Ari Blatt is a co-founder, reader, and editor for the forthcoming, bi-annual digital publication Tethered Literary. Her own writing can be found in Cirque and SHARK REEF. She has previously written for the independent newsweekly The Corvallis Advocate. She is a 2022 Tom Jay Memorial Scholar and Blue River Writer. Ari received a MFA in Creative Writing from Oregon State University--Cascades.