Meet our 2026-27 intern cohort!
Rachel Hamalian
Rachel Hamalian is the lead editor on Post-Its and Parchments, Loretta Strharsky's collection of poetry. Rachel is a lover of poetry, nature, and music. She was a poetry editor for Colorado State University's literary journal, Greyrock Review, graduated from the Denver Publishing Institute, and was published in Birdy Magazine. She now lives in Denver, where she works in local government, attends poetry open mics, and loves escaping the city for weekend hikes.
Alexa Holmes
Alexa Holmes is the lead editor on Oasis by Kit West, a collection of haikus and ghazals. Alexa graduated from Colorado State University with B.A.s in English and French and recently graduated from the University of Denver Publishing Institute. She loves to read and write poetry and spend time outdoors.
Andy Parker
Andy Parker is the lead editor on Shuah Khan's second book, tentatively titled Becoming Grounded. Andy is a graduate of Colorado State University's M.A. in English literature program, where their research centered on the intersection between LGBTQ and AAPI identity in young adult graphic novels. They have worked in postsecondary education, literary publishing, academic research, and nonprofit program administration. bringing a focus on diversity, accessibility, and inclusivity to all.
Elle Holtermann
Elle Holtermann is the lead editor for the NoCo Journal of Short Stories. Elle is an M.F.A. candidate in Creative Nonfiction at Colorado State University. She holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in
Creative Writing from Franklin & Marshall College, where she completed her honors thesis exploring the male gaze. Her writing and literary interests include creative nonfiction, poetry, girlhood, gender, family, intimacy, memory, and the ways our relationships shape how we understand ourselves and the world around us. As a writer and emerging editor, she is particularly interested in unveiling author’s voices, developing engaging narratives, and exploring the ways literature and the publishing community inspire connection and conversation.
Grace Lipinski
Grace Lipinski is the lead editor on In the Garden of the Sin-Eater by Elizabeth Paddock. Grace is an M.F.A. candidate at Colorado State University.
Dominica Steele
Dominica Steele is the lead editor and co-author on the tentatively-titled Algebra & Body Bags by Ted Williams. Dominica is a second-year M.F.A. literature student at Colorado State University. She is currently pursuing a career in publishing. She reads widely across genres, with a particular love for horror and Russian literature. A Colorado kid through and through, she was born and raised on the Western Slope and has called Fort Collins home for the past seven years. She chose publishing because she's always loved stories -- telling them, reading them, and listening to them. Being part of the process that brings those stories to readers who will appreciate and connect with them is what motivates her.
Jenna Espinoza
Elizabeth Musil
Cecilia Sawyer
Jenna Espinoza is the lead editor on Nels Oskar by Alice Behrend. Jenna is a creative writing student at Colorado State University.
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Musil is the lead editor on House of the End of Time by Heather Hein. Elizabeth is a junior at Colorado State University majoring in English education, creative writing, and literature with a minor in journalistic reporting and storytelling. She has had previous experience as Poetry Editor for the Greyrock Review and has been an avid reader her entire life. Her hope for this internship is to become better cultivated in the publishing process and gain more experience for her future in literary editing.
Cecilia "Cece" Sawyer is the lead editor on Horizon Road by Heather Hein. Cecilia is a creative writing student at Colorado State University.