About Wishbone Words
About the magazine
Wishbone Words Magazine was founded in 2021 by Hollie Warren in the Lake District, UK. An online space for disabled and chronically ill writers and artists.
The idea is to create a safe, supportive and understanding online platform to share our voices, allow healing through vulnerability and to showcase underrepresented talents and voices.
If we can encourage more compassion and understanding, we are achieving the aim we set out to do!

Meet the team

Hollie is a 26 year old living in the Lake District, UK, she loves Disney movies, witchy themed books and Taylor Swift
Hollie has a bone condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta and is visually impaired. She has always loved to write, and hopes to one day be published.
She founded Wishbone Words shortly after finishing her creative writing degree with the aim of creating a thoughtful, safe place for disabled and chronically ill creatives to share their work, raise awareness and feel seen.

Noelle is a 24-year old artist and content creator living in Pennsylvania, US.
She has work published in Wishbone Words (Issue 7), Bibliopunk Lit Zine (Issue 3) and The Closed Eye Open (Issue 7) among others. She is currently working on a memoir.
Noelle lives with various chronic conditions such as Gastroparesis and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia syndrome. She runs an Etsy shop under the name Nowhalle and sells products to raise awareness and acceptance for those who are disabled and/or living with a chronic illness. She makes YouTube videos under the same name.
She is.a lover of space (both outer and personal), an avid Doctor Who fan, an athlete, and aspires to own goats one day.

Jess is an Australian writer and disability advocate, now living in Belgium.
She was a classical musician until a sharp decline in her health (and eventual diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danos Syndrome, Migraine and Pre-Menstrual Disorder) lead her to follow this new path.
In addition to co-ordinating the Wishbone Words newsletter, she runs https://www.delicatelittlepetal.com, a website where she writes about the systemic issues faced by the chronic illness and disability communities.
She is especially passionate about the normalisation of mobility aids, and the idea that experiences of disability before diagnosis are equally valid, even if they have yet to be recognised by our imperfect medical system.
In her spare time she loves experimenting with vintage fashion and make up, as well as unapologetically consuming terrible reality tv.

Amy is a 20 something blogger from not so sunny but still quite nice Scotland. she has a progressive genetic condition that produces tumours on her nerve endings, causing a wide range of unpleasant physical symptoms. She's obsessed with books, animals in general but especially dogs, music, Disney and rewatching all her comfort shows on a never ending loop, even if she is also watching something new.

Eli is a 24-year old writer, poet, and seamstress from Annapolis, MD, and living in Brooklyn, NY.
She loves writing fantasy and horror about being queer and mentally ill, and is currently working on a novel about weird mermaids.
She is a late-diagnosed Autistic with ADHD and Generalized Anxiety, as well as chronic migraines. Navigating life is a challenge, but one she is getting better at every day.
She is obsessed with Nintendo Games, especially The Legend of Zelda, laughing at bad horror movies, and any crafts that involve a sewing needle.

Zoey Adam (she/her) is a mid-20s writer and environmental enthusiast from rural-ish southeastern Pennsylvania. She is currently working on a fantasy novel in verse that was once her MFA thesis project.
She was diagnosed with ADHD after a years-long debate of what was actually going on, and she is now learning to adjust her life to better cope with her funky brain.
She's published in Hunger Mountain Online, Defunct, and Kutztown University's undergraduate journals, Shoofly and Essence, though she currently works as a quality control supervisor at a produce company. She loves character-driven RPGs, snow globes, doodling characters, and her cat, Percy.

Aasiyah is a 23 year old poetry writer and aspiring artist.
She loves to paint, listen to music, dance and spend time with her cats.
She advocates for chronic illness awareness and mental health awareness. She is dyslexic and has been diagnosed with IBS, Fibromyalgia, Scoliosis, Hypermobility Syndrome and Dissociative functional neurological disorder.

Sophie is a nearly 28 year old, who is engaged to her soul mate, who is pansexual and a Christian, who is battles a vast multitude of chronic illnesses and health issues.
She loves to try to spread awareness for chronic illnesses, as well as trying to support others on their journeys with their chronic illnesses.
Sophie is absolutely obsessed with Disney (especially ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, ‘Lilo and Stitch’, ‘Encanto’, and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ just to name a few of her favourites), and is also a horror and true crime addict. She loves to read - albeit extremely slowly, loves to snuggle up with her furbabies and loved ones, and loves sleep.
She’s usually found binge watching her comfort tv shows, Disney movies or horror movies.

Luna Ferguson is a bisexual and disabled writer from the UK.
She published her debut poetry book ‘Borderline’ in June 2023, the book explores her life living with Borderline Personality Disorder through the art of poetry.
Luna was also published in issue 11 of Wishbone Words!
Luna often shares insights to her disabilities and mental health diagnoses online in hopes of spreading awareness and creating a safe space for those going through the same thing.
She is a rat mom and will take any opportunity to talk about her rat babies!
The way to her heart is rats, Taylor Swift and games.

I'm Jordan, (she/her) a 31 year old Applied Psychology degree student living in Yorkshire. I have work published in Wishbone Words, Newport Zine and Shoaler, and art has been a huge part of my life since becoming chronically ill, as I can use it to live vicariously through my characters and to raise awareness of disability/chronic illness. I have a business called Kibo and Friends, which you can find on Instagram and Big Cartel, where I design prints and stickers of popular anime characters and my own characters.
I was diagnosed with ME/CFS after becoming ill in 2020 during the pandemic.
I'm a wife and mother, and we live happily with our 2 cats and a budgie. You'll catch me drawing, watching anime and cataloguing my favourite cheeses (spoiler alert, it's all of them!)

Sid is a non-binary artist from Derbyshire, and after spending the past few years coming to terms with their declining health has finally discovered what they want from their new future. Sid aspires to work in magazine creation; a passion born from joining ‘Scribbles’ and now ‘Wishbone Words’.

Rae is 35, from the south east uk and lives with multiple disorders and disabilities including FND, hEDS, PoTS, prolapsed bowel and mental health issues
She is a disabled mother and wife who spends her time advocating for disability accessibility, inclusion & awareness. Her passions and hobbies include art, fashion and making metal free jewellery. Rae also writes her own blog My Unwired World www.unwireddesigner.Wordpress.com where she shares her personal thoughts, opinions and life with chronic illnesses, disorders and disabilities.
She has a particular love for bright colours, which is shown by her hair colour, her mobility aids and her fashion style.

Erryn is a 24 year old Northern Irish filmmaker, writer, and disability advocate with over a dozen published articles in various magazines and platforms - she was also a well regarded Disabled Students' Officer for her University.
She has nearly 50 diagnosed conditions and uses her experiences to raise awareness for each and every one of them (as well as bringing attention to casual ableism, inclusive education and interabled relationships). Her first poem with Wishbone Words was featured in Issue 11 and has encouraged her to share more of her disability-related works.
Outside of joining the team, she tutors in several subjects (specialising in working with students with learning difficulties), and is a passionate volunteer having worked with over 20 charities and organisations with roles ranging from President to PR officer. In her spare time she loves all things creatuve; including baking, drawing, painting, crochet, modelling, design and even SFX makeup. She loves all things Drag Race, Sons of Anarchy and Greys Anatomy!

Mariyah is a Disabled, Chronically ill Mother and Creator of Art.
She finds passion in artistic expression in all its forms, using her love of creation to confront internal struggles and trauma that have plagued her life.
After becoming chronically Ill, she learnt the value of her health and time, deciding to leave the typical 9-5 behind.
She advocates for awareness and wellness as way to inspire others to do the same, sharing her reality to aid others in the acceptance of theirs.
She enjoys spending time with her Husband, cats and daughter, whilst fitting in bold Makeup Therapy, Digital art, painting and lots of reading!
The easiest way to her heart is with lots of snacks and a movie night, she will watch anything from horror to Rom coms as long as there’s good company and a soft blanket!

Alice lives in Yorkshire, UK with her husband and two indoor cats (a British Shorthair called Zuzu and a Ragdoll called Clara). Having had ME/CFS since the age of 15, Alice is passionate about living well with chronic illness.
Alice is a massive bookworm and reads at least 200 books a year. She is an eclectic reader and the genres she enjoys reading the most include contemporary fiction, historical fiction, crime novels, psychological thrillers and young adult novels.
Alice loves holistic health and wellbeing. She is a newly qualified mindfulness meditation teacher and also holds qualifications in reiki energy healing and crystal healing therapy.
Alice’s other hobbies include listening to cheesy pop music (particularly Taylor Swift), going to the theatre and the cinema, browsing charity shops for a bargain and binge watching the latest Netflix show.