West 10th is a literary journal publishing poetry, prose, art, and photography by New York University's undergraduate students. It is edited and produced annually by a student-run editorial board and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
2024-2025 Editor-in-Chief Lauren Stanzione and Managing Editor Sam Earley pictured above with West 10th’s most recent issue, Issue 18.
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Joyce Cayre
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Joyce Cayre is Senior at CAS studying English Literature and Creative Writing. She spends most of her time reading, writing, and drinking Diet Coke as if it were a personality trait. Her work features protagonists you will probably hate.
Ranina Simon
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Ranina Simon is a senior from DC and Jakarta, but she's doing her best to make New York homebase. She studies English Literature (with a concentration in Creative Writing) and Journalism. Ranina spends her time needlessly buying leather jackets, brooding on her fire escape, and writing poems about brooding on her fire escape.
Lili Raynaud
Managing Editor
Lili Raynaud is a junior at NYU studying Journalism, Politics, and Creative Writing. In her free time, she enjoys going on walks, eating Asian food, and wistfully reading Proust on the Metro-North. She does the New York Times crossword every Monday, and tends to writes poetry about the same thing twice. Her work can be found in Same Faces Collective, A Partager Zine, The Weasel, and elsewhere.
Josie Sedam
Prose Editor
Josie is a junior majoring in politics with a minor in creative writing. She loves traveling, writing, and talking about Taylor Swift. She can often be found listening to audiobooks on long walks or enjoying a bagel sandwich in the park.
Catherine Xue
Prose Editor
Catherine Xue is a sophomore at Stern studying Finance and Marketing with a minor in Creative Writing. In her free time, she collects Hirono blind boxes, writes about homesickness, and frequents Trader Joe's. Her work can be found in Polyphony Lit, Aster Lit, and elsewhere.
Pritheva Zakaria
Poetry Editor
Pritheva Zakaria is a senior studying Journalism and English from Long Island, NY. She loves to read, write, craft, be sarcastic, and learn about different cultures. She has interned with NBC 4 New York, and has had work published at the Washington Square News and Generasian.
Franklin Dong
Poetry Editor
Franklin Dong is a senior currently double majoring in English and Data Science. In his spare time, he loves to read & write, listen & make music, watch soccer & basketball, and stare wearily into the distance.
Joanne Lee
Poetry Editor
Joanne Lee is a sophomore studying English & American Literature at New York University. In her free time, she can be found admiring cute dogs on social media, writing a poem, roaming the halls of the Met, or eating dessert.
Lucy Levinson
Copy Editor
Lucy Levinson is a senior at NYU studying journalism, French, and creative writing. She's always at least 5' 10'' tall, sometimes a little bit more. Lucy loves to read, do things outside, and, perhaps above all else, chat. Her writing has appeared in Salon recently and on Poets.org not so recently.
Sydney Rousseau
Copy Editor
Sydney is a senior in Gallatin from Dublin, New Hampshire. She is concentrating in creative writing, English literature, and interior design. When not reading, writing, or obsessively redecorating her apartment, she can be found with her dog, Finnley, in Madison Square Park.