JuiceBox is the cantankerous child sprung from the heads of a few friends. It’s a place for emerging artists to share their talents, rejoicing in the surprise and quirkiness of the ordinary. And it’s also to make our mothers proud.

Jes S Curtis – managing editor, creative nonfiction editor

Jes has been called things like “English freak” and “Bookworm.” She lives in Cleveland and spends most of her time proving these monikers right. Read her blog at squeezetheuniverse.com

KT Larson – fiction editor

KT hails from Northern California where it’s too hot to wear sweaters in November. She is an elementary school librarian who happens to make killer strawberry soup.

Deja Earley – poetry editor

Deja is a Ph.D. candidate somewhere in Mississippi. She takes her peanut butter by the spoonful and raises a purple plant called a wandering jew. Neither of these things stopped her from adopting a litter of kittens.

Sarah Nielsen – website designer, art editor

Sarah’s art has been described as “utter amazingness.” She dabbles in web design, furniture refinishing, and frog-spotting in her Houston neighborhood. Find her bookbinding business at personalizeyourwedding.com