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 at the end of Fall semester
reading submissions happens over the winter break
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
Cate Woods
assistant editor
Hannah Ritchey
layout editor
Hope Ridley
art & photography editors
Liv Chow
Elise Kahle
assistant art & photography editor
Faith Hamilton
fiction editors
Mara Bergman
Brianna Schiffer
assistant fiction editor
Victoria Jones
nonfiction editor
Kallie Crouch
assistant nonfiction editor
Julie Davino
poetry editor
Elle Harris
assistant poetry editor
Oscar Counts
art reviewers
Kamari Spicer, Macaria Threlkeld, Elian Perez, Hope Ridley
fiction readers
Chesson Oliver, Kylie Louch, Christina Carriveau, RaeKwon Liburd, Gabi Sanchez, Maria Norvell, Heidi Rantz, Lily Muench, Hadley Pyper, Sofia Pratt, Kassidi Mott, Charlie Silva, Breyden Cantu, Tessa Brumels, Ava West
nonfiction readers
Ollie Cox, Sofia Ellis, Hannah Ritchey
poetry readers
Orion Rehfeldt, Enasha Speller, Rose Meinke, Noah Simonait, Zoe Louis, Evien Berry, Lara Phillips, Ryan Szymanski, Clare Dillon
faculty advisor
W. Todd Kaneko