about
fishladder is a student-run journal of art and writing edited and produced by undergraduates at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. The journal is published annually in April, on the tail end of Winter Semester and features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art by GVSU students. As a publication, we strive to be inclusive of writers and artists from all the different parts of our campus community. We hope to present a diverse mix of singular voices in each issue so that we might capture the voices of the GVSU student body in all its harmony and dissonance.
Past issues of fishladder are archived at GVSU Scholarworks.
production schedule
october
applications to join the fishladder team are due in the first week of the month
fishladder opens for submissions
november
the fishladder website remains open for submissions
fishladder staff is finalized & has its first all-staff meeting
december
fishladder submissions close near the end of December
january & february
fishladder staff holds meetings & discusses submissions
submitters are notified of acceptances
march
production on the issue is completed and the issue is sent to the printer
april
fishladder's unveiling to celebrate the new issue
2023/2024 masthead
editor in chief
Ashlyn Miller
assistant editor
Angelina Firmalan
layout editor
Carlie Sherwood
social media editor
Hannah Applebee
art & photography editor
Janiah Mather
assistant art & photography editor
Paloma Havlik & Madison Goetsch
fiction editors
Ian Ouzts
assistant fiction editors
Maddie Cesarz & McKinley Hixon
nonfiction editor
Joi Mays & Alora Bowers
assistant nonfiction editor
Carlie Sherwood & Ashley Rhein
poetry editor
Will Schoendorf
assistant poetry editor
Hannah Applebee
art reviewers
Aryanna Watson, Emily Mosier, Daniel Lamboy, Cally Camara, Sofia Ellis
fiction readers
Madison Hooker, Rachel Miller, Simon Kailing, Alex Fuller, Ruthie Fedewa, Grace Locke, Collin St. John, Genevieve Balivet, Sofia Pratt, Nichole Roach, Libby Bowen, Llewellyn Harsch, Kallie Crouch, Reagan Lyerly, Katherine Heil, Abbie Scott, Alexis Gutierrez
nonfiction readers
Sophie Bytwerk, Carlie Whalen, Michaela Triemstra, Ally Boudreau, Sarah Kenney, Lillian Reiner, Lauren Haff, Anna Pettit
poetry readers
Laken Chapin, Abigail Gallinger, Alexandra Vantil, Lydia Denning, Lainey Otten, Erin Riley, Annelise Racely
faculty advisor
W. Todd Kaneko