About Aster(ix)
MAGAZINES/BEST DEBUT: Aster(ix)
Aster(ix) is a transnational feminist literary arts journal committed to social justice and translation, placing people of color at the center of the conversation. Founded in 2013 by novelist Angie Cruz and nonfiction writer Adriana E. Ramírez, the journal loves to feature the intimate, the honest, and the beautiful.
Aster(ix) is a play on asterisk, star, splat, a wildcard. It’s the censored and omitted. It’s footnotes and to be continued. (ix) honors Mayan heart-knowing, the alignment with divine will, the torch bearer. We cast lines between the future and the past, the possible and the impossible.
Aster(ix) Masthead
Editor-in-Chief/ Publisher/ Founder
Angie Cruz
Publisher/ Founder
Adriana E. Ramírez
Senior Editor
Tanya Shirazi Galvez
Senior Managing Editor
Amanda Tien
Managing Editor | Summer 2024 – present
David Lo (Pitt MFA)
Contributing Editors
Rosa Alcala
Arielle Greenberg
Yona Harvey
Daisy Hernandez
Sheila Maldonado
Dawn Lundy Martin
Oindrila Mukherjee
Idra Novey
Emily Raboteau
Nelly Rosario
Zohra Saed
Sun Yung Shin
Jenelle Troxell
Chika Unigwe
Marta Lucia Vargas
Autumn Womack
Advisory Editors
Ari Ariel
Armando Garcia
Amy Sara Carroll
Norma Cantú
Xochi Candalaria
Jennifer Clement
Edwidge Danticat
Cristina García
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Andrea Thome
Helena Maria Viramontes
In Spirit : Elleni Centime Zeleke
Past Managing Editors:
Amanda Tien (Summer 2021 – Summer 2023, Spring 2024)
Megan Valley (Fall 2023)
Tanya Shirazi (Summer 2019 – Spring 2021)
Clarissa León (Fall 2016 – Spring 2019)
Joshua Graber (2015 – 2016)
Past Guest Editors:
Ayse Papatya Bucak
Gabrielle Civil
Sarah Gambito
Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe
Madhu Kaza
Ana Maurine Lara
Dawn Lundy Martin
Vanessa Martir
Emily Raboteau
Ivelisse Rodriguez
Tanya Shirazi
Amanda Tien
Marta Lucia Vargas
Past Editorial Assistants
Francesca Caccamo
Amaris Castillo
Lissette Escariz Ferrá
Natalia Figueroa Barroso
Yvette Benavides
Bianca Hernandez
K. Henderson
Cory Holding
Gabriela Lee
Clarissa León
Paola Liendo
Aeriel Merillat
Kiera O’Brien
Dr. Lorna Perez
Kandala Singh
Blanca Torres
Sydney Valerio
Megan Valley
Layout and Design
Little Owl Creative
Aster(ix) Journal receives support from the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the Department of English at University of Pittsburgh, and regularly partners with the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics and the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series.
FAQ
Q: Does Aster(ix) accept submissions?
A: Thank you so much for your interest in our journal. We only accept submissions via Submittable (here) check that page for any open calls for both the digital and print journal! We will always announce submission opportunities via our newsletter (click here to sign-up) and on our social media (Instagram – where we are most active, Twitter, and Facebook).
Q: What are Asterisms & Microeditorials?
A: In addition to our thematic print issues, we publish online throughout the year in Asterisms (full-length) and Microeditorials (brief). Our editors will occasionally solicit pieces for the digital journal.
Q: Who designed the beautiful logo?
A: Artist Bekhyon Yim designed the logo.
Q: Who founded Aster(ix) and when?
A: Aster(ix) was founded by novelist Angie Cruz and nonfiction writer Adriana E. Ramírez in 2013. The name and mission of Aster(ix) was and continues to be fostered by our core council: Angie Cruz, Sheila Maldonado, Marta Lucia Vargas, Emily Raboteau, Adriana E. Ramírez and Nelly Rosario. Read more about how we came to be in this conversation from our 10th Anniversary Issue.
Q: How can one obtain permission to reprint works published on Aster(ix)?
A: Once published by Aster(ix), copyright reverts to the author. We ask that once reprint permission has been granted by author that all materials first published in Aster(ix) are credited accordingly.
Q: What about image copyright and permissions?
A: We have made every effort to credit images on this website. If you are the copyright holder of any un/mis-credited image on our site please contact us at info[at]asterixjournal[dot]com and we will either credit you properly or take it down. Please contact the credited artist for other image permissions.
Aster(ix) in the Media
Reviews
- The Review Review, Fall 2015
- The Review Review, Winter 2013
Interviews
- “‘Editing with Love and Openness is Activism.’ A Chat With Angie Cruz, Editor of Aster(ix),” The Review Review, Summer 2016
- “What It Means To Be an Inclusive Literary Journal,” Lithub, Summer 2016