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Ashley Moore
Editor in ChiefOriginally 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
Managing EditorRuby 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
Fiction EditorDženana 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
Fiction EditorMelody 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 AAVE and splashes of other languages.
melody@sandjournal.com
Beina Xu
Fiction EditorBeina 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
Creative Nonfiction EditorSylvia 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
Sara Anwar
Creative Nonfiction Editor (outgoing)Sara Anwar is a writer, musician and technical product manager living in Berlin. She’s currently seemingly not paying enough attention to her cat but is also learning to assert her own needs better.
sara@sandjournal.com
Siena Powers
Art EditorBorn 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
Emma C Lawson
Poetry EditorEmma 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
Poetry EditorRaphael 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
Jeannette Pang
Digital EditorJeannette 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.
Marina Tkhorzhevskaia
DesignerMarina 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
Anja Voigt
Distribution CoordinatorAnja went to Dublin to study Children and Young Adult Literature, but has recently returned to work as an Event Manager in Berlin. She is most likely currently reading a queer gothic novel.
anja@sandjournal.com
Natalia Dumont
Distribution CoordinatorNatalia 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
Lizzy Yarwood
Distribution Coordinator (outgoing)Lizzy is constantly reading sci-fi/fantasy and is currently working on a lunarpunk novel, as well as editing a magazine of illustrated sci-fi short stories. She enjoys making clothes out of scrap material and learning about different threads of magic.
lizzy@sandjournal.com
Christina Wegener
Verein CoordinatorChristina is from Berlin. She organizes literary events and works for a nonprofit, after having studied literature in Berlin, Havana, and Barcelona.