Polly
Polly is a writer and editor based in Alameda, CA. Her poems have appeared in 400 Words, Tellus, and Monday Night, and she has taught writing through Take My Word For It and Mentor Artists Playwrights Project. She founded the East Bay Dipping Society, an open water dipping collective, and holds an MFA from California College of the Arts. She is currently working on a poetry collection about her time in the ocean.
Michele
Michele is a Denver-based artist and professor teaching Photography at The University of Colorado Denver’s College of Arts and Media. With an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, she has exhibited nationally, including an Artist Talk and Exhibition at The Center for Fine Art Photography in 2023. Inspired by her experiences as an identical twin and her love of nature, she spends her free time exploring the outdoors with her 10-year-old daughter, Roxi.
Laura
Laura grew up in the mountains of Virginia and now lives and writes in California. She was a MacDowell fellow and the recipient of a residency at the Suttle Lodge. Her fiction has appeared in The Southern Review, Denver Quarterly, West Branch, SLICE, and Hypertext among many others. A finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, she holds an MFA from California College of the Arts. She is currently at work on a collection of ghost stories.
Alex
Alex is a writer and songwriter from New York City whose work has been featured in The Iowa Review, The Masters Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, TAP Magazine, and other publications. His short fiction was a finalist for both the 2024 Missouri Review Perkoff Prize and the 2025 American Short Fiction Short(er) Fiction Prize. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a Jeffrey G. and Victoria J. Edwards Fellow, he is currently working on a collection of short stories and a novel.
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Co-Founder/Editor
Alex Dezen
Co-Founder/Editor
Laura Schadler
Art Editor
Michele Lyn
Poetry Editor
Polly Conway
Design & Production
Corrine Shearer
Editorial Assistants
Sydney Hammon
Priya Mevasse
Claire Schadler
{ About Us }
{ } Co-founded by Alex Dezen and Laura Schadler, Nulla is an independent arts journal published online quarterly and printed annually. We seek the surprising and well-crafted, whether in traditional or experimental styles, that strives for clarity, meaning, and emotional depth. Both emerging and established voices are welcomed. Currently open for submissions. { }
