President | Executive Director

writebloody@gmail.com

Brown is a novelist, comedian, poet, librettist, gondolier and storyteller from Long Beach, California. He is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of the Year Award for Poetry and the '25-'26 Poet Laureate of Los Feliz.

Los Angeles Staff | Editorial Assistant

Hedrick is the current editorial assistant for Write Bloody Publishing, based in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Staff | Editorial Intern

anoukwritebloody@gmail.com

Wijeratne is a recent graduate of UCSB and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She is a writer and designer with an emphasis on multimedia, speculative fiction, and poetry.

Board Officer

nikkiwritebloody@gmail.com

Steele is the project manager for Birch Bench press and the previous marketing manager for Write Bloody. She now serves as a member on the board of officers.

Board Officer

Aptowicz is a New York Times best-selling author and poet whose work has earned fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, the University of Pennsylvania, the Amy Clampitt House, and Hedgebrook. Her collection The Year of No Mistakes was named Poetry Book of the Year by the Writers League of Texas.

Board Officer | 10th Poet Laureate of Oregon

Anis Mojgani is the current Poet Laureate of Oregon. A two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, he has been published in such journals as Rattle, Platypus, Winter Tangerine, Forklift Ohio, and Bat City Review, amongst others.

Board Officer

thecultofmindy@gmail.com

Dr. Mindy Nettifee is a poet, professional teaching artist, and somatic trauma therapist. She is the author of three full-length collections of poems:Sleepyhead Assassins(Moon Tide Press), Rise of the Trust Fall(Write Bloody Press), and Open Your Mouth Like a Bell (Write Bloody Press).

Board Officer | Poet Laureate of Los Angeles

rentpoet@gmail.com

Sonia-Wallace began busking poetry on the street full-time in September, 2014. Since then, he has toured nationally and internationally, and been nominated for a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award. They are a Partner at the Melrose Poetry Bureau and lives in Los Angeles.