Cascadia Magazine

About Us

Covering the people, places, and culture of the Pacific Northwest.

One of the most striking things about the Pacific Northwest is how diverse the landscapes are here. Whether it’s the quiet coastal towns of Oregon or wheat farms in the interior of British Columbia, from soggy Cascade rain forests to the humming tech metropolis of Seattle, the Pacific Northwest is a land of contrasts.

It’s also a place of striking cultural diversity. Beginning with First Nations and Indian tribes who’ve lived here for millennia, immigrants have poured into the Cascadia region from all corners of the world. You’ll find a technicolor assortment of cultures, ethnicities, religions, opinions, and beliefs.

Cascadia Magazine in a nonprofit publication dedicated to telling those diverse stories.  We’re passionate about crossing borders between nations, cultures, ethnicities, and gender — as well as bridging the rural/urban divide. We seek out quality journalism, personal essays, arts coverage, environmental reporting, fiction, poetry, and photography you won’t find anywhere else. We can’t document all the stories of the 16 million people who live in the region that encompasses Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia —  but we’ll try to showcase a eclectic mix of stories from the people who call Cascadia home.

We’re also dedicated to providing a refuge from the 24-hour news cycle where the latest social media outrage is instantly posted and amplified. Cascadia Magazine is designed to be a space where thoughtful writing and commentary can take the time required to blossom. We try to publish writing that’s meaningful, pieces that feel essential to life in the Pacific Northwest.

We value the writers, artists, photographers, and staff who make this publication possible. As a result, we rely on your generous support to keep this magazine running and pay those who create it a fair wage. Please visit our donate page to find out how you can help support Cascadia Magazine.

As a non-profit, our primary goal is to tell the story of the people, places and culture of the Pacific Northwest. We’re currently establishing a 501(c)3 non-profit to pursue that mission. If you’d like to volunteer to be involved with Cascadia Magazine or serve on our board, please contact us. The current landscape for journalism and writing are rapidly shifting, but we’re optimistic that there’s an urgent demand for quality writing about issues that matter. We rely on the generous support of our members and supporters to make this happen. If you’re a business owner interested in supporting Cascadia Magazine through our corporate sponsorship program, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Our team

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Andrew Engelson, Executive Editor

Andrew is a freelance writer and editor based in Seattle and the founding editor of Cascadia Magazine. For six years he was editor of Washington Trails magazine, and prior to that he worked as an arts reporter for Seattle Weekly. As a freelance journalist and writer, he’s written hundreds of articles for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Seattle Times, Tin House, Publishers Weekly, Washington Law & Politics, Super Lawyers, Backpacker, Yes! Magazine, American Bookseller, Northwest Runner, and many other publications. Andrew was born in Bremerton, Washington and has lived most of his life in Cascadia, with stints in Vietnam and Switzerland.

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Rachel Rose, Associate Editor, Poetry

Rachel Rose is the former Poet Laureate of Vancouver, the editor of Sustenance: Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food (Anvil Press) and the author of The Dog Lover Unit: Lessons in Courage from the World’s K9 Cops (shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis award for best non-fiction crime book). Recent work has appeared in publications such as The Globe & Mail, The American Poetry Review, Monte Cristo Magazine, The Vancouver Sun and The Press Democrat.

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Steven Genise, Associate Editor, Fiction

Celia Kennedy, Copy Editor

 

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Eun Hye Kim, Editorial Intern

 

Eun Hye Kim grew up in Washington state after immigrating to the United States at the age of five. She’s currently pursuing a double degree in creative writing and marketing at the University of Washington and hopes to work in the book publishing industry one day. Her summer days are usually fragmented between serving teriyaki at her parents’ restaurant, sitting in bubble tea shops, and trying to write.

Board of Directors

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Paul Nelson (board president)

Paul is a poet and interviewer who founded SPLAB (Seattle Poetics Lab) and the Cascadia Poetry Festival. Among his published books are A Time Before Slaughter, American Sentences and American Prophets.
He lives in Seattle.

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Lynda Prince (board secretary)

Lynda is the founding publisher of The City (San Francisco) and has served on the boards of a wide variety of literacy and arts organizations, as well as helping raise funds for the Vancouver Writers Festival. She lives in Vancouver, BC.

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Jae Hill (board treasurer)

Jae is a professional land use planner with fifteen years of experience across the Western United States. He serves on the board of the Puget Sound Section of the American Planning Association, and on the Advisory Board of the Sun Valley Institute. He lives in Redmond, WA.

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Derrick O’Keefe

Derrick is a writer, editor, and social justice activist. He’s the co-founder of Ricochet Media, a bilingual online publication covering Canadian and international news and politics. Derrick volunteers with a number of community and advocacy organizations–he is a founding member of the Vancouver Tenants Union and a former co-chair of the Canadian Peace Alliance. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

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Janet Lee

Over a decade of working in public art, Janet has been recognized for her work with countless non-profits from DiverseDesign to the YMCA. She brings to Cascadia Magazine experience in managing everything from the creation of a public art corridor to large-scale arts festivals; grant programs and arts facilities; publications and fundraising campaigns.  She lives in Redmond, WA.