A little bit about us.

This site was started by two local fiction writers and editors. We noticed the artistic skill and culture budding in Grand Rapids, but found little in the way of local literary representation. Eastown was chosen to represent the city, because it seems to be the epicenter of artistic life for Grand Rapids.

Though we are based in West Michigan, we accept submissions from all over the country and even internationally. Both editors enjoy every fiction genre, and hope to encourage a wide range of submissions to the site.

Our Staff

Adam Nannini
Editor / Designer

Adam was raised in New Hampshire and is a web designer, but is now finishing his schooling for Creative Writing, hopefully moving directly into a Masters program. In high school, he helped start a writer’s group, and has taken creative writing and literature classes throughout college. He writes mainly in short fiction, and some of his favorite authors are Orwell, Steinbeck, and Flannery O’Connor to name a few. In his free time he is an amateur tea and cheese connoisseur, and is involved in politics, sports, his church, and editing stories for Eastown Fiction.

Ron Kersey
Editor

Ron Kersey is a graduate of Grand Valley State University and holds a degree in English/Literary Criticism, with a minor in History. His literary interests are primarily focused on fiction that draws from mythology (be it classical, norse, germanic, celtic...etc) and is able to present it in a new light. Favorite authors are Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Edgar Allen Poe, Ray Bradbury and others...always expanding of course. His spare time is devoted to the study and performance blues/classic rock/folk inspired music and various ventures in the Arts.

Rachel Melville
Editor

Rachel Melville lives in Grand Rapids with her husband Nick and two children, Jalen and Serenity. She is finishing her MFA in creative writing and poetics at Naropa University while working on her first children's novel. Rachel has been known to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate, a fuzzy blanket and a good book about the golden rules of grammar and syntax- she even enjoys diagramming compound- complex sentences in her spare time.

Andrew Scott
Developer / Associate Editor

Andrew Scott was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and holds a BAS in Computer Information Systems from Davenport University. Since 2000, he has worked on web projects ranging from small business websites to social networks. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys classic literature and the performing arts. His favorite authors include Poe, Hemingway, Dostoevsky, and C.S. Lewis.