Our Team

Ashley Moore

Ashley Moore

Editor in Chief

Originally from Oklahoma, Ashley is a writer, editor, and educator based in Berlin and Bayreuth. Find Ashley's work in the bold indie publications Ashley most respects.

ashley@sandjournal.com

Ruby Mason

Ruby Mason

Managing Editor

Ruby grew up in rural England and moved to Berlin in 2015. She spends her days translating and writing subtitles, and her evenings and weekends on various short-lived hobbies.

ruby@sandjournal.com

Dženana Vucic

Dženana Vucic

Fiction Editor

Dženana Vucic is a Bosnian-Australian writer, editor and critic. She's supposed to be working on a book, but mostly she's reading.

dzenana@sandjournal.com

Melody Makeda Ledwon

Melody Makeda Ledwon

Fiction Editor

Melody is a translator, educator, and proud cat and plant lady. She spends most of her time translating multilingual texts by Afrodiasporic writers, moving between German, English, and AAL and splashes of other languages.

melody@sandjournal.com

Beina Xu

Beina Xu

Fiction Editor

Beina is a writer, producer and visual artist in Berlin via New England, New York and Beijing. She draws and paints in her spare time, and was most certainly an Edward Gorey character in a previous life.

beina@sandjournal.com

Sylvia Fox

Sylvia Fox

Creative Nonfiction Editor

Sylvia is a Brazilian-American poet and storyteller with a soft spot for strange, lyrical, shape-shifting texts. When not writing or reading, she’s probably out looking for foxes in Berlin.

sylvia@sandjournal.com

Siena Powers

Siena Powers

Art Editor

Born in New England, Siena works in various areas researching, writing, and doing stuff with audio. She loves painting, theatre, Russian novels, and making large amounts of linguini while listening to Mariah Carey.

siena@sandjournal.com

Jeannette Pang

Jeannette Pang

Digital Editor

Jeannette is a Berlin-based writer and editor, working in digital communication. Born in Singapore, she studied literature and delved into design and photography, mostly documenting odd entities like moss or shadows.

Emma C Lawson

Emma C Lawson

Poetry Editor

Emma grew up in the Northern Isles and studied literature in Edinburgh. When not editing or tutoring, she can be found in Berlin's libraries writing about animals.

emma@sandjournal.com

Raphael Koranda

Raphael Koranda

Poetry Editor

Raphael is a writer whose work moves between English and German, and between the digital and the analogue. When not immersed in text, they are chasing after poetic moments in food and dance while trying to keep their plants alive.

raphael@sandjournal.com

Natalia Dumont

Natalia Dumont

Distribution Coordinator

Natalia is originally from Buenos Aires and has lived in Neukölln since 2014. She loves to read and she loves to travel but, unfortunately, has not been able to make either her full-time job.

natalia@sandjournal.com

 Marina Tkhorzhevskaia

Marina Tkhorzhevskaia

Designer

Marina Tkhorzhevskaia is a graphic designer living in Berlin. She enjoys collaborating with artists, independent publishers, local businesses, and cultural institutions. Drawing inspiration from art, she likes to interpret the content through experimental combination of typography and images.

marina@sandjournal.com