Athena Pajer is the founder of Just My Typewriter Poetry, a Central Illinois initiative making poetry more visible through typewriter-crafted verse.
A passionate young writer, she received the Marybeth Drechsler-Sharp Award for Outstanding Journalism, the Conant Society Achievement in English Award, and the Scovill Merit award at Millikin University for her work with the Decaturian Student Newspaper.
While serving as Editor in Chief at the paper, she championed storytelling that connected campus and community. Now exploring poetry through haiku and poetry collections, Pajer brings her editorial precision and love of language to a new form—one keystroke at a time.
