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SENIOR STAFF
Heidi Elder
Editor-in-Chief
Heidi Elder is a third-year English and Creative Writing student at uOttawa. Her work has been featured in publications by Polar Expressions, The Artifice, VISTAS, and more. She previously worked at Understorey Magazine as an Editorial Assistant and currently works at Common House Magazine as Editor-in-Chief.
Grace Wildman
Managing Editor
Grace Wildman is a third-year English, Creative Writing, and Professional Editing student at the University of Ottawa. She is drawn to artistry in all forms, but sticks to dabbling in the genres of visual art, poetry, and music. Find her under the nearest tree, scribbling.
Kylie Flynn
Senior Editor
Kylie Flynn is a fourth-year Psychology and Creative Writing student at uOttawa. She loves crafting sad stories, psychoanalyzing fictional characters, and swimming in circles. In her spare time, she spoils her cat, recognizing the essential role of a writer’s purrfect muse.
Julie Sakac
Senior Editor
Julie Sakac is a fourth-year English student with a Minor in Professional Writing at uOttawa. She writes creative non-fiction and short fiction, but her heart belongs to science fiction. She strives to find joy in her life and reflect it in her writing.
Amelia Simms
Senior Editor
Amelia Simms is a third-year English and Creative Writing student at uOttawa. She writes poetry and prose, and she enjoys reading feel-good fantasy. In her spare time, she dabbles in any art form she can get her hands on, and she always strives to stay curious.
JUNIOR EDITORS
Mira Choueifaty
Junior Editor
Mira Choueifaty is a Lebanese writer and editor. She has numerous articles published on Trill Mag’s website. She is in her third year of her English degree and hopes to write and publish her own book one day. Mira also loves Formula 1.
Lianne Henrie
Junior Editor
Lianne Henrie is a second-year English and Creative Writing student at uOttawa. One day, she wishes to work in book publishing. If she is not busy writing prose poetry from self-induced hallucinations (caffeine overdose), Lianne is probably laying in her friends' laps, drinking wine, and writing love letters.
Gwendolyn King
Junior Editor
Gwen King is a third-year student at uOttawa. She transferred to English and Creative Writing in 2023 from Sociology and Feminist and Gender Studies. Her background in the social sciences influences her interest in reading and writing literature with a political message, more specifically, contemporary poetry.
Robert McPhalen
Junior Editor
Robert McPhalen is a third-year English and Creative Writing student at uOttawa. He writes poetry and prose and has a particular liking for screenplays. His work is often horror-oriented, with a focus on psychology-driven characters. Outside of writing and reading, he loves watching movies and hopes to make one of his own someday.
Giulia Pinto
Junior Editor
Giulia Pinto is an Italian 20-year-old uOttawa student who moved to Canada about a year ago. She is currently majoring in English with a minor in Professional Writing. Fantasy books are her life and so is home-made lasagna shared with her loved ones. Her favourite book of all time? A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness!
Alena Zalusky
Junior Editor
Alena Zalusky is a first-year English student at uOttawa. In her spare time, she likes to cook, read, overanalyze fictional characters, and start (but never finish) various artistic projects.
READERS
Leanna Dias
Prose Reader
Leanna Dias is a first-year undergraduate student majoring in English. Writing has been a significant part of her person since childhood once she had access to her school's library and the Twilight Saga. She focuses on emotional pieces, using other areas of the arts to inspire and influence her.
Myeisha Dyer
Poetry Reader
Myeisha Dyer is a first-year English student at uOttawa. She was a 2021 New York Times youth narrative finalist and has been published at her local library. In her spare time, she surrounds herself with cats and takes full advantage of her library card.
Sophie Robichaud
Prose Reader
Sophie Robichaud is a second-year English student at uOttawa. She writes short fiction and hopes to write and publish her own book after she graduates. In her spare time, she enjoys reading horror, dystopian, and thriller books; participating in theater; and watching documentary series or movies.
Katrina Wilcox
Poetry Reader
Katrina Wilcox (she/they) is a writer from Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a diploma from Algonquin College for Music and is working towards a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa. Katrina’s work has been published in Wandering Autumn Magazine and Lived Collective Magazine.