The Desert Nights, Rising Stars
Writers Conference

Rachel Hagerman is the student editor-in-chief of Superstition Review’s Issue 25. She is studying English (Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies) at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. She currently works as a freelance writer, teaching assistant, and ASU Senior Writing Mentor. She is the founding editor of the ASU student-run book blog, The Spellbinding Shelf. Passionate about literature, she plans to pursue a career in editing and publishing after graduation.

Lucas Selby is a creative writing major at Arizona State University, currently working towards his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees through Barrett, the Honors College. Lucas has worked as a reader for Hayden’s Ferry Review and is currently the fiction editor for Superstition Review. He enjoys literary fiction but has been known to dip into science fiction and performance poetry in his spare time. He loves Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, and just about every other author he reads these days.

Founded in 1986, Hayden's Ferry Review is a semi-annual, international literary journal edited by the MFA students at Arizona State University. Work from Hayden's Ferry Review has been included in the Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Poetry, and Best New Poets. HFR has notable pieces in Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Mystery Stories, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology.