• Arden Malloy

    DRAFTING NIGHT CO-HOST

    Arden Malloy (any pronouns) is a poet currently based in Northwest Arkansas.  Motifs in their work include (but are not limited to): queer identity, desire, southernness, Being Online, and growing up at the intersection of these things. Work from Arden can be found in The Temptation Salon, Splashland Magazine, and Smacked Zine, among others. She holds a B.A in English from the University of Arkansas, and cohosts Bee Balm Arkansas' monthly Drafting Night.

  • Cassie Sands

    REVISION NIGHT CO-HOST

    Cassie is a writer, Aerospace Engineer, Planetary Scientist, and survivor of childhood trauma based in NWA. Through their work, Cassie shares their journey healing from Complex PTSD and explores our human connection with Earth and the Cosmos. They have been featured on the Traumatized Motherfuckers and Bee Balm Presents podcasts, in the short story collection “In Flight” from Free Spirit publishing, the blog for the CPTSD foundation, and are the author of Cosmic Transmissions on Substack.

  • Haylee Shull

    DRAFTING NIGHT CO-HOST

    Haylee Shull is a writer and artist from Fayetteville, Arkansas. She has two cats and owns a small business with her sister.

  • Sav Burns

    GRAPHIC DESIGNER

    Sav Burns (they/them) is a creative professional living in Fayetteville, Arkansas who supports small businesses and local creatives with designs that are both fun and functional. Whether it's creating social media templates, designing promotional content, or building a whole brand guide from the ground up, she's excited to be part of your growth and success. Sav graduated from John Brown University in 2018 with a degree in Graphic Design and a minor in Business Administration & Marketing. View more of Sav’s graphic designs on their website.

Creator and Director

Julia Paganelli Marín (she/they) is the Creator and Director of Bee Balm Arkansas, a community writing experience begun in October 2022 with opportunities to listen, write, and share within and beyond Northwest Arkansas. Julia has been teaching and designing curriculum for more than a decade for adult, college-level, and high school learners and has published her research and presented at academic conferences about community writing.

Her role in the Bee Balm community is program and community building; grant writing and development; and workshop instruction. She is the host and editor of the show Bee Balm Presents, a collaboration with KUAF National Public Radio in Fayetteville.

Julia holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas. Her publications include her chapbook, Blush Less, as well as individual poems. Her editorial work has included reading and selection of work for The Arkansas International and Up North Lit.