Meet the Interview Contributors for Issue 33: Part 2

Our editors are hard at work building Issue 33 of Superstition Review, which will launch May 1. This issue features interviews with eight award-winning authors. Here we are featuring the four authors, whose interviews are being conducted by Phoebe Nguyen. The authors are: Christina Vo, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Lisa Ko, and Sally Wen Mao.


Christina Vo is a writer, who currently works in development for Stanford University. She previously worked for international organizations in Vietnam and Switzerland and also ran a floral design business in San Francisco. She is the author of one previous memoir, The Veil Between Two Worlds (She Writes Press). Vo resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


A poet and multimedia artist, Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Root Fractures (2024) and Ghost Of (2018), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her video work has been exhibited at the Miller ICA. Nguyen is a MacDowell and Kundiman fellow, and a member of the Vietnamese artist collective, She Who Has No Master(s). She’s received an NEA fellowship and awards from the 92Y “Discovery” Poetry and 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery contests. She teaches in the Randolph College Low-Residency MFA and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.


Lisa Ko is the author of The Leavers, a novel which was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction and won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Her writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2016The New York TimesBuzzFeedO. Magazine, and elsewhere. She has been awarded fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the MacDowell Colony, among others. Born in Queens and raised in Jersey, she lives in Brooklyn.


Sally Wen Mao is currently an MFA candidate at Cornell University. The recipient of fellowships from Kundiman and Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets, she has poems in Cave Wall, Another Chicago Magazine, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Copper Nickel, and Crab Orchard Review, among others. Her work has won first place in the 2010 Rhino Poetry Journal Editor’s Prize.

Meet the Interview Contributors for Issue 33: Part 1

Our editors are hard at work building Issue 33 of Superstition Review, which will launch May 1. This issue features interviews with eight award-winning authors. Here we are featuring the four authors, whose interviews are being conducted by Madelynn Paz. The authors are: Elwin Cotman, Gina Chung, Zara Chowdhary, and Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez. Read more about the authors below.


Elwin Cotman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the post-industrial landscape greatly influenced his love for myth and adventure. He is the author of three prior collections of speculative short stories: The Jack Daniels Sessions EPHard Times Blues, and Dance on Saturday, which was a finalist of the Philip K. Dick Award. Cotman holds a BA from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA from Mills College.


Gina Chung is a Korean American writer from New Jersey currently living in Brooklyn, New York. A recipient of the Pushcart Prize, she is a 2021-2022 Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Kenyon ReviewCatapultGulf CoastIndiana ReviewIdaho ReviewThe RumpusPleiadesF(r)iction, and Wigleaf, among others, and has been recognized by several contests, including the American Short(er) Fiction Contest, the Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, and the Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest.


Zara Chowdhary is a writer and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin. She has an MFA in creative writing and environment from Iowa State University and a master’s in writing for performance from the University of Leeds. She has previously written for documentary television, advertising, and film. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her partner, child, and two cats.


Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, as a second-generation immigrant. She
graduated from high school at the top of her class and, in 2018, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with
a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. She worked as a banking analyst at Wells Fargo and is now a
product manager at a big tech company, where she uses her background and knowledge to empower communities.
She has been featured on NPR’s Latino USA and delivered a viral TED Talk on finding opportunity and stability in
the United States while examining flaws in narratives that simplify and idealize the immigrant experience. She lives
in Brooklyn, New York.

Internships for ASU Students

Superstition Review

Internship Opportunities with Superstition Review 

Superstition Review is the online literary magazine produced by creative writing and web design students at Arizona State University. Founded in 2008, the mission of the journal is to promote contemporary art and literature by providing a free, easy-to-navigate, high quality online publication that features work by established and emerging artists and authors from all over the world. We publish two issues a year with art, fiction, interviews, nonfiction, and poetry. We also enjoy honoring all members of our Superstition Review family by maintaining a strong year-round community of editors, submitters, contributors, and readers on our blog and social networks.

Trainees

Trainees will register for a 3 credit-hour ENG 394 course. The course will offer a study of the field of literary magazines.

Upon successful completion of ENG 394, trainees will enroll in ENG 484 and become active interns with the magazine.

  • All work is done completely online.
  • We welcome interns from all fields.
  • Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
  • Internships are now available for ASU Online students and graduate students.

What Interns Say:

“This class has been a huge eye-opener for me and I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to work in the publishing and editing industry before graduating.”

“The skills I learned have given me a huge amount of confidence as I begin my search for a job, and I’m so glad this course was available.”

“I feel I got a great internship experience that will help me post graduation.”

Superstition Review Submissions Open

Superstition Review is open to submissions for Issue 33. Our submission window closes January 31st, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

Our magazine is looking for art, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions. You can submit here.

Ensure you read all guidelines before submitting. Do not submit previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please alert Superstition Review to a piece’s potential publication elsewhere. Submissions are able to be withdrawn and part of a submission can be withdrawn if a note is added in submittable.

View Issue 32 of Superstition Review to understand the type of work our literary magazine publishes.

Meet the Interns Continued, Pt. 4

This semester, Superstition Review is highlighting the Editors producing Issue 32. On Dec. 1st, readers will be able to view content that these interns have worked to compile over the course of the semester.


Meet John-John O’Connor, issue 32 art editor


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
JO:
After graduation I am looking to apply to law school.

SR: What are you currently reading?
JO:
The Stand by Stephen King.

SR: What is one place you’d like to travel to?
JO: Oaxaca, Mexico


Meet Jonathan Gillespie, issue 32 advertising coordinator


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
JG:
To either enter education or business administration.

SR: What are you currently reading?
JG:
Blood Meridian.

SR: What is one place you’d like to travel to?
JG: The Netherlands.



Meet Hope Kan, issue 32 social media manager

SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
HK: I plan to go into publishing and editing and pursue a Masters program.

SR: What are you currently reading?
HK:
I am currently reading The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S Thompson

SR: Describe your perfect Saturday morning.
HK: Go on a hike, have a yummy breakfast, and enjoy a productive couple hours before seeing friends!


Be sure to read Issue 32 of Superstition Review launching December 1.

Meet the Interns Continued, Pt. 3

This semester, Superstition Review is highlighting the Editors producing Issue 32. On Dec. 1st, readers will be able to view content that these interns have worked to compile over the course of the semester.



Meet Zoe Soderquist, issue 32 blog editor

SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
ZS:
I plan on getting my Master’s in Technical Communication at the Polytechnic campus and becoming a technical writer (hopefully at a software company!)

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
ZS:
I love gaming, embroidery, watching movies, working out, biking, and watching YouTube.

SR: What is your favorite midnight snack?
ZS: Anything sweet! I have a massive sweet tooth. Probably a drumstick (the vanilla fudge kind with peanuts) or some popcorn (properly buttered and salted movie theater style).


Meet Carolyn Combs, issue 32 interview editor


SR: What are you currently reading?
CC:
I’m reading Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson which is part of a longer fantasy series. I’m also reading Therapon by Dan Beachy-Quick and Bruce Bond!

SR: What is one place you’d like to travel to?
CC:
I really want to travel to Spain, specifically Castilla, I’ve always been fascinated with Don Quijote so I’d love to visit some of the sites from Cervantes’s tales.


Meet Alyssa Samson, issue 32/31 content coordinator


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
AS:
After graduation, I plan to pursue my passion for the English Literature field through editing, content writing and public relations. Eventually, I plan to return to university to complete my Master’s in English Literature in hopes of becoming an undergraduate professor.

SR: What is your hidden talent?
AS:
I have spent many years working in different fields with animals and it is a huge passion of mine. Being able to understand animals and their embodied communication is very important to me. I am very grateful for all of the experiences I have been able to accumulate with animals over the years.

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
AS: I have so many ways I enjoy spending my time. My hobbies include listening to music, working out, sewing old clothes to give them a new life, going on walks with my dog, and binge watching many different TV shows.


Meet Rich Duhamell, issue 32 student editor-in-chief, issue 31/30 interview editor


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
RD:
Master’s degree in Library Sciences at UA

SR: What are you currently reading?
RD:
Burning Down the House by Charles Baxter

SR: What is your hidden talent?
RD: I cross stitch in 25pt, meaning 25 stitches per inch and 625 stitches per square inch. Miniscule and very detailed, a nightmare to do with stiletto nails, yet I get by and still enjoy it


Be sure to read Issue 32 of Superstition Review launching December 1.

Meet the Interns, Continued Pt. 2

This semester, Superstition Review is highlighting the Editors producing Issue 32. On Dec. 1st, readers will be able to view content that these interns have worked to compile over the course of the semester.


Meet Daniel Gernant, issue 32 poetry editor


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
DG:
I plan on finding a career in editing young adult novels.

SR: Describe your perfect Saturday morning
DG:
My perfect Saturday morning would be to sleep in as long as I need, make lunch/breakfast, and play video games with my friends.

SR: What is one place you’d like to travel to?

DG: I’d love to visit Greece and Italy to see the architecture.


Meet Charlise Bar-Shai, issue 32 art editor


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
CB:
I’m undecided about what field of journalism I will enter after college, but right now I’m leaning on becoming an investigative journalist for NPR. I also plan to move to California (if I can afford it).

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
CB:
I’m a visual artist. I’ve been drawing seriously and consistently since 7th grade, and I often post my finished pieces to my Instagram. I’m also a huge music lover, so I collect records (I have about 60). I also love to write short stories, play video games and make crafts. Recently, I’ve also been learning to sew and knit. Basically, I love doing anything creative.


Meet Eden Smith, issue 32 fiction editor


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
ES:
I hope to promote beautiful writers and their work through a career in publishing.

SR: What are you currently reading?
ES:
I have been chewing at “The Count of Monte Cristo” since mid-June.

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
ES: Hiking in the Superstition Mountains, reading, coffee tasting.


Meet Emma Raimondo, issue 32 social media manager


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
ER:
Write and work!

SR: What are you currently reading?
ER:
I’m currently reading Real Estate by Deborah Levy.

SR: What is your hidden talent?
ER: I’m great at placing famous doppelgängers.


Be sure to read Issue 32 of Superstition Review launching December 1.

Meet the Interns, Continued

This semester, Superstition Review is highlighting the Editors producing Issue 32. On Dec. 1st, readers will be able to view content that these interns have worked to compile over the course of the semester.


Meet Nataley Walker, issue 32 advertising coordinator


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
NW:
After graduation, I plan to pursue my passion for writing as well as a career in editing.

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
NW:
I love writing, reading, drawing and playing instruments (flute, piccolo, tenor sax, piano and more). I also love spending time with my family, and it’s so much fun going rock climbing, bouldering and paddleboarding with my siblings.


Meet Greg Richardson, issue 32 nonfiction editor


SR: What are you currently reading?
GR:
A lot. But I’m currently working on “Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult” by Maria Bamford.

SR: What is your hidden talent?
GR:
I’m a decent roller skater.

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
GR:
Cooking, working out and seeing the libraries of the world.

SR: Describe your perfect Saturday morning
GR:
Coffee, a bowl of cocoa puffs and a SpongeBob marathon.


Meet Antonio Folcarelli, issue 32 fiction editor


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
AF:
I plan on attending graduate school and becoming a creative writing professor.

SR: What are you currently reading?
AF:
“The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde.

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
AF:
Tabletop games (e.g. D&D), cooking breakfast and collecting used books.


Meet Bryan Lurito, issue 32 nonfiction editor


SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
BL:
Editing for a publication company.

SR: What are you currently reading?
BL:
“Dog is Love” by Clive Wynne

SR: What is one place you’d like to travel to?
BL: The Great Barrier Reef.


Be sure to read Issue 32 of Superstition Review launching December 1.

Superstition Review’s Blog is Now Accepting Submissions

Superstition Review’s Blog is Now Accepting Submissions

While submissions for issue 32 are closed, Superstition Review’s blog is actively accepting submissions.

Superstition Review features Guest Posts and Authors Talks on the blog. These can be short essays, videos or audio recordings that examine current literary topics and trends. Please review the Guest Posts category and the Authors Talk category for reference prior to submitting.

We do not publish poetry or short stories on our blog. We do not accept submissions from ASU undergraduate students.

Read submission guidelines and submit your work here. Read more of Superstition Review or previous blog posts.

Meet the Interns: Phoebe Nguyen, Interview Editor

This semester, Superstition Review is highlighting the Editors producing Issue 32. Today we got to know Phoebe Nguyen, an Interview Editor for Issue 32.

SR: What are your plans for after graduation?
PN:
I plan on traveling.



SR: What are you currently reading?
PN:
“A Brave New World.”

SR: What is your hidden talent?
PN:
I am scuba dive certified.


SR: What is one place you’d like to travel to?
PN: Paris, France.

SR: What are some of your hobbies?
PN:
Reading, writing, shopping, horseback riding and being with my friends.


SR: Describe your perfect Saturday morning
PN:
Waking up to a cloudy morning where I can read in bed.

SR: What’s your favorite midnight snack?
PN: A rebel from Dutch.