Sara Byrnes holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She earned a BA in strategic communications and creative writing from Elon University. She has work published in Hobart and Oxford American. She is the co-founder, editor, and designer for the online literary magazine Punk Eek. She was the managing editor of the award-winning magazine Ecotone. She was the director of writing for Flair Magazine, and a staff writer at The Seahawk. She is seeking representation for her novel HOMESICK about a group of friends in rural Connecticut. In her free time (which she doesn’t have much of) you can find her walking in nature or with her cat.