The Young Writers Initiative has welcomed nearly 150 volunteers into our eight active volunteer-based departments. 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 Internal 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

Copy Editors

Angelo Dionora
Emma Andres
Liz Vaughan
Kaira Khadime**
​Natalie Miller**

Romy Zhang
​Olivia Cai
Zoe Hardin
Bethany Kwak

Developmental Editors​

Erica Lee
Sim Ling Thee
Tim Chow
​Shreya Sutaria
​Paisley Weigel

Shivangi Shah
Prisha Gupta
Paige Riddiford
Manya Garg

Specialty Editors

Riya Cyriac**

Year-Round Alpha Readers

Raven Nightshade
Stacey Kok
Madhurima Sengupta*
Jigyasa Jain*
Crystal Peng
Christyn Refuerzo

Olivia Lindquist
Emily Chen
Mishka Martin
Marina Tsiatiri**
Murtaza Jawad

Seasonal Alpha Readers

Sujana Vangala
Lauren Fakhoury
Neha Barve
Erin Hunter

Year-Round Beta Readers

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

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

Seasonal Beta Readers

Alexandra Chmiel
Cameron Patel
Lucia Moglia 
Mohana Priya Thinesh
Anisa Uddin**
Ayra Amin**
Dharini Manoj
​Kaela Losekoot
​Alicia Nascembeni

Hui Yi Mei**
Kathleen Hagar**
Sanchi Juneja
Colleen Blain
Esther Ng
Miriam Fernandez**
​Delia Henriques
Sasha Agarwal
​Harnoor Kaur Uppal

Book Reviewers

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 Crew

Katyayani Kwatra*
Aemil Raphael

Statistical Crew

Mimi Brown
Rahma Kwaja

Submission Readers

Ella Kruus
Vanessa Tran
Maya
Syna Majumder
Maddie Pollard
Diana Diep
Bella Gomez
Emily Joy Omen
Sarah Worthington
Chloe Lin

Caroline Dinh
Macie Blake
Gabriella McField
Sydney Hamilton
Jules Davidson
Jigyasa Jain*
Abhinav Raja
Natalie Miller*
Deepa Rao
Trisha Reddy

Workshop Teachers

Katyayani Kwatra*
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)**

If there are any spelling or placement errors, contact Sylvia Bonillos (sylvia@tywi.org). This page is updated regularly.