After receiving so many lovely applications and making some difficult decisions, we’re thrilled to welcome our new assistant poetry editors, Alyssa Froehling and Anthony Thomas Lombardi. Along with our new poetry editor, Saba Keramati, they are excited to read your poems, and the rest of us here at Sundog are excited to see what excites them!

Alyssa Froehling received her MFA from Ohio State in 2021 and her poems appear or are forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Puerto Del Sol, The Pinch, and elsewhere. Find her at alyssummaritimum.com.

Anthony Thomas Lombardi is a Pushcart-nominated poet, organizer, activist, and educator. He is the founder, host, and curator for Word is Bond, a community-centered reading series that raises funds for transnational relief efforts and mutual aid organizations. Previously, he has read, written, and organized for the Adroit Journal, served as assistant director for Polyphony Lit‘s Summer Scholars Program, among other ventures. His work has appeared or will soon in Guernica, Gulf Coast, Colorado Review, North American Review, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn with his cat, Dilla. You can keep up with his poems, political tirades, and Amy Winehouse obsession on his Instagram @prettytoneywrites.