Yonder Editors

Sara Yager Lloyd

Sara Yager Lloyd is a creative writer rediscovering her voice after two decades of exploring life’s many chapters. Now pursuing her master’s at WCU, she brings grittiness and a lot of living to the page. Sara has called North Carolina home for the past nine years, where she does life with her favorite human, four kids, two dogs, four cats, and a handful of fish and frogs. She finds joy in gardening, grounding herself in the earth, and dreaming of one day becoming a wild mountain witch surrounded by cats and jars of mysterious things.

Jacob Love

Jacob Love is originally from Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, and attended Bryan College before transferring to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he earned a BA in English: Literary Studies. He is currently in his second year of the MA in English Studies program at WCU, and is concentrating in Creative Writing, with his interests including fiction and nonfiction writing that deals with pop culture and spirituality. He now lives in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and is probably listening to the seventh studio album by Tyler Childers, Snipe Hunter.

Anna Robertson is originally from Gold Hill, Alabama and attended Auburn University, where she studied agriculture as an undergraduate. Anna went on to get a master’s degree in Community Counseling from Columbus State University and had a decade long career in mental health and social services. She is in her second year as a graduate student in English Creative Writing at Western Carolina University. Anna has been published in the Yalobusha Review and was a finalist in the WCU Literary Festival writing contest for fiction in 2024. Anna currently lives and writes in the North Georgia mountains from her adopted hometown of Sautee Nacoochee, where she has lived for 13 years.

2023-2024 Editors

2021-2022 Editors