The Wee Sparrow Team

EIC and founder of The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, Claire Thom.

Claire is a Scottish poet, writer, and teacher based in the south of Spain. She has had poems published by several indie presses and she was long-listed for the Erbacce Poetry Prize in 2021, 2022 and 2023. She is also a Haiku Foundation Touchstone Award for Individual Poems nominee and the author of the children´s book Fox & Dog Pangram Pals.

Social media executive & co-editor of our anthology, Facing Goodbye, Mirjam Mahler.

Mirjam writes poems and stories. She says her body is German, her heart is Spanish and her words are mostly English. She swims in cold lakes year round, hosts poetry workshops and book clubs and finds great joy in reading the words from others and in helping others find their words. Her poems have been published in several anthologies and she is working on publishing her own collection.

Instagram @mirjamwrites and mirjamwrites.com

Co-editor, Marc Brimble.  

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Marc is based in Spain.

Find some of Marc´s poems here - https://marcbrimble.substack.com/

Co-editor Across The Pond, John Tessitore.

John has been a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, and a biographer. He has taught British and American history and literature at colleges around Boston and has directed national policy studies on education, civil justice, and cultural policy. He has published poems in journals including the The Wallace Stevens Journal, The Ekphrastic Review and Wild Roof among others, and in anthologies by Sunday Mornings at the River and The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. He has also published three chapbooks available at www.johntessitore.com. 

Visual Media Director, Stuart Beveridge.

The wonderful photograph on the front cover of our debut anthology, "Hope is a Group Project", is a fine example of Stuart´s creative talent. Stuart writes, draws and paints from his home in the North West of England. He is always looking for fun collaborations and dreams of making a difference. He also co-hosts Natter, a warm and welcoming open mic night in Bolton. You can find more examples of Stuart´s artwork here https://bradshawbirds.etsy.com 

Co-editor and curator of our haiku anthology, To Live Here, Katherine E Winnick.

Katherine is a haiku and senryu poet published in six countries in various journals, ezines, magazines and anthologies. Katherine is based in Brighton UK and works for Fabrica Art Gallery. She will also take on the role as proofreader for The Wee Sparrow´s water anthology. 

Co-editor of our water anthology, Ourselves in Rivers and Oceans, Sarah Jeannine Gawthrop.

Sarah is an editor, creative writing student (BFA) and published poet. Her first poetry collection, Topophilia: A Strong Sense of Place, was inspired by her home on the west coast of Canada. Sarah's goal with writing is to awaken an appreciation of nature in her readers, especially forests. She often writes in her local woods while walking with her Goldendoodle, Sophie. Find her on Instagram @sarahjeanninewrites. 

Editor and curator of our digital zine, Roots, Romina Ramos.

Romina is a Portuguese writer, poet, editor and barista living in the North of England. They are passionate about coffee, poetry and community. They confounded The Door’s Open, a community interest company dedicated to making the arts accessible to all, Natter, an inclusive open mic night held in Bolton’s Portuguese independent coffee shop Th3 Guys, and The Re-draft Podcast, a podcast by writers for writers getting to the nitty gritty of the writing process. Once upon a time Romina spent a decade working as a chef, and now has too many fingers in too many pies.

Co-editor of our anthology, Facing Goodbye, Jane Hanson.

Jane is originally from Yorkshire in the UK but has lived on the island of Ischia in Southern Italy for a number of years. She is an English teacher and enjoys writing and painting too. Her other passions are tennis, yoga and swimming. She is a nature and animal lover and looks after her home and numerous pets, all strays. Her creative activity is often aimed at supporting charitable causes.

You can find her on Instagram

@pets_love_art1 

Editor and judge of our Ekphrastic Challenges, Emily Tee.

After a working life spent with numbers Emily now writes, mainly poems and flash fiction.  She's been published in a variety of places online including The Ekphrastic Review and Visual Verse and in print with Dreich, Poetry Scotland and in The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press's "Hope is a Group Project" anthology. Emily enjoys responding to artwork prompts and also writes about nature, the environment and society.  Originally from Northern Ireland, she has lived in England for many years with her English husband. 

Copy editor of our anthology, Facing Goodbye, Ellen Rowland.

Ellen creates, concocts and forages when she’s not writing poetry inspired by the natural world and the human spirit. She leads small, generative workshops on craft and form and is the author of two collections of haiku, Light, Come Gather Me and Blue Seasons. Her debut collection of full-length poems, No Small Thing, was published by Fernwood Press in 2023. She lives off the grid with her family on an island in Greece. Connect with her on Instagram and Facebook 

Wee Sparrow Reviews Director & Ekphrastic Challenge Assistant, Nitika Balaram.

Nitika is a writer and freelancer with a creative soul. She was born in India, with Indian and Iranian roots, grew up in New Zealand, spent most of her life in Australia, and now lives in Egypt with her husband. Her poems and flash fiction are published in Swim Press, The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, Free Voice Revolution, and more. Follow her writing journey on Instagram @nitika.balaram 

Wee Sparrow Reviewer, Ashna Ali.

Ashna Ali is a poet, and a queer and disabled child of the Bangladeshi diaspora. They are the author of The Relativity of Living Well (Bone Bouquet, 2024) and the Substack, PAIN BABY. Their poetry is featured or forthcoming from The Margins, Nat Brut., Zoeglossia, Sun Dog Lit, and beyond. They hold a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), and serve as the poetry editor for Epiphany Magazine. They live in Brooklyn with their hairless feline familiar, Kubo Avatar. 

Co-editor of our forthcoming 5th anthology, Bronwen Evans.

Bronwen is an environmental writer & artist living in Somerset. Nominated for Pushcart, her poetry explores the relationship between deep memory and observation, natural landscapes, and ideas of magic. Poems have been featured in nature/eco anthologies from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, The Black Cat Poetry Press, and Sunday Mornings at the River. She has been published by the Wild Roof Journal, Humana Obscura, The Nuthatch Magazine, Samfiftyfour, Juno magazine, and more. Instagram - @bronwenrcevans 

Co-editor of our forthcoming 5th anthology, Marcelle Newbold.

Marcelle's writing explores place and inheritance. Bridport Prize shortlisted, nominated for BoTN and Pushcart, her poems have been published by Propel, Ink Sweat & Tears, Atrium, Iamb, Fly on the Wall Press, Black Bough Poetry, Indigo Dreams and others. She is a committee member for the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics, and contributing editor at The Winged Moon. Marcelle lives in Cardiff, Wales where she practiced as an architect. @marcellenewbold on Linktree, Instagram, X and Bluesky. 

Scott Cassidy, co-host on The Wee Sparrow Poetry Podcast and presenter of Wee Sparrow Reads.

Scott is an Edinburgh-based poet who explores the stories we tell ourselves to try and make sense of our place in the world. He explores people, place and politics with a storyteller’s eye and a sense of spite for those who choose profit over peace. He performs regularly throughout Scotland and has read at events ranging from the Edinburgh International Book Festival to a showcase of poems written in response to articles from The Working Class Movement Library. You can find him on social media - @scottcassidywrites, and hopefully in many a publication to come.