Editorial Work

Peatsmoke Journal

Wendy is the co- founded and editor-in-chief of Peatsmoke. Alongside editor Bess Cooley, they launched their first issue in the summer of 2018. Together, they created an online journal that features fresh and exciting poetry and prose.

Peatsmoke is a journal committed to diverse voices, an accessible journal, a journal for everyone. We’re interested in the work you’re producing--not where you’ve been published before. Our passion lies in giving readers a place to find exciting new work that inspires, stirs, surprises, and sparks the empathetic imagination.

Peatsmoke is proud to champion diversity of all kinds and seeks powerful, urgent, and beautiful writing. Work featured in Peatsmoke has been chosen for Best Small Fictions, the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, and The Slowdown. Additionally, several pieces have been named as finalists for Best of the Net.

Split Lip Magazine

Wendy joined the Split Lip team in 2021 as a fiction reader. In 2022, they became Social Media and Marketing Director. As part of a talented team, Wendy creates material for the magazine’s blog, Lip Service, which promotes authors and their work, staff accomplishments, and the literary community. She also runs Split Lip’s Instagram and Facebook accounts. Finally, they serve as contributing editor, working with the editorial team to make final publication decisions.

Split/Lip Press

Wendy joined the short story/flash manuscript reading team in winter of 2023. She read and commented on each of collections during the submission period and made recommendations about their merits to the editorial staff.

Fractured Lit

Wendy worked as a fiction reader from December 2021-June 2022, reading and evaluating submissions. They provided feedback to pass on tot he editorial team to help them to make final publication decisions.

Sycamore Review

During her time at the Purdue University MFA program, Wendy served as the fiction editor of Sycamore Review. Wendy assisted with the acquisition of work for and the compilation and distribution of six print issues, and ran the Wabash Fiction prize. In addition, she and poet Audrey Gradzewicz served as coordinators of the 8th & Main Reading Series.