Managing Editor
Yana Fershtein
Yana is a Creative Writing student at KPU. She has an intense love of language and will ramble about phonetics or etymology at any given opportunity. She expresses her fascination with words, as well as the weird and whimsical, through her poetry. She loves a good romp of a poem that leaves you breathless and befuddled, with made-up words, bizarre imagery, and a tender heart. She also enjoys alliteration. When she isn’t writing, Yana likes to watch (and talk about) movies and shows, juggle, and get lost in Wikipedia rabbit holes for hours.
Senior Graphic Designer
Angel Massot
Angel Massot (he/him) is an artist, graphic designer, and marketing professional. He holds a Diploma in Fashion Marketing from the Wilson School of Design (2022) and a BA in General Studies with a focus in fine art, marketing, and communications from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (2025). Angel is drawn to the intersection of technology, media, and creative expression, and brings a genuine enthusiasm for the arts to everything he makes. Outside of his work, he loves ecology, camping across the West Coast, and listening to his growing vinyl collection.
Senior Prose Editor
Demeris Queiros
Demeris Queiros is a student at KPU striving to achieve a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing at KPU. A lover of stories and storytelling from an early age, Demeris seeks to transcribe the stories in his head onto the page for both himself and others to enjoy. When not writing, Demeris can be found hanging out with friends and indulging in creative experiences such as books, video games, movies, music, TV, or travelling.
Junior Prose Editor
Nicole
Nicole (she/her) is a Ghanian-Canadian Creative Writing student at KPU. She is a member of KPU’s Creative Writing Guild as well as a member of the Federation of BC Writers. She is also the founder and board chair of the non-profit writing organization Writing BC. She enjoys volunteering at literary events and frequenting the many literary spaces for writers in Vancouver, such as the Joy Kagawa House & Enabling Arts, among many others.
Senior Poetry Editor
Usha Gunatilake
Usha Gunatilake is a freelance writer, editor, and fanatic word-lover. She is currently a KPU student majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in English. Usha writes about musings, mystic creatures, endings, and disability, and aspires to be an auto memories doll. Usha is happiest when she is curled up in her Hobbit-hole reading or watching something, or when she is daydreaming elaborate stories in her head while walking in the rain.
Junior Poetry Editor
Sarah Gawthrop
Sarah Gawthrop is a poet, editor, ROOM magazine board member, and third-year Creative Writing student at KPU. She recently self-published her first poetry collection, Topophilia: A Strong Sense of Place—a love letter to nature. She looks forward to continuing to write poems and helping other poets brush up their work for publication in this mag!
Senior Visual Arts Editor
Ava Sasaki
Ava Sasaki is a fourth-year English and Asian studies student. Her areas of studies comprise of intersectional feminist lenses with the gothic and filmic genres. Outside of academia, they enjoy watching old romance films, reading vampire fiction, and drawing from life.
Junior Visual Arts Editor
Julian Doerschlag
Julian Doerschlag is a UX/UI and Graphic Design graduate, but he’s dabbled in all kinds of creative pursuits from photography to worldbuilding and is always looking for a new idea to explore. When not chipping away at a project, you can usually find him getting lost in an RPG or exploring the city on his bike.
Web Editor
Elena Barahona
Elena is a fourth-year English and Creative Writing student at KPU. She’s always experimenting with new genres and forms, but she has a soft spot for fantasy and prose. In her free time, Elena is indulging in her many hobbies, whether it’s digital art, acrylic painting, or reading. One day she wants to write and publish the fantasy novel of her three-year-old self’s dreams, but for now she’s content finishing her BA Honours in English.
Social Media Coordinator
Lydia Doerschlag
Lydia Doerschlag is a KPU Creative Writing graduate with a deep love for creativity and art. She spends her free time reading, playing cozy games, and crafting new stories. She hopes to write for a living one day, but for now she’s content with planning her next project while listening to her favourite songs on loop.
Operations Manager
Devaki Mathivanan
office@runnermag.ca
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