Jenny Chu is a high school student from Dallas, Texas. Her work has been recognized by YoungArts, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the Guernsey Literary Festival, the Texas Cultural Trust, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Poetry Society of New York, NSPA, and NCTE, among others. She has studied at the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship, and the Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference. Her work appears in journals such as Pithead Chapel, The Shore, and Gone Lawn, among others.

Audrey Han is a rising freshman at Stanford University with a passion for any kind of prose and sometimes poetry. In the past, she has been recognized multiple times by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers and also placed second at UIL State. She also attended the Iowa Young Writers' Studio. In her free time, she enjoys martial arts, digital art, and astronomy. Along with being an art editor, prose & poetry executive editor, you can find her helping to manage the behind-the-scenes at Rosetta! When not writing or drawing, you can find her playing almost any word or rhythm game!

Ananya Upadhye is a writer who collects memories. She is currently studying comparative literature and creative writing. She works with experimental, hybrid, mixed-media, lyrical, and visual poetry, and is an alum of The Kenyon Young Writer's Workshop, The Iowa Young Writer's Studio, and The Sunhouse Summer Mentorship. In her free time, she can be found eating fruit out of wineglasses and lingering in forest glades. She loves stormy afternoons and the colour of sea-green.

Gracie Jones is a writer, poet, and playwright who is studying creative writing at the University of Gloucestershire. She has had two poems, RECIPE FOR APPROVAL and THE WEB OF YOUR LOVE, previously published in the university's 2024 UNBREAKABLE anthology. Gracie has also completed work experience at Treehouse Digital LTD, where she was able to work with professional filmmakers, allowing her to discover a love for storytelling. Her play, ONE DAY YOU’LL UNDERSTAND was performed at a showcase at the Everyman Theatre in 2024.

Emily Tong is an Asian-American poet from New Jersey. An alumnus of the Iowa Young Writers' Studio, her work has been recognized by or is forthcoming in Thimble Lit, Fugue, Palette Poetry, BRAWL, Augur Magazine, Shō Poetry Journal, and more.

Vivaan Kamath is a 15-year-old artist from Dallas, Texas. An avid art enthusiast, you can often find him working on his latest drawing or baking another batch of chocolate chip cookies. He has received recognition through awards such as TAEA All-State Artist, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and Polyphony Literary. He is always excited to help showcase the creativity of fellow artists

Zixin Song is a sophomore studying at Cupertino High School in California. When she’s not busy with her academics, she loves to play video games, read books, watch anime, and most of all, draw. She enjoys doing digital art the most and dedicates her time to making them and occasionally, animation projects, which she shares online.

Claudia Moreno is a fourth-year student UC Berkeley, studying Comparative Literature in my primary languages: English and Spanish. She aims to amplify marginalized voices through fantastical and mundane stories. Right now, she is working on her first novel, nicknamed Project Sacred Morals, a speculative fiction novel.

Jiyoo Kim-Jung is an incoming college student from the United States who writes poetry and short stories in order to explore her inner thoughts. She has been writing stories for around twelve years and has been writing poetry for a little over three. In her free time, she can be found playing the piano and drafting poems about playing the piano.

Sonia Kamnitzer, is a young poet based in Canada. She has previously been published in Voices/Voix Issue 7 and 8 and Quist. When she is not writing, she can be found reading, singing, practicing her Spanish, pondering philosophy or cooking. She is the founder of the poetry club at her school and loves going on walks to find inspiration for her poems amongst overheard conversations and little observations.

Mandy Zhao is a 16-year old international student raised in the United States. She displays occasionally worrying polymathic tendencies and harbours a bottomless capacity for the opaque sphere of art, her favorite artists being Them&I and herself when she’s heartbroken. A shameless solicitor of novel experiences, — e.g. cave exploring and standing up to her parents.

Noor Safaa is a fourth-year medical student and an English-language poet from Iraq. Although Arabic is her native language, she began writing poetry in English at an early age and has continued to develop her literary voice alongside her medical education. Her work explores themes of identity, memory, human nature, hope, and time. She is the author of My First Verses (2024) and PARADOX (2025). Her poetry has been published in SHINE Anthology – Issue II (2025) with her poem Messages to the Unknown, Thorn & Bloom Magazine – Issue 04 (2025) with her poem Inner Peace, and Rosetta Literary Magazine – Issue III (2026) with her poem After Sundown.

Leslie Park is a high school senior living in Washington State. She loves to write poetry and essays, and has been recognized by the New York Times, John Locke Institute, Scholastic, and more. Apart from writing, she can be found stressing over her school newspaper (as the EIC), volunteering at the animal shelter, and running a writing competition. In her free time, she's normally seen cuddling/sleeping with her dog and reading (send her book recs).

Uchenna Uduma is a high school poet and writer based in New Jersey. His creative work on diaspora and the immigrant experience has been recognized multiple times by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers and Gannon University. When he isn’t writing, you can find him reading fantasy novels or curating a collection of regional-exclusive retro video games.