about pictura
Pictura Journal originated in a Midwestern kitchen during tornado season and is now based in the less-windy Appalachian foothills. We’re seeking work that offers a vivid snapshot of its creator’s world — work that complicates the mundane and gives quiet moments room to breathe.
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Alicia Wright, Founding Editor & Editor-in Chief
Alicia Wright received an MFA from Bowling Green State University and has worked for Mid-American Review and Rabble Lit. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Thimble, The Crawfish, Same Faces Collective, Kestrel, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Sweet Tree Review, The Cape Rock, and elsewhere. She moonlights as a community literacy educator and has been writing poetry and short stories for more than 20 years.
Anna Denzel, Contributing Editor
Anna Denzel is a multilingual teacher, translator, and writer. She graduated from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität with a Magister Artium in Italian and English Literature and Art History, subsequently studied at the University of Leeds (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) and completed a Diploma in Professional Translation from New York University. Her sample translation, an extract of Dimitrij Kapitelman’s novel “Eine Formalie in Kiew,” appeared in Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation.
Roberto C. Elizondo, Contributing Editor
Roberto C. Elizondo is a trilingual writer, poet, and translator from Mexico. He holds an MFA from Bowling Green State University and a BA from Oklahoma State University. He has taught English and French in high school, college freshman composition, and creative writing. He’s also been an Assistant Editor in Mid-American Review, where his poetry reviews appeared in two consecutive years. In his free time, he enjoys cooking and singing, and would also love to learn new languages. He sometimes writes thoughts and recipes on his blog: relizon.wordpress.com.
Andrea Damic, Contributing Editor
Andrea Damic, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, lives and works in Sydney, Australia. She’s a self-taught writer of prose and poetry, with a master’s in Economics. Being a non-native English speaker makes every publication worth the struggle. She is a big fan of visual arts, and when she lacks words to express herself, she uses photography to speak for her. She believes there’s something cathartic about seeing your words and art out in the world. Her literary art appears in Bending Genres, JMWW, The Ekphrastic Review, Your Impossible Voice, The Dribble Drabble Review, Roi Fainéant Press, Sky Island Journal, and elsewhere. She spends many an hour fiddling around with her website, damicandrea.wordpress.com.
Rebecca Olson, Contributing Editor
Rebecca Olson is a poet, writer, and art student. She is reinventing herself after a quarter century career with the space program. She earned a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from the University of Denver. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Star*Line, The Drabbun Anthology, Haikuniverse, and elsewhere.
