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.
applications to join the fishladder team are due in the first week of the month
fishladder opens for submissions
the fishladder website remains open for submissions
fishladder staff is finalized & has its first all-staff meeting
fishladder submissions close near the end of December
fishladder staff holds meetings & discusses submissions
submitters are notified of acceptances
production on the issue is completed and the issue is sent to the printer
fishladder's unveiling to celebrate the new issue
editor in chief
Angelina Firmalan
assistant editor
Cate Woods
layout editor
Carlie Sherwood
social media editors
Hannah Applebee & Ian Ouzts
art & photography editor
Paloma Havlik
assistant art & photography editor
Elise Kahle
fiction editors
Maddie Cezarz & McKInley Hixon
nonfiction editor
Carlie Sherwood
assistant nonfiction editor
Kallie Crouch
poetry editor
Hannah Applebee
assistant poetry editor
Elle Harris
art reviewers
Starcha McNeal & Liz Pentecost
fiction readers
Genevieve Balivet, Plum Battey, Tessa Brumels, Bri DeLange, Audrey Grunwaldt, Jackson Hicks, Grace Locke, Reagan Lyerly, Annabelle Machalka, Kelsie Manor, Rachel Miller, Lily Muench, Taylor Oberhausen, Sofia Pratt, Sophia Rolfe, Roland Roundtree, Claire Sackett, Sydney Schefka, Brianna Schiffer, Ry Vuong
nonfiction readers
Sara Bagley, Natalie Brooks, Sophie Bytwerk, Lillian Reiner
poetry readers
Esther Belli, Lily Chase, Sofia Ellis, Grace Hasley, Lucas Kramer, Nadine Maldonado, Ian Ouzts, Brooke Rempalski
faculty advisor
W. Todd Kaneko