Lunch Ticket is a production of the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA in Creative Writing program.
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Issue 27: Summer/Fall 2025
Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Ballen
Managing Editor / Content Production: Mahru Elahi
Managing Editor / Submission Review: Miriam Parrotto
sign and chair, 2019
Staff Advisor:
Natalie Truhan
Faculty Advisors:
Alistair McCartney and Lisa Locascio Nighthawk
Web Designer & Consultant:
Sky Esser / GoodWebWorks
Blog and Midnight Snack Lead Editor: Lauren Howard
Blog and Midnight Snack Contributors: Mitko Grigorov, Lauren Howard, Gale Naylor, Dr. Valerie Nyberg, paparouna, Shawn Stensberg, and Ariadne Will
Interview Lead Editor: Mahru Elahi
Interview Contributors: Scott LaMascus, Dr. Valerie Nyberg, and Paula Williamson
Marketing and Communications Lead Editor: Jessica Ballen
Marketing and Communications Team: Dr. Valerie Nyberg
Web Team Lead Editor: Michelle Hampton
Web Editors: Nureena Faruqi and paparouna
Proof Team Lead Editor: Gale Naylor
Proofreaders: Jessica Chisum, Casady McEvoy, and Heidi Phillips
Genre Lead Editors:
- Amuse-Bouche: Miriam Parrotto
- Creative Nonfiction and Diana Woods Memorial Award: Karen Gaul Shulman
- Fiction: Paula Williamson
- Flash Prose: Griffin Deary
- Translation and Gabo Prize: paparouna
- Poetry: Jessica Ballen and Miriam Parrotto
- Visual Art: Miriam Parrotto
- YA/Young Adult: Sunee Lyn Foley
Reading Teams:
- Amuse-Bouche: Prajakta Dengwekar, Heidi Phillips, and Penelope Rood
- Creative Nonfiction and Diana Woods Memorial Award: Nikki Howard, Morgan Jenkins, and Heidi Phillips
- Fiction: Casady McEvoy
- Flash Prose: Kevin Badt, Jessica Chisum, Angela Franklin, and Amalia Mora
- Poetry: Angela Franklin, Scott LaMascus, and Penelope Rood
- Translation and Gabo Prize: Lorenzo Anzalone, Prajakta Dengwekar, and Tina Foster
- Visual Art: Nureena Faruqi, Angela Franklin, Genevieve Munsey, and Shawn Stensberg
- YA/Young Adult: Kevin Badt, Shawn Stensberg, and Gail Vanneli
MFA Program Chair: Lisa Locascio Nighthawk
MFA Faculty and Staff: Cathy Linh Che, Alistair McCartney, Colette Freedman, Daisy Salas, Natalie Truhan, Colleen Bradley, Max Delsohn, and Nic Wells
