Projects
Black Moon Magazine
In 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic and from 700 miles apart, Sam and Matthew Gilbert co-founded Black Moon Magazine. Their goal was to publish a literary journal that aimed to show the world the unseen and to create unexpected works that push the boundaries of genre and art. BMM publishes in January, April, July, and October of each year.
To read issues, interviews, and reviews–or to submit:
the Arkansas International
Sam serves as the Managing Editor of the Arkansas International. A 2021 Whiting Award Recipient, the Arkansas International is Arkansas’ premier literary magazine, publishing writers from over 60 countries. In addition to Assistant Managing Editor, Sam has also served the magazine in other capacities: Assistant Director of Publicity & Outreach, Layout Designer, Copyeditor, and manuscript evaluator.
To learn more about ArkInt:
Poetry Society of Tennessee
Sam has been a member of the Poetry Society of Tennessee since 2018. From 2019-2022, she served PST as an Executive Board Liaison for the Northeast Chapter.
To learn more about PST-NE
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
Writers in the Schools (WITS) is a program administrated, staffed, and taught by graduate students in the University of Arkansas’s Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Creative Writing and Translation. These graduate students visit elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the state of Arkansas and teach two-day poetry workshops. Sam has been volunteering with WITS since 2020.
To learn more about WITS