Our Staff
Kripa Bansal
Junior Writing Editor
Kripa Bansal is a 17-year-old writer and poet from India. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Pandemonium Magazine. She can usually be seen trying to untangle her jumbled thoughts into tangible poetry or trying to get through the IB Diploma. She is the editor-in-chief of her school newspaper and has been featured in teen literary magazines such as Teen Ink. She believes that every soul has a story to tell, wanting to give a voice to each.
Eleanor Leonne Bennett
Senior Art Editor
Eleanor is an internationally award winning artist of almost fifty awards. She was the CIWEM Young Environmental Photographer of The Year in 2013. Eleanor's photography has been published in British Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Her work has been displayed around the world consistently for six years since the age of thirteen. In 2015, she created the anthology cover for the Austin International Poetry Festival.
Riley Grace Borden
Staff Writer
Riley Grace Borden, a high school senior, is an avid reader, runner, writer, editor, and blogger from a small island in the Pacific Northwest. She enjoys the ambiguity of cross-genre writing, and her published work can be found in the Eunoia Review, Five-2-One Magazine, Blue Marble Review, and others. She has not outgrown her tendency of hiding her books-in-progress under her bed pillow.
Marieta Caballero
Staff Writer
Marieta is a film director, writer, and producer who was born and raised in Madrid, Spain, but throughout her life, has also lived in California, New Jersey, and Barcelona. For the past 6 years, she’s been exploring the world of filmmaking, living experiences which inspire her to write what you can read in her articles. She is currently based in Madrid working in her own production company (www.talkoofilms.com)
Ana Carpenter
Junior Writing Editor
Ana Carpenter is a sixteen-year-old high school student from Chicago, Illinois. She enjoys writing poems and stories, some of which appear in places like Rare Byrd Review and Polyphony Lit. She also acts as a second reader for Polyphony. When she's not writing, she can be found reading, exploring, and shamelessly defending the YA genre.
Sung Cho
Junior Writing Editor
Sung is a high school junior from Pennsylvania who enjoys reading and writing poetry in his free time. He loves staying up late and eating potato chips (either sour cream & onion, or kettle-cooked).
Rachel Dean
Staff Writer
Rachel Dean received her MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Adelphi University. She currently works for the nonprofit Writopia Lab, where she teaches writing workshops to children and teens. In her spare time between teaching and writing, you'd likely find her reading. She's not-so-patiently at work on a novel.
neena dzur
Junior Writing Editor
Neena Dzur is a high school sophomore from Ohio. Her work has been published in the Daphne Review, Stone Soup, and Teen Ink magazine, and was recognized by Letters about Literature in their annual contest. When she’s not reading, writing, or editing, you can find her playing music or baking chocolatey desserts.
Addie Eliades
Senior Writing Editor & Staff Writer
Addie is a graduate of the University of Virginia (UVA) and recipient of the 2017 Rachel St. Paul Poetry Prize. She will be a Fulbright Student Fellow teaching English and leading a creative writing workshop in Brazil. Her writing has appeared in a few publications, listed on missbittersweetwallflowerpageant.wordpress.com.
Julian garcia
Junior Art Editor & Staff Writer
Julian is a filmmaker and freelance videographer/editor for movingjournalsmedia.com. When not filming, he is finding inspiration in cracked sidewalks, dirty windows, and moving trains. Most waking thoughts are dedicated to movies (more out of necessity than choice) and drinking a good cuppa tea; other interests include hip-hop, philosophy, reading, and jokes. Find his latest film here and his favorite movies here.
Anagha Ghosh
Junior Writing Editor & Staff Writer
When you see someone, with a cup of hot chocolate in one hand, immersed in a sea of thoughts, you will know it's Anagha. She still adores plushies and can even be a perfectionist at times. Apart from writing, some of her favourite pastimes include acting, traveling, and photography. She sees writing as a way to explore the world as well as explore herself. According to her, ones style of writing is often very reflective of one's personality. Anagha looks forward to read and broaden her horizon while also gaining a deeper understanding of human thoughts in varying situations. This has always intrigued her and she finds Siblini to be the best place to further her interests and even enable others to explore their own boundaries. Always open to new ideas and view points, Anagha hopes to hear from all the budding writers from around the world!
Briana gonzalez
Junior Writing Editor
Briana is an undergraduate attending Texas State University. She’s currently studying English and Psychology with a Teacher’s Certification for grades 7-12. Her work has appeared in Aberration Labyrinth, and as she continues to strengthen her voice, she hopes to make her writing more well known. When she’s not working or tackling academic priorities, she can be found reading Stephen King novels, volunteering, or binge-watching thrillers on Netflix.
Katie lu
Junior Writing Editor
Katie is a high school sophomore from Philadelphia with a love of writing prose and plays. Her work has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and has appeared in Ellipsis Zine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and elsewhere. She loves reading work that's eccentric and challenges the norm.
Amelie Maurice-Jones
Editorial Assistant
Amelie Maurice-Jones is a student from Brighton, UK. She has been published in a number of journals including The Cadaverine, Siblini Art and Literature Journal, and Durham University’s Palatinate, and has placed in a number of competitions, including in Brighton’s Peacock Poetry Prize and the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. She enjoys walks along the seafront, good quality coffee, and any music with a really heavy bassline.
Sidney Mutean
Junior Writing Editor
Sidney is a writer from Southern California. Her work has appeared in Orca, Sunspot Lit, The Phoenix, and others. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Junebug Journal. Sidney also dabbles in performance poetry, as she won 3rd place with her team in the slam poetry competition OC RYSE.
Hannah Nahar
Editorial Assistant
Hannah Nahar is a queer Jewish poet and writer based in Boston. Their recent work can be found in Electric Literature's The Commuter, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and Necessary Fiction, among other places.
Josephine ness
Junior Writing Editor
Josephine is a proud native of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She loves traveling to other cities as well as exploring her own. When she is not writing or editing, she spends her time volunteering in her community, playing sports, listening to podcasts, and drinking coffee.
Anthony Papetti
Staff Writer
Anthony Papetti is a graduate of Monmouth University with a degree in Communications and Film Studies. He has created and hosted several entertainment radio shows for WMCX in Monmouth County NJ. He is a film fanatic and has worked on several television shows produced by The History Channel and I.D Discovery channel. He hopes to continue his career as a screenwriter and film critic.
Anishi Patel
Junior Writing Editor
Anishi Patel is a 17-year-old Bay Area high school student who loves taking long drives with Herbie, her orange Jeep Wrangler, and drinking macchiatos, the Peet's Coffee kind.
Varun Ramaprasad
Senior Writing Editor
Varun is a physicist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. He is also managing ‘Muse’, IISER’s literary magazine. Varun can speak up to five Indian languages along with English and he is passionate about studying linguistics as a hobby. He is also passionate about photography and has travelled to seven countries in Europe and Asia practicing and developing his skills as an amateur photographer.
Arushi Sethi
Junior Writing Editor
Arushi is a 19 year-old law student. She is juggling a number of legal, writing and research internships and reading as well as writing as much as she can. She also likes to indulge herself in occasional movie marathons and is a Junior Editor at a fast-growing journal, i.e. Siblíni Journal.
Lizzy Sobiesk
Senior Writing Editor & Staff Writer
Lizzy Sobiesk is a writer, hyaluronic acid fanatic, and undergraduate student at Bryn Mawr College. When she's not writing, she's either reading the latest of YA books or playing Sims. She has been previously published (under the name Bertille Sobiesk) in Siblíní Journal, Dead Ink, HAG Collective, and Miracle Magazine.
Yejin suh
Staff Writer
Yejin Suh is a student from New Jersey whose writing appears in Half Mystic, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and Polyphony Lit, among others. She has been recognized by the UK Poetry Society, Princeton University, and the regional Scholastic Awards. She is a reader for Strange Horizons and the EIC of Wintermute Lit. You can read her thoughts at yejinsuh.blogspot.com.
Anya Trofimova
Staff Writer
Anya is a 15-year-old poet and creative from London. Being passionate about social activism, she first discovered poetry as a medium through which to raise awareness around issues faced by young people. Her work has appeared in Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, Saltaire Festival Poetry Competition and Planet in Peril Anthology, as well as in many other publications, and she is also one of the editors of the Siblíní Journal.
Channler Twyman
Staff Writer
Channler is a writer hailing from southern Georgia who works to inspire and uplift folks of marginalized identities. His interests include any and everything nerdy. He hopes his words will mean something to someone someday.
Katherine vandermel
Junior Writing Editor
Katherine Vandermel is a junior from NJ. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Alexandria Quarterly, National Poet Quarterly, and Rising Phoenix Review, and has been recognized by the National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and Behrend College. She loves music and a good, warm croissant.
Julia Vaz
Junior Writing Editor & Staff Writer
Julia is a Brazilian high school senior passionated about literature, politics, and writing. She has been published in Canvas Literary Magazine, Umpteenth Magazine, and currently acts as a Second Reader for Polyphony Lit. When she is not writing (or studying) she can be found drinking iced tea and going to the cinema with her friends.
Elsa Wilson-Cruz
Staff Writer
A freelancer and fiction writer, Elsa spent her childhood living in two extremes: Florida and Alaska. As an adult, she's called NYC, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami home. She currently lives just outside São Paulo, Brazil. She's always planning her next story, her next trip, or at least her next meal.
Annie zhang
Junior Writing Editor
Annie Zhang is a 19-year-old writer from Louisville, Kentucky and an undergraduate student at Northwestern University. She's had a lifelong passion for writing, and her work has been published in Scholastic's teen anthology. In her free time, you can find her sipping on a good iced coffee, exploring the city, munching on another bagel, and binging on her favorite TV shows.
Angelina Zheng
Junior Writing Editor
Angelina is a high school sophomore from Toronto, Ontario. Her short stories and poetry have been recognized by Scholastic Art & Writing, Young Authors Awards, and other competitions. When she's not writing or editing, she can be found scouring the streets of Toronto for vintage cafes and bubble tea stores.