The Young Writers Initiative has welcomed nearly 150 volunteers into our eight active volunteer-based departments and projects. Volunteers are the life-blood of TYWI and are the reason we're able to provide so many opportunities to young creatives all over the world.
Here, you can find all of our amazing volunteers. Those with an asterisk (*) after their name volunteer in multiple departments! And those with double asterisks (**) are part of our Leadership Team! We're very grateful to have so many dedicated people with us. If you'd like to join our ever-growing family of volunteers, check out all our volunteering opportunities under the VOLUNTEER tab!
Here, you can find all of our amazing volunteers. Those with an asterisk (*) after their name volunteer in multiple departments! And those with double asterisks (**) are part of our Leadership Team! We're very grateful to have so many dedicated people with us. If you'd like to join our ever-growing family of volunteers, check out all our volunteering opportunities under the VOLUNTEER tab!
Advanced Editors
Cindy Tran**
Jaidah-Leigh Wyatt**
Hritwa Satikuvar
Jaidah-Leigh Wyatt**
Hritwa Satikuvar
Copy Editors
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Angelo Dionora
Emma Andres Liz Vaughan Kaira Khadime** Natalie Miller** Elayne Law |
Romy Zhang
Olivia Cai Zoe Hardin Bethany Kwak Lauren Wynn |
Developmental Editors
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Erica Lee
Sim Ling Thee Shreya Sutaria Paisley Weigel Vagisha Bhatia April Cheung |
Shivangi Shah
Prisha Gupta Paige Riddiford Manya Garg Callie Cheng |
Year-Round Alpha Readers
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Raven Nightshade
Stacey Kok Madhurima Sengupta* Jigyasa Jain** Crystal Peng Christyn Refuerzo Aemil Raphael Cleodel Capiral Trisha Reddy Olivia Lindquist Osahenhen Joy Giaus-Obas Ana Figueira Anna Ngo Joyce Bun Karina Myers |
Emily Chen
Mishka Martin Marina Tsiatiri** Murtaza Jawad Abigail Kumar Tanvi Joshi Grace Avila Maria Lytrivi Drishya Mitra Praise Chukwuma Alyssa Sykes |
Seasonal Alpha Readers
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Sujana Vangala
Lauren Fakhoury Neha Barve Erin Hunter Fall Vrinda Gandhi Winter Paige Hughes Ashe Creed |
Spring
Kelley Kwok Summer Lena Singh |
Year-Round Beta Readers
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Aalia Waqas
Aamanya Sejpal Adair Knox Aidan Heck Alena Tran Alyvia Hutley Ashryel Mavers Bornil Murchhona Elaine C. Emeline Robbins Emma Keas Gabby Gartner Grainne Murphy Gursimran Gill Harsha Venkataraman** Jazmin Abels** Joanna Lam Jubilee Forbes x Kaira Khadime** Katyayani Kwatra* Sierra tan Lauren Chi Kashmini Shah Muskaan Dhingra Martina Giambattista Constance Anthony Anyssa Rahme Archie Behera Carmie Rocco Cheryl Liu Dany Galindo Davina Hasari Doris Gherasim Enaya Amir Giovanna Suwita Hasfariza Hassan Jordan Gallo Kate Goulding Katie Jubran Lily Elkhatib Mariia Karacheva Mardhiyah Nurainun Alaa'a Ashkar Jessie Wang Caitlin Donovan Wren Long Kasley K Kalani Gav Annika Troise Zoya Vats Ha Nguyen Kassie Propes Prathibha Kumar Vicky Li Isabella Hernandez Kassie Propes Maren Detlefs Nibedita Ghosal Faith Yetman Aleeza Awais Ebtesaam Abdul-Qudoos Ellie Andersen Madhav Dua Mehar Bahl |
Krishna Verma
Larissa Abrao Luz Rosales Madhurima Sengupta* Maggie Montu Malvika Malhotra x Mar Llobet Maria Canela Mia Romeo Nishi Nandineni** Parmin Sedigh Ray Choo Ray Vee** Riley McGrath Sam Luthiya Tiana Falla Tiernan O’neal Victoria Stephens Zoe Kelemen Maya Ross Natasha Hebert Helena Falcao Paige Hojdar Tisha Choudhari Amanda Sanguesa Kamtoya Okeke Muskaan Bola Nusyba Mahdiatzahrah Oceane Liang Osahenhen Joy Giaus-Obas Ouswa Ali Patrick Brady Payal Taparia Sybellah Kidd-Shugart Trix-Nico Gebele Veda Akula Victoria McFarlane Yashvi Parikh Zainab Farooq Mary Carmen Saldaña Kathaleen Mallard Sarah Triyana Marisol Ciovacco Ethan Smith Abigail Tenenbaum Tricia da Costa Paulis Baskevics Karen Dong Carmella (Carmie) Rocco Taylar Richards Emma Foster Hannah Magner Konsoler Mandah Alexis Choi Faiza Fatima Varsha Murthy Prathibha Kumar Haelin Kim |
Seasonal Beta Readers
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Alexandra Chmiel
Cameron Patel Lucia Moglia Mohana Priya Thinesh Anisa Uddin** Ayra Amin** Dharini Manoj Kaela Losekoot Alicia Nascembeni Fall Diana Garza Mashal Ashfaq Neha Desaraju Angie Valencia Winter Rithanya Kannan Vardah Irfan Laura Kocsis |
Hui Yi Mei**
Kathleen Hagar** Sanchi Juneja Colleen Blain Esther Ng Miriam Fernandez** Delia Henriques Sasha Agarwal Harnoor Kaur Uppal Spring Paulina González Chi Vu Arohi Purnaye Rita Chernikova Dami Jinadu Josselyn St. Clair Summer Jasmine Wu Praise Chukwuma Walla Karir Nihola Tasmi Claire Beeli Zunairah Shaikh Daniela Laing Amira Malti Amoryn Lina |
Book Reviewers
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Ouswa Ali
Delaney Hendrick** Alina Ali Samiha Akter Su Sudiksha Karthika Lena Parr** Elena Juarez Isabella García Tarah Hickel Mehak Dixit |
Anesa Bilurdagi
Adrija Basani Akshinta Das Jigyasa Jain* Vedant Chittake Devin Higgins Mikaela Koehler** Audrey Kim Alexandra Green |
Technical Event CrewKatyayani Kwatra*
Aemil Raphael |
Statistical CrewMimi Brown
Rahma Kwaja |
Submission Readers
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Ella Kruus
Vanessa Tran Maya Syna Majumder Maddie Pollard Diana Diep Bella Gomez Emily Joy Omen Sarah Worthington Chloe Lin Chloe Lee Eunice Chi Leah Skay Aya Nguyen Jenny Pitcher Carmella Rocco Emily Oomen |
Caroline Dinh
Macie Blake Gabriella McField Sydney Hamilton** Jules Davidson Jigyasa Jain** Abhinav Raja Natalie Miller** Deepa Rao Trisha Reddy Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai Ollie Small Haley Renzoni Alexandra Bell** Trisha Reddy Yanitta Iew Miri Selengut |
Workshop Teachers
Katyayani Kwatra*
Kaira Khadime**
Natalie Miller*
Kaira Khadime**
Natalie Miller*
Blogging Team
Stuti Desai (Romance and Lit Fic)
Ian Heibesen (Poetry)
Skylar Nitzel (Non-speculative Fiction)
Elena Sarigeorgiou (Nonfiction)
Grayson Yount (Non-speculative Fiction, Flash Fiction)
Asha Swann (Nonfiction)
Yun-Fei Wang (Poetry)**
Ian Heibesen (Poetry)
Skylar Nitzel (Non-speculative Fiction)
Elena Sarigeorgiou (Nonfiction)
Grayson Yount (Non-speculative Fiction, Flash Fiction)
Asha Swann (Nonfiction)
Yun-Fei Wang (Poetry)**
If there are any spelling or placement errors, contact Sylvia Bonillos (sylvia@tywi.org). This page is updated regularly.
