The Committee
Natasha Chawla
Co-President
Natasha is a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford working on ecophilosophy and ontopoetics in the faculty of Theology and Religion. Her poems and artwork have appeared in the Oxford Magazine, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, The Ash and her plays have been performed at The Shaw Theatre and Logan Hall, London.
Flavius Covaci
Co-President
Flav is an English finalist at Mansfield College and a locally published poet with an all-consuming love for all things storytelling. He has previously served as Editor-in-Chief of The Isis, and currently works with both Oxford Student Publications Limited and Oxford Writers' House. Other loves include noodles and tiramisu (not together).
Liv Goldreich
Events Director
Liv is a second-year English undergraduate at St John’s. She is a Foyle Young Poet and Tower Poet, was part of the Poetry Translation Centre’s inaugural UNDERTOW cohort and was recently published in The Mays anthology. Her numerous poetic loves include Lynda Hull, Terrance Hayes and Yusef Komunyakaa. She also loves living so close to Najar’s.
Elysia Boon
Secretary
Elysia is a second-year undergraduate reading Law at Wadham College. When they're not fighting demons (read: their degree), they can be found playing indie video games, writing poetry/fiction, and dreaming about their next meal of quorn tikka masala.
Akarsh Shankar
Treasurer
Akarsh is a second-year undergraduate studying PPE at St John’s College. He loves reading, playing guitar and going on really random walks. His favourite poet is Seamus Heaney and he’s currently fascinated by ecopoetry.
Madeleine Storer
Editorial Co-Director
Madeleine is a second-year History undergraduate at Somerville College. She won Young Poet at Wells Festival of Literature in 2023 and has published work in the Manchester Review, Little White Lies and Beneficial Shock magazine. A self-proclaimed Tony Harrison Mega fan, she enjoys spying on her friends' Goodreads and a cheeky G&Ds trip.
John Whittingdale
Editorial Team
John is a second-year Geography undergraduate at Mansfield College. Although listed amongst his favourite poets is Yeats, when he's not channelling any inner Romantic notions he can be found captaining the Mansfield-Merton Football Team.
Audrey Davidson-Houston
Editorial/Events Team
Audrey is a second year undergraduate reading Classics and English at St Hugh's College. Despite for some reason picking a degree half focused in language learning, she is really only interested in literature (as her tutors have all come to realise) and spends her life convincing others and mostly herself that Latin really is useful. When not engaged in this dilemma, she can be found on the committee of St Hugh's book club, watching movies, playing the ukulele, too often in Bridge and as a *strictly* social member of St Hugh's netball club.
Briony Arnott
Editorial/Events Team
Briony is a second year undergraduate reading English Language and Literature at Trinity College. Her favourite pastimes are playing the Sims, reading historical novels, and baking.
Laura Brink
Archivist
Laura is an undergraduate finalist reading English at Keble College. Whenever she’s not thinking, writing, and talking about poetry (a rare occurrence), she can be found drawing, designing tabletop games, and listening to kpop.
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