About Our Staff
Melted Butter Magazine was founded by three women who met while attending the University of Iowa. Their collective love for the more tender moments in life, whether it be soft, heartfelt memories associated with childhood, or the raw, genuine transformation that comes with growing older.
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Melted Butter's purpose is to provide a space where authors and artists can explore the things that make them melt, in whatever interpretation their audience makes of it.
Callan Latham
Callan Latham lives in Iowa City. When she’s not studying, she can be found taking long walks, watering her growing collection of houseplants, or writing. At the moment, she is working on a novel. Her poetry has been published in places such as Electric Moon Magazine, elementia, and Santa Clara Review, and she is the author of the chapbook, Blue Salt (Iowa Chapbook Prize, 2020).
Amanda Pendley
Amanda Pendley is a queer twenty-one-year-old writer from Kansas City who is currently studying Creative Writing and Publishing at the University of Iowa. Her recent and forthcoming publications include Homology Lit, Vagabond City Lit, Savant Garde Literary Magazine, and JUKED. She is a 2020 Best of the Net nominee for her poem “afterword on movement song” published by Savant Garde Literary Magazine. She often finds inspiration in Lorde songs, contemporary dance, and Harry Styles’ suit collection.