Our Team
conservator
STACY BUSTAMANTE
STACY BUSTAMANTE
editor
CHERIE NELSON
CHERIE NELSON
editor
JESS JELSMA MASTERTON
JESS JELSMA MASTERTON
development coordinator
EMILY WOODWORTH
EMILY WOODWORTH
volunteer notes editor
JOSH MACIVOR-ANDERSEN
JOSH MACIVOR-ANDERSEN
senior volunteer reader of Ruminate Magazine
AMY SAWYER
AMY SAWYER
volunteer readers of Ruminate Magazine & The Waking
CHAUN BALLARD, TARA BALLARD, JEROME BLANCO, REBECCA DOVERSPIKE, HENRY HIETALA, WILLIAM JONES, MIKE MOENING, KELLY O'BRIEN,
CRAIG REINBOLD, EVAN SENIE
CHAUN BALLARD, TARA BALLARD, JEROME BLANCO, REBECCA DOVERSPIKE, HENRY HIETALA, WILLIAM JONES, MIKE MOENING, KELLY O'BRIEN,
CRAIG REINBOLD, EVAN SENIE
board members
KAYLA CROWE-STOVER, MICHAEL DECHANE, KEIRA HAVENS,
JEN STEWART FUESTON
KAYLA CROWE-STOVER, MICHAEL DECHANE, KEIRA HAVENS,
JEN STEWART FUESTON
Thanks to our past staff members who helped nurture Ruminate and The Waking
BRIANNA VAN DYKE (founder and editor-in-chief, 2006–2019)
AMY LOWE (prose editor, 2006–2017)
STEFANI ROSSI (art editor, 2006–2017)
STEPHANIE LOVEGROVE (poetry editor, 2007–2014)
KRISTIN GEORGE BAGDANOV (senior poetry editor, 2014-2020)
CAROLYN MOUNT (art editor, 2018-2022)
KRISTIN BUSSARD (managing editor, 2014-2018)
CHARNELL PETERS (The Waking editor, 2017–2020)
RAVEN LEILANI (fiction editor, 2018–2020)
MICHAEL MLEKODAY and HOPE WABUKE (poetry co-editors, 2020-2022)
JOE TRUSCELLO (fiction co-editor, 2020-2022)
RACHEL KING (editor, 2020-2021)
BRIANNA VAN DYKE (founder and editor-in-chief, 2006–2019)
AMY LOWE (prose editor, 2006–2017)
STEFANI ROSSI (art editor, 2006–2017)
STEPHANIE LOVEGROVE (poetry editor, 2007–2014)
KRISTIN GEORGE BAGDANOV (senior poetry editor, 2014-2020)
CAROLYN MOUNT (art editor, 2018-2022)
KRISTIN BUSSARD (managing editor, 2014-2018)
CHARNELL PETERS (The Waking editor, 2017–2020)
RAVEN LEILANI (fiction editor, 2018–2020)
MICHAEL MLEKODAY and HOPE WABUKE (poetry co-editors, 2020-2022)
JOE TRUSCELLO (fiction co-editor, 2020-2022)
RACHEL KING (editor, 2020-2021)
Our Work
Ruminate and The Waking are community-supported literary magazines.
We invite slowing down and paying attention. We are particularly excited about sharing stories, poems, and essays from voices that aren't often heard.
We invite slowing down and paying attention. We are particularly excited about sharing stories, poems, and essays from voices that aren't often heard.