Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Madisen is a fiction writer and a poet. In 2019, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg with a BA in English Literature. In 2022, she received her MFA in Poetry from Chatham University with the completion of her poetry manuscript titled I, Lucifer. Her poetry can be found in The Zephyr Review, The Pendulum, Alternate Route Magazine, The Dried Review, Cold Moon Journal, The Afterpast Review, Pink Heart Magazine, and photography in Where Meadows. She has recently been published in Litmora Magazine and Seasonal Fruits Magazine.

Madisen is currently a content reader for Vocivia Magazine and Divinations Magazine. She has also read for Chatham University's The Fourth River.

In her spare time, she enjoys birdwatching, reading fantasy books, and playing video games. She recently got married in April.

Managing Editor - Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Visual Art

Kelly is an avid reader and enjoys reading romance, horror, and thriller novels. In her spare time, she likes cross-stitching and going to the movies.

She joined Cosmic Daffodil Journal a couple of years ago as the Managing Editor.

Content Reader - Poetry

D.W. (he/him) is a submerging poet from Pittsburgh, PA, currently living in St. Petersburg, FL, with his family. He earned his B.A. in Cultural Anthropology, with a focus on linguistics & literature, before becoming certified as an English/Language Arts and Reading teacher. He continues teaching by day while publishing poetry in places such as Corporeal Lit, Feral Poetry, Green Ink Poetry, Cutbow Quarterly, The Minison Project, Modern Haiku, and elsewhere. See more of his work at linktr.ee/dwbaker

Content Reader - Poetry, Fiction

Jillian Bell is a voracious reader with an appetite for weird fiction and emotionally moving poems. She is a freelance book reviewer for Book Browse, and her creative non-fiction has been published in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book. On the rare occasion that she doesn’t have a book in her hand, you can find her crafting, thrift shopping, or playing tennis.

Content Reader - Poetry

Solly Woo is a young poet based in South Korea. Her work has been published/forthcoming in manywor(l)ds, Young Writer's Journal, Paper Crane Journal and others. In her free time, she enjoys taking photographs and collecting little trinkets.

Content Reader - Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Niani P. is a writer from Atlanta, Georgia who loves poetry and fiction. Her poetry is featured in The Whimsical Press, Moss Puppy Mag, the Livina Press, Poetry as Promised, and soon Partially Shy Literary Magazine and Yellow Arrow Publishing. She has her Bachelor’s in English and her Master’s in Library and Information Science. She fills her days writing books about love and magic when she's not reading. You can find her on Bluesky @nialu

Content Reader - Poetry, Fiction

Nora Ray writes about sad and bizarre things. Her work explores themes of mental health, feminism, family, and relationships. Her short stories and flash fiction appeared in MoonPark Review, Ergot, Guilty, Surely, and Cosmic Daffodil. She is currently working on a novel about a mysterious cult set in a non-existent town. She has a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and speaks English, Russian, and Spanish. She currently lives in Georgia (Sakartvelo) with her husband, where she drinks too much coffee and pets too many dogs. Her other passion besides writing and reading is to joke with a deadpan face and see confusion on the faces of others.

Content Reader - Fiction, Nonfiction, Visual Art

My name is Catalina Bonati and I have worked for over 15 years for several publications as a content writer and fiction editor, as well as a Manchester-based art reviewer for a photography publication. I hold a Chilean BA degree in Linguistics and English Literature and an English Master’s Degree in English Literary Studies. I have lived in Chile, the USA, and the UK and speak English, Spanish, Italian, and Danish. I am from Northern Chile but am currently based in Southern Chile. I like to spend my days playing with my dogs, drinking tea, and reading an unhinged amount of books.

Content Reader - Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Lela Hannah's poetry has been published in Typehouse Literary Magazine, The Light Ekphrastic, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, New Note Poetry, and elsewhere. She holds a BA in Integrative Studies from George Mason University. Lela is a neurodivergent poet and enjoys writing speculative fiction and articles on Medium. When she isn’t writing, Lela enjoys painting and spending time in nature.

Content Reader - Fiction

Ire Coburn is a recent graduate of a creative writing master's program. By night, they help people breathe, and by day, they do everything else. Speculative fiction focused on grief is their jam, and they hope to spread the word. They can be found @urban_sith_ on X. They have a passion for science fiction and queer tragedy, and they review books over at the Lesbrary. Their favorite AO3 warning is “Major Character Death,” so take every recommendation with a grain of salt. Whenever they’re stuck with writer’s block, writing a new piece of fanfiction usually gets them out of it. Their favorite books include Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.