, and Grain among others. Her first collection of poetry, Para-Social Butterfly, was released with Metatron Press.
COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACH COORDINATOR
CALDWELL HOLDEN
A first-year MFA candidate at LSU, Caldwell is a writer, bartender, and social artist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his BA in Literature from Bennington College, and his fiction has appeared in SHANTIH Journal and is forthcoming in Atticus Review.
FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR
JUSTIN HOWERTON
Justin is a first-year MFA candidate primarily interested in poetry. Born and raised in Memphis, he received his BA from Lewis & Clark College in Oregon. He writes about the pull of memory, the lies we wish were true, and the magic of cars. His recent work can be found in The West Trade Review among others.
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
ROSE TORRES
Rose is a second-year MFA candidate at LSU, with a focus on poetry. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Rose previously worked at UT's University Writing Center. Her writing focuses on memorializing mundane moments and exploring how it feels to be a young Latina who has many unanswered questions.
& OUR FACULTY ADVISOR…
ZACK GODSHALL
Louisiana native Zack Godshall makes fiction and nonfiction films about unsung people and places that exist along the fringes of culture. His films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and been acclaimed by The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Time, among others.
Zack earned an MFA in film directing from UCLA and is currently an associate professor in the Department of English at Louisiana State University where he teaches film and screenwriting.