Stranger’s Guide, a magazine for which I serve on the editorial board, has been nominated for four ASMEs this year in the following categories:

• General Excellence, Literature, Science and Politics
• Best Single Topic Issue: Stranger's Guide: Ukraine
• Columns and Essays: "Acid Church" by Courtney Desiree Morris
• Best Service and Lifestyle Story: "Turning A Look" by Léone Julitte

These are the most prestigious awards in the magazine industry, and for the third year in a row this small but mighty ad-free literary travel journal is named in the same breath as the giants.

Besides contributing story and content ideas and research, I curate the Stranger Sounds music playlists for each issue.