About Mellisa (she/her)

I obtained my M.A. in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, where I received the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Graduate Award. My creative nonfiction has appeared in The Common Online, Humans and Nature Press Digital, The Loch Raven Review, and other publications. For my novel-in-progress, I received a Writing Fellowship from A Reason to Write. As warbling treefrog, I co-write The Sonnet Sisters on Substack with the dithyrambler. ​I additionally hold an M.Phil. in Medieval Studies, and my scholarly work has appeared in Studia Celtica Fennica.

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New poetry: 'Devils you've never known' (sonnet)

Read this on The Sonnet Sisters

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New prose: 'Kea Call' (creative nonfiction) in Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature (2025)

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'Kea Call' received the Bronze Award in the Animal Encounter category of the 2024 Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing

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Read 'Kea Call'

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Go to my Writing page