Jared Ellison is a senior English Major with a concentration in Creative Writing at Arcadia University. He has a passion for writing and loves to discuss a wide range of literature from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison to Angie Thomas. In his free time, you can find him reading a good book, watching something on Netflix, or pondering what is going on in his cat’s head.

Abby Worthington is a sophomore English and French major with a love of reading and writing short stories. In her free time, she enjoys traveling the world and going on cool adventures with her friends. She also enjoys embroidering and taking care of her many plants.

Emily Wingfield is a rising senior at Arcadia pursuing a B.A. in History. Although History is her primary passion, Emily has an immense love for creative writing as well. Emily uses writing as a means to express herself and share her thoughts regarding a variety of issues important to her such as race, gender, mental health, and more. At the end of May 2021, Emily will be releasing her debut poetry chapbook, "barely there, surviving." Follow Emily on Instagram @_emilywingfield to stay up to date about her chapbook and learn more about her!

Daijah Patton is a junior English/Creative Writing major with a minor in Secondary Education here at Arcadia. She writes her poetry as an outlet to what she's feeling, but also to what she's seeing, and loves to share it with others or perform slam poetry. She spends a lot of her other spare time indulging in cooking/baking, reading fiction and poetry, and trying to tell people what music they should listen to. 

Michaela Coll is an English major with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Professional Writing. She enjoys spending time with her family, playing with her dogs and cats, and writing poetry in her free time. 

Danita Mapes is Junior Media and Communication major with a concentration in Multimedia Publishing and a minor in Creative Writing. She enjoys writing prose and short stories most of all, but when she's not writing she's usually tending to her garden or reading. 

Ryan Hiemenz is a Philadelphia native with a strong adoration of all things poetry and fiction. Aside from writing and reading, Ryan loves to spend his time surrounded by memes and comedy. He is always looking to make others smile in any way that he can! As an editor for Quiddity, he has been given the opportunity to read and enjoy all of the brilliant pieces of your work!

Erica Bentley is a junior English major who writes about childhood, family, and emotions but would like to make minor objects even more emotional.

Keira Charles is a senior Psychology major. She is graduating this semester. 

Mandy Bach is a junior creative writing major here at Arcadia, and she recently got accepted into the 4 + 2 MFA in Creative Writing program! She loves Sylvia Plath, Sarah Kay, and really any poetry with an extensive feminine influence. This poem is from a part of a collection inspired entirely by Steve Rogers' quotes.

Lauren Amariti is a senior English major with a creative writing concentration with a knack for sewing tacky clothes that wouldn't look out of place in an early 1990's bowling alley. In the times when they're not writing angsty poetry like a knockoff Phoebe Bridgers, they enjoy writing fiction with particularly unhinged main characters. 

Tobi Tella is a junior English major with minors in Secondary Education and Theater Arts. He is proud to be a peer mentor in the university's Social Action and Justice in Education Fellowship. He has always appreciated literature's unique ability to evoke different worlds and speak truth to power.

Leigh Ferrier is a junior English major who has been dabbling in and out of the visual arts for as long as she can remember. The first time she picked up a camera, she fell in love, and while photography isn't always a consistent hobby of hers, she always comes back to it. She feels inspired by the natural world, architecture, urban exploration, interesting angles, bright colors, animals, and anything a little obscure.

Gabriel is a passionate Deaf Latino visual artist. He received his BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in December 2018. As a Visual Media student, he specializes in Photography, Graphic Design and Video. Gabriel’s love for travel and adventure has taken him to four countries, where he has captured his journeys through his lens. He migrated from Venezuela in 2012 looking for the opportunities his country denied him, and from there his life gave an U turn as he started to achieve his dreams. Currently he is employed by RIT/NTID's Department of Access Services, as well as working as a Freelance artist.