It’s magazine makin’ season! Over break, each staff member designed a potential cover for the magazine. Within the first couple weeks of the semester we narrowed our choices down to eight potential covers. We have far too many talented designers on staff (lucky for us), so it was mildly heartbreaking for everyone to have to … Read More
The Scribendi staff would like to thank everyone who submitted this year! We have tentatively decided what will be published in 2016. In this blog post, I will describe the review process. First, we read. Over the course of the last month, all three editors and all eleven staffers each read the 127 poems, fifty-two … Read More
Scribendi has been hard at work reviewing submissions for the past several weeks. We have a great selection of writing, art, and open media to choose from and we are very excited to start putting the magazine together! Our Homecoming was a success, despite our staff getting partially smothered by glitter from our star and … Read More
Amaris Ketcham, Faculty Advisor In 5 words or less, describe what you’d do if confronted with a bear wearing a pirate hat wielding a roll of duct tape. Lament holding a honey jar. What is your favorite work of art? The Dante’s Inferno Exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. What is your most irrational … Read More
Scribendi has been hard at work training our new staff! We started off with a three hour long team building session at the beginning of the semester, where we honed our communication skills and gained insight into each new staff member’s strengths. Between scheduled classes, overlapping office hours, and team projects the staff has already … Read More
Scribendi 2015 has been named a finalist for the ACP Pacemaker! People outside of the publishing industry might think this means we have cardiovascular deficiencies, which is far from the truth. Indeed, our joyful, healthy hearts are racing with pride and excitement over our magazine’s big accomplishment. The Pacemaker is considered the most prestigious national … Read More
The boring stuff: school, major, age, etc.: PSU (Portland State University), just graduated! Sociology major, writing, philosophy and English minors, 24 When did you start writing, ever think of making a career out of it? I started writing in summer 2013. So this radio drama, have you been doing this for a long … Read More
Well folks, here we go: Scribendi 2016. The semester has gotten off to a great, albeit moderately overwhelming, start. First order of business: team bonding. Scribendi wouldn’t be much without a well-working, supportive team creating it. As it turns out, we are all very busy people. Prospects were grim, it looked like we were not … Read More
Mia Coleman, a UNM sophomore, is the author of the WRHC award-winning fiction piece “Reading to Fireflies.” This story takes a look into the mind of a young girl contemplating her small world and the biggest figure in it—her mother. In the process, she discovers a darker side to her mother. With her distinctive characterization … Read More
This year the Scribendi staff reached a crossroads when discussing the recipient of the Staff Choice Art Award. We found the term “art” to be too all-inclusive, especially when comparing works ranging from short films to traditional drawings. We chose to split the award into Staff Choice Visual Art Award and Staff Choice Open Media … Read More