ABOUT US

The Interlochen Review is edited and produced every spring by students in Interlochen Arts Academy’s Literary Publications class. It was established by Jack Driscoll in 1976 as a print journal, but since 2012 has been published exclusively online.

The Interlochen Review showcases work from Creative Writing, Film and New Media, Singer-Songwriters, and Visual Arts majors at Interlochen, alongside the work of high school writers and artists around the world. Our mission is to exhibit work that is passionate, skillful, and innovative in its approach to the arts. We will be accepting submissions January 10-February 21, 2026.  

We are now closed for submissions, check back in January, 2026.

To submit, please visit our Submittable.

Creative Writing at Interlochen

The Creative Writing program at Interlochen Arts Academy offers a curriculum designed to help young writers cultivate their talents, develop their imaginations and broaden their command of the writer’s craft at all levels. Fiction, nonfiction and poetry workshops form the core of the program, and students choose from a variety of electives in other genres. Through individualized mentorship and intensive workshops, students hone their unique voices and visions and leave the program with a portfolio of carefully revised work in a variety of genres. To get a behind-the-scenes look at daily life in the Writing House, visit us on Instagram. 

MASTHEAD: ISSUE 2025

Editors-in-Chief

Iliana Demas was born and raised in Sacramento, California. She has received Silver and Gold medals from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, been recognized as a YoungArts winner, and will be published in DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing 2025, among other accolades. In her free time, she likes to rock climb, watch video essays, and pretend she can sing. She will attend Northwestern University in the fall.

Andi Erickson is a senior at Interlochen Arts Academy. Attending boarding school in northern Michigan, they enjoy aesthetically shaped trees and being a creative writing major. Andi is out or forthcoming in The Interlochen Review, VIBE, and lysis. They are dipping their toes into hybrid work.

Poetry Editors 

Quinn De Vecchi is a student at Interlochen Arts Academy studying creative writing. They hail from Hallandale Beach, Florida, and now call Denver home. They have been published or are forthcoming in Grub Street, Chiron Review, Best American High School Writing, The Northern Express, and others. When not writing, they enjoy hiking, visiting art museums, and drinking horchata. 

Jade Rothbaum is a junior at Interlochen Arts Academy based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work is published or forthcoming in Apotheca Journal and Lysis Magazine. She is fascinated by perception, the human experience, and any intersection of such. You can find her in the coldest room in the building.

Fiction Editors

Aanya Khairari is currently a junior attending Interlochen Arts Academy majoring in creative writing. She was born in Wisconsin and raised in New Jersey. She writes fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and has been recognized in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and accepted by the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop. When not writing, she enjoys baking cinnamon rolls, drawing with chalk pastels, going on runs, and listening to podcasts.

Jada Walker is a writer from Kingston, Jamaica and Belgium. She has been nationally recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in Highlights’ High Five Magazine, Élan magazine, GSU’s Fledge, and DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing. She will be attending Columbia University in the fall.

Nonfiction Editor

Blondine Moree is a senior creative writing major at Interlochen Arts Academy. They are the recipient of a YoungArts award in fiction and their work can be found in the literary magazine Half and One.

interviews editor

Andi Erickson, the co-Editor-in-Chief, also served as Interviews Editor.

scripts and screenplays editor

Iliana Demas, the co-Editor-in-Chief, also served as Scripts/Screenplays Editor.

hybrid genres editor

Charlie Lombardo (he/they) is a fiction writer, playwright, and poet. He was the 2023 recipient of the Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Scholarship, and is a current student at Interlochen Arts Academy. They’ve lived all over, but currently reside in northern Michigan. When not writing, he can be found crocheting, playing the bass guitar, or blasting the same song over and over again in his headphones. 

visual arts editors

Lila Mosberger is a sixteen-year-old visual artist and junior at Interlochen Arts Academy. She works primarily in painting, but does some sculpture and mixed media as well, and is interested in exploring motivation. She is excited to have helped edit this issue and to support artists telling honest, thoughtful stories through their work. 

Katia Acosta-Mikulasek is eighteen years old and is a senior at Interlochen Arts Academy. She has moved eleven times in her life and currently splits her time between Poulsbo, WA and Falls Church, VA. She has won a Gold and Silver Key in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, has had her work displayed in multiple exhibitions around the state, and has completed a pre-college program at Maryland Institute of the Arts. She will be attending UCLA in the fall of 2025 where she will study visual art and film.