WHO WE ARE
Small Orange is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) online poetry journal that publishes roughly 8-10 poets and the work of one visual artist per issue. Our publication schedule varies depending on time, resources, and the strength of submissions. 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, but we do our best to read and respond to submissions as timely as possible.
Orange Editions is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) publishing press that publishes the online literary magazine, Small Orange Journal, a chapbook print anthology series of poetry, and the book-length print interview series, Small Orange Conversations with Poets. Check out our new poetry in translation series, a letterpress, handbound chapbook edition: THROUGH/YOU (ORANGE IMPORT).
Founder and Director
Carlie Hoffman is the author of three poetry collections, including One More World Like This World (Four Way Books, 2025). She has also translated, from the German, Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger’s Blütenlese [Song of the Yellow Asters] (World Poetry Books, 2026). Her honors include the National Jewish Book Award, the 92NY Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize, and fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and NYSCA/NYFA. Hoffman is the founder of Small Orange Journal and Assistant Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City.
Managing Editor
Ariel Francisco is the author of All the Places We Love Have Been Left in Ruins (Burrow Press, 2024), Under Capitalism If Your Head Aches They Just Yank Off Your Head (Flowersong Press, 2022), and A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship (Burrow Press, 2020), and the translator of Haitian-Dominican poet Jacques Viau Renaud’s Poet of One Island (Get Fresh Books, 2024) and Guatemalan poet Hael Lopez’s Routines/Goodbyes (Spuyten Duyvil, 2022). A poet and translator born in the Bronx to Dominican and Guatemalan parents and raised in Miami, his work has been published in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, Academy of American Poets, POETRY Magazine, The New York City Ballet, Latino Book Review, and elsewhere. He is Assistant Professor of Poetry and Hispanic Studies at Louisiana State University.
Senior Poetry Editor and Social Media Manager
Lianna Lazaros is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Queens College. She received her BA in Creative Writing at SUNY Purchase, where she was awarded the Ginny Wray Prize in Poetry. She currently works as a College Ambassador at The Morgan Library and Museum. In her free time, she frequents museums and enjoys flaneusing around Manhattan. Her work has previously been published in midsummer magazine, Italics Mine, Gandy Dancer, and elsewhere.
Poetry Reader
Evan Tassin (he/him) is a writer born and raised in Southeastern Louisiana, currently living in Baton Rouge. He received his B.A. in History from Louisiana State University. His work has been published or is forthcoming in The River, ioche magazine, The Crawfish, and elsewhere. He can be found at the movies, in museums, or at the bookstore.
Editorial Intern
Abigail Walker is a reader for Small Orange. Raised in Southern Illinois, she’s going to school for her master’s in Psychology. In her spare time, she’s either doing art, writing, or watching and reviewing movies.