Editors
Crystal Cox is a writer, editor, and educator from mid-Missouri. She holds an MFA from the University of Idaho. Crystal writes about twinhood, alikeness, generational trauma, rurality, and home, among other things. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Shō Poetry Journal, Tiny Spoon, Phoebe, The Shore, Nimrod, and elsewhere. Her poems have been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. With seven years of literary publishing experience, including as the former Editor-in-Chief of Fugue Journal, she serves as co-editor of Outskirts Literary Journal. Visit her website crystalcoxpoet.com or connect through Instagram at crystalxcox.
Daniel Lurie is a writer, editor, and educator from eastern Montana. He holds an MFA from the University of Idaho. Daniel writes about the environment, Judaism, rurality, gentrification, and grief. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Pleiades, Sonora Review, Gulf Coast, Madison Review, Wild Roof Journal, and elsewhere. He has five years of literary publishing experience and currently reads Poetry for Chestnut Review. He was recently awarded a Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he will serve as the 2025-2026 Ronald Wallace Poetry Fellow. He’s the co-editor of Outskirts Literary Journal. Visit his website at danielluriepoetry.com or connect through Instagram at daniel.lurie.