School & Education

Connor Relyea

Connor Relyea is a comedy writer and performer in New York City. His writing has been published on sites such as Hard Drive, Awf Magazine, Weekly Humorist and more. Despite popular rumors, he is not five corgis in a trench coat.

Nicolas Allard

I’m mildly amused by things I read online. I get real thrills from the article-inspired smoothies I make, though. Ottawa, ON.

Lauren Davis

Lauren Davis is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on Fox, Hulu and ViceTV (check out her insta @me69420 for sketches or upcoming shows if you’re in Texas, y’all). Lauren is a writer for the Emjoy app and her comedy essays have been published in Points in Case, the Belladonna, and 251.net.

William Vaillancourt

William’s humor writing has appeared in Points in Case, Weekly Humorist and The Satirist, among other places. Coincidentally, it has not appeared in other places as well.

Natalie Hrvatin

Nat Hrvatin is a writer, educator, and performer from Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has appeared in The Belladonna, Greener Pastures Magazine, Slackjaw, and Jane Austen’s Wastebasket. Find her on Twitter and Instagram as @NatHrvatin, or at nathrvatin.com.

Gwendolyn Coburn

Gwen Coburn is a writer and comedian based in Boston. She has strong opinions about feminism, horses, and gardening TikToks.

Kath Dunham

Andy Spain

Andy Spain is a video editor and motion graphics designer living in Durham, NC, with his wife and four children. His humor writing has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Weekly Humorist, Slackjaw, and other sites. His debut novel Cash Grab is forthcoming from Humorist Books in 2021.

Ashley Memory

Ashley Memory is a longtime multiple sclerosis warrior who wishes her name started with a diphthong and thinks it’s not too late to add one. She has also written for Permafrost and The Disappointed Housewife.

Lizzy Rudakas

Lizzy Rudakas is a writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Her work has been featured at The iO Comedy Network, The Second City, and comedy festivals around the country. Lizzy is currently very into alien conspiracy theories and would love to talk about it. 

K. Alexandra Mills

K. Alexandra Mills is an educator and freelance writer based out of Detroit, Michigan. She teaches high school English, works as an editor for Wizards in Space Literary Magazine, and contributes to various outlets like Black Girls Create and Nerdist. When not contemplating her next project, she enjoys volleyball, trivia, and being a Ravenclaw.

Kendra Augustin

Kendra Augustin writes short plays, and sketch comedy, and pilots, and web series, and poetry sometimes. Her acting career fantasy is simply doing classical plays and absurdist theatre.

Alison Lowenstein

Alison Lowenstein is a freelance writer and author of guidebooks, children’s books, and plays. Her humor has published on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Belladonna Comedy, Slackjaw, Greener Pastures, The Hairpin, The Haven, and other publications. You can find her at brooklynbaby.com.

Jenna Nobs

Jenna is a humor writer based in Seattle. Her work has appeared on Slackjaw and Points in Case.

Nam Cheah

Nam Cheah is a third culture millennial who spent half her life in Hong Kong and the other half in UK. With a passion for travel, hiking, food, and puns, she documents her travel on her suitably named blog: Laugh, Travel, Eat. When she’s not doing any of that, she’s either catching up on TV while online shopping or writing her novels.

Christina Wyman

Christina Wyman is a teacher and writer. She’s funniest after she’s had coffee (but she hasn’t had coffee in six years).

Summer Koester

Summer Koester is an award-winning writer, poet, and teacher whose work has appeared in McSweeney’s, the Belladonna, and Slackjaw, among others. She lives in Juneau, Alaska, where she spends her free time growing vegetables in a cold rainforest to feed an army of slugs.

Tyler Gooch

Tyler Gooch is a writer and comedian living in Southern California. His writing can be found on various humor sites around the internet and he personally can be found at a variety of reputable donut establishments throughout the United States.

Khaleel Rahman

Khaleel also contributes to The Onion, Reductress, and Flexx Magazine. He hosts a podcast called Tight Five where he interviews comedy writers about their careers (anchor.fm/khaleel-rahman3).

Julia Zhen

Julia Zhen is a writer and improviser in the Washington, D.C. area. She is the Founder and EIC of the satire and humor site for all Asian Americans, The Lunar Times (@the_lunar_times). You can find her in The Hard Times and Flexx Mag.

Maddy Schmidt

Maddy Schmidt is a college student/lowly intern with a passion for satire and buying groceries for the office. Her proudest achievement is that she has been blocked by Drake Bell on Twitter (@piece_ofschmidt).

Ginny Hogan

Ginny Hogan is an LA-based satire writer and comedian. She’s the author of “Toxic Femininity in the Workplace.”