
Sky Cummings
(Editor-In-Chief)
Sky (she/her) is a senior English major at UConn, concentrating on Writing and Composition Studies. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Long River Review, a tutor at the Writing Center, and the Magazine Editor for Nutmeg Publishing. Beyond academics, Sky loves journaling, taking walks, going to the movies, online window shopping, and curating Pinterest boards. Passionate about enhancing writing education, she’s gearing up to pursue a postgraduate degree after graduation.

Jules Dowling
(Managing Editor)
Jules Dowling is currently a senior at the University of Connecticut who is majoring in English with a focus in creative writing, and is also minoring in history. She specializes in poetry and creative nonfiction. She is the Managing Editor for the Long River Review literary magazine and is a recipient of the 2022-2023 Aetna Creative Nonfiction Prize for her creative nonfiction piece, “Out to Pasture”. “Out to Pasture” was also published in the 2022-2023 edition of the Long River Review.

Charlotte Ungar
(Poetry Editor)
Charlotte Ungar is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing. She is the Poetry Editor and Consulting Translations Editor for the Long River Review and is currently touring with the Connecticut Poetry Circuit. Following graduation, Charlotte hopes to pursue a career in publishing and foster an appreciation of contemporary literature.

Elijah Polance
(Creative Nonfiction Editor)
Elijah Polance is a sophomore English and journalism major at UConn. He is the Creative Nonfiction Editor for the Long River Review and a member of the interviewing and podcasting team. Outside of reading and writing, he loves going on long walks, listening to indie folk music, and refining his nature photography.

Sofia Tas-Castro
(Fiction Editor)
Sofia Tas-Castro is a Junior English major at the University of Connecticut. She’s the Fiction Editor for the Long River Review along with serving as a member of their events team. In her free time, she enjoys going on walks, lifting weights and the gym, and writing her own works.

Ryan Krishna
(Translation Editor)
Ryan Krishna is a second-year undergraduate student at UConn pursuing an interdisciplinary major in the Neuroscience of Language. His major integrates coursework in Neuroscience, English, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS), and Psychology. Ryan works in an aphasia lab, where he also volunteers in an Aphasia Book Club. At the Long River Review, Ryan is thrilled to serve as Translation Editor, in addition to being a Poetry Panelist. After graduation, Ryan hopes to pursue a career in medicine, combining his passion for language and patient care to make a meaningful impact.

Emily Sharkis
(Social Media Editor)
Emily Sharkis (she/her) is a senior at the University of Connecticut studying journalism and communication with a minor in women’s, gender, & sexuality studies. She is the Social Media Editor and a poetry panelist at the Long River Review. A big fan of magazines, she is also the president of Her Campus at UConn, an online pop culture and lifestyle publication. Emily is passionate about mental health, feminism, movie theatres, and her dog. Upon graduation, Emily is excited to explore the entertainment and social media world while fostering her love for creative writing.

Samantha Hass
(Arts Liason)
Samantha Hass is a junior English major and Studio Art minor at the University of Connecticut. She is the Arts Liaison for the Long River Review, as well as a Fiction Panelist. You are likely to find her drawing or reading comics in her free time. She hopes to publish comics of her own in the future.

Kiara Korten
(Interviews & Podcasting Editor)
Kiara is currently a sophomore majoring in English at the University of Connecticut. She leads the interviewing and podcast team for the Long River Review and serves as a panelist for creative nonfiction. Additionally, she hosts a weekly radio show on 91.7 WHUS, UConn’s radio station, where she curates playlists based on themes she comes up with throughout the week. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her loved ones, journaling, and exploring the outdoors.

Hannah Dang
(Blog Editor)
Hannah (she/her) is a Vietnamese-American student at the University of Connecticut majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing/writing and composition studies. She is one of the poetry panelists, social media leads, blog editors, and web team members. Hannah is also a mentor at UConn’s Asian/Asian American Mentoring Program, an undergraduate tutor at UConn’s Writing Center, and a blog moderator for the Disability & Access Collective Blog. In her free time, Hannah loves to binge anime and manga, consume rock and heavy metal music, and snuggle with her bunnies.

Liam Smith
(Blog Editor)
Liam Smith is a junior at the University of Connecticut, where he studies English. He is the Co-Blog Editor, a Poetry Panelist, and a member of the Events team at the Long River Review. In his free time, he’s just as likely to be playing guitar as working on his self-published book (which hopefully is almost finished). He also loves listening to music, especially Adrianne Lenker and Elliott Smith, who he will listen to endlessly!

Ella Raath
(Lead Copy Editor)
Ella (she/her) is a senior at UConn majoring in English and Philosophy. She is the Lead Copyeditor, as well as a poetry panelist for the Long River Review, and a copyeditor at The Daily Campus. In her free time, she loves to read, listen to music, and swim on the UConn Club Swim Team. Ella hopes to pursue a career in publishing once she graduates in May.

Margaret Devlin
(Social Media Lead)
Margaret (she/her) is a sophomore at UConn studying Fine Arts and English. Along with her role as a creative nonfiction panelist for the Long River Review, she serves as a member of the magazine’s social media team. After graduation, Margaret plans to pursue a career in art education where she hopes to inspire students to express themselves. Margaret loves poetry, trees, and bagels.

Zoe Yoo
(Social Media Lead)
Zoe (she/her) is a first-year English major at the University of Connecticut, concentrating in Creative Writing. For the Long River Review, she serves as a fiction panelist, social media lead, and web design team member. Zoe dreams of becoming an author and adapting her works into films. In her free time, she runs @dousytiva, a creative video editing brand, and enjoys reading, watching movies and shows, listening to music, and obsessing over fictional characters.

Tori Grooms
(Interview & Podcasting Team)
Tori Grooms (she/her) is a sophomore in political science and English with a minor in German. She is pre-law and is in UConn’s Special Program in Law. Tori is a fiction editor in the Long River Review and is also a part of the Interviews and Podcast team. She is desperately in need of book recs because she can only reread The Goldfinch so many times. One of her favorite things to do is drink tea and cozy up to a good movie.

Fernanda Ieffet
(Events Team)
Fernanda is a Political Science and English major who is very passionate about creative writing and the world of literature. She grew up in Brazil, where she self-taught English before coming to UConn as an international student. She is very energetic, approachable, and a forever dreamer. She is very excited about working at the Long River Review as she thinks creating spaces for people to share their pieces and narratives is incredibly important.

Ronnie Prado
(Events Team)
Ronnie Prado is a Senior English major focusing in Creative Writing at University of Connecticut. He chose to study English after writing his first novel Lola in the summer of 2020. He grew up in between Hartford and Southington, CT, and draws on a lot of the cultures he grew up around for his writing. When he’s not writing he’s usually attending concerts or hanging out with his friends at the Gazebo in West Campus.

Sean Forbes
(Academic Advisor)
Sean Frederick Forbes is the spring 2025 faculty advisor for the Long River Review. He is an Associate Professor-in-Residence of English and the Director of the Creative Writing Program at the UConn-Storrs campus.
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