Our Team
Abby E. Murray
Editor in Chief
Poetry Editor
Abby E. Murray (they/them) is the editor of Collateral, a literary journal concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. Their first book, Hail and Farewell, won the Perugia Press Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award, while their second book, Recovery Commands, recently won the Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Prize and is forthcoming from Ex Ophidia Press. Abby served as the 2019-2021 poet laureate for the city of Tacoma, Washington, and currently teaches rhetoric in military strategy to Army War College fellows at the University of Washington.
Sarah-Jayne Wienholz
Managing Editor
Sarah-Jayne Wienholz (she/her) is a proud disabled military spouse. She recently graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma in 2024, earning her bachelor’s degree with three majors: Writing Studies, Literature, and Business Marketing. Her work has been published in the university’s Ledger as well as Tahoma West. Wienholz has long been passionate about writing and reading women’s stories, particularly those touched by military experience. She lives with her husband in Washington, where she is busy training a cardiac-alert dog named Runa.
Jacqlyn Cope
Nonfiction Editor
Jacqlyn Cope (she/her)is an Air Force Veteran, Chicana, and creative writing MFA graduate from Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, and a current High School teacher for LAUSD. Parts of her memoir have been published in Wrath-Bearing Tree, Collateral Journal, and As You Were: Military Review. She is the creative non-fiction editor for Collateral Journal and has just finished her memoir, Flower of the Dead, based on discovering and navigating her cultural, feminine, and veteran identity.
Mariette Kalinowski
Fiction Editor
Mariette Kalinowski (she/her) served in the United States Marine Corps from 2002-2010 and deployed twice to Al Anbar Province in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 5.2 and 8.2. She has published in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Splinter News, among others.
Lisa Stice
Visual Arts Editor
Lisa Stice (she/her) is a poet, literary activist, and mil-spouse. She is the author of five full-length collections - Letters from Conflict, Forces, Permanent Change of Station, Uniform, and the forthcoming From Reluctant Earth - as well as a chapbook - Desert. She volunteers with various writing/art organizations and is Associate Editor with Middle West Press. While it is difficult to say where home is, she currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, daughter, and dog.
Chris Vega
Visual Arts Editor
Chris Vega (they/them) is the founder and publisher at Blue Cactus Press, where they make books that spark dialogue about liberation alongside authors, artists, and entrepreneurs from historically marginalized groups. Chris is also a two-spirit Chicana poet from the U.S./Mexico borderlands. Currently, they live on Puyallup and Nisqually land with their daughter, Catalina. Through their publishing practice, Chris hopes to stimulate local creative economy, build wealth among People of Color, and tell stories that allow people to reimagine themselves and the world around them. Chris’ previous books include the poetry collections Vega and Maps (2023 and 2017, Blue Cactus Press). Prior to publishing, Chris served in the U.S. Army as a Chinese-Mandarin Linguist.
Chris believes revolution starts at home.
Libby Kurz
Associate Editor
Libby Kurz (she/her) is a writer, registered nurse, and US Air Force veteran. She holds a BS in Nursing from UNC-Charlotte and a MFA in Creative Writing from National University. Her work appears in The Iowa Review, Ruminate, The Other Journal, Literary Mama, and Driftwood Press, among others. She’s the author of a poetry chapbook, The Heart Room, published by Finishing Line Press in 2019, and an excerpt from her memoir in progress was a winner of The Iowa Review’s 2022 Jeff Sharlet Memorial Prize for Veterans. She has taught poetry and creative nonfiction workshops for The Muse Writers Center, The Wounded Warrior Project, and The Armed Services Arts Partnership. After a decade of moving cross country with the military, she resides in Virginia Beach with her husband, three teenagers, and 115-lb. lap dog.