WHO WE ARE
Small Orange is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) online poetry journal that publishes three times a year in autumn, winter, and spring. Each issue comprises roughly 8-10 poets and the work of one visual artist. We are committed to inclusion in the arts and we love all kinds of poetry. We are dedicated to featuring the most beautiful, inspiring and thoughtful work provided to us. If you are interested in submitting your work, please visit our submissions page for the guidelines. We are a small volunteer staff of four, but we do our best to read and respond to submissions as timely as possible.
Orange Editions is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) literary press that publishes the online literary magazine, Small Orange Journal, as well as a yearly print anthology of poetry and the print interview series, Small Orange Conversations with Poets.
Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief/Art Editor
Carlie Hoffman is the author of When There Was Light (Four Way Books, 2023) and This Alaska (Four Way Books, 2021). A poet and translator, she is a recipient of a 92Y/Discovery poetry prize and an Amy Award from Poets & Writers. Her work has been featured in Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly, Kenyon Review, Jewish Currents, Gulf Coast, Boston Review, New England Review, and elsewhere.
For more about Carlie visit carliehoffman.com.
Assistant Editor/Social Media Manager
Ariel Francisco is the author of A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship (Burrow Press, 2020) and All My Heroes Are Broke (C&R Press, 2017). A poet and translator born in the Bronx to Dominican and Guatemalan parents and raised in Miami, his work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York City Ballet, The Academy of American Poets, The American Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
Assistant Editor
Lianna Lazaros is a Creative Writing major with a concentration in poetry at Purchase College. They love astrology, playing the guitar, and dismantling the patriarchy. Their work has appeared in Italics Mine.
Assistant Editor
Dana Hirsch has a degree in Journalism and is currently a Creative Writing senior with a concentration in fiction at Purchase College. When she’s not camping with her wife and dog, or reading books snuggled up at home with her cat, you can find her writing stories about the end of the world.