
About
Sydney Koeplin is a writer and editor from northern Illinois. She is an MFA candidate in fiction at Bowling Green State University and a graduate of Colby College.
Her short stories, essays, poetry, and travel narratives have appeared in Moon City Review, Qu Literary Magazine, Hypertext Review, The Allegheny Review, Corvus Review, and Their Ghoulish Reputation: A Folk Horror Anthology from Dark Lake Publishing, among others.
When she’s not writing or with her nose in a book, she enjoys swimming, taking walks around her neighborhood, and sitting in coffee shops for hours at a time.
Honors & Awards
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Intro Journals Project Award nominee, 2024
Colby College
Elmira Nelson Jones Prize for Creative Writing, 2021
Editorial Experience
Assistant Fiction Editor
Mid-American Review
August 2024 - Present
As assistant fiction editor, she reads and assesses fiction submissions, runs fiction staff meetings, contributes to the blog, and helps build and produce the magazine.
Editor
Pillar4 Media - Health & Wellness
April 2023 - July 2024
As a health editor, she hosted writer feedback meetings, managed a roster of freelancers, and edited articles for style, voice, tone, and accurate content for media partners.
Associate Editor
Bezzy / Healthline Media
August 2021 - March 2023
As an associate editor, she assigned, edited, and wrote chronic condition articles, managed special projects and administrative tasks, and wrote a monthly newsletter for writer and guide engagement.