Our Mission
Plume’s goal is to build an inspiring, collaborative community of women and non-binary writers, supporting them wherever they are on their creative writing journey.
What We Do
Plume centers around a bi-monthly podcast, in which hosts Melanie Unruh, Samantha Tetangco, and Dawn Sperber talk with a featured writer, as well as a panel of writers on topics relevant to women and non-binary writers. Join them on Patreon for added perks such as a private Slack community for talking about writing, bonus podcast segments, podcast shout-outs, writing soundscapes, merch discounts, and more!”
Meet the Plume Crew
Melanie Unruh
Co-Founder & Plumester-in-Chief
Melanie Unruh is a New Mexico-based writer of YA novels, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Two Hawks Quarterly, The Boiler, Cutthroat, Sixfold, Post Road, New Ohio Review, and Philadelphia Stories, among others. She was nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and received notable mention in Best American Essays. When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, smashing the patriarchy, reading, and drinking a good cup of chai.
Samantha Tetangco
Director of Plumerations & Collector of Spreadsheets
Samantha Tetangco is a Filipino-American writer and educator. A multi-genre writer, her works have appeared and/or are forthcoming in dozens of literary magazines, most notably The Sun, Tri-Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Zone 3, Gertrude, Cimmaron Review, Foglifter, and others. In her past, she has served as editor-in-chief for Blue Mesa Review, been president of the Association of Writers and Writing Program's LGBTQ Writer's Caucus, and was recently an artist-in-residence in The Studios at MassMOCA. Sam has an MFA from the University of New Mexico and is currently the Associate Director of Writing at the University of California Merced.
Dawn Sperber
Plume Maker of Magic & Adjustments
Dawn Sperber lives in New Mexico, where she’s a writer, editor, and multi-media creator. Her stories and poems have appeared in a tidy stack of intriguing publications, including Daily Science Fiction, Bourbon Penn, NANO Fiction, PANK Magazine, We’Moon, and elsewhere, and her fiction is forthcoming this summer in Zizzle Literary. Her chapbook of poetry and drawings, My Bones Are Love Gifts, is forthcoming from Shanti Arts. She runs Edit & Shine, an online editing service, and she’s a prose reader for Boulevard Magazine. Find her at dawnsperber.com.
Jennifer Simpson
Co-Founder, In memoriam
In loving memory of Jennifer Simpson, Plume Co-Founder. Jenn built creative communities wherever she went. She was a supportive friend and great writer, who always had a billion new ideas for Plume. This is for you, Jenn.