Last month, the staff started looking through the submissions and compiling their own shortlists for each category. Now we’ve been discussing the shortlists together as a staff, one of the most fun parts of the process. As someone who has had more experience with prose than visual art, I appreciate these discussions a lot; I … Read More
The Scribendi staff has been hard at work, pouring over hundreds of different submissions in order to narrow down what shall appear in the 2015 edition of the magazine. It can be quite the daunting task and when such a monumental work is undertaken, breaks of some sort have to be allowed for to … Read More
Two big events in the last few weeks: homecoming and the Publications Fair. The Scribendi staff helped put together the annual alumni homecoming event on Sept. 27 and held a silent auction. This year, the theme of the event was to shine a light on study abroad students. The evening was filled with “mingling” and … Read More
Amaris Ketcham, Faculty Advisor What’s your favorite place at UNM?: Under the trees by the anthropology building, where you can watch hawks What was the last picture you took with your phone?: The last picture I took with my phone was of an image of a phone on a phone booth. If you had to choose one … Read More
Autumn is almost here. You know what that means! (hint: if your answer wasn’t ‘Scribendi submission deadline is coming up’ maybe go reevaluate your life. And create something to submit while you’re at it.) If you haven’t submitted to Scribendi already, and you aren’t sure which category you would like to submit in, you’ve come to … Read More
Team buildings either can make or break an organization that is just starting off. That awkward, first encounter with any new group of people can almost be too painful to swallow in the moment, but if handled correctly, looking back will encourage laughter and a good deal of classic reminiscing. So was the case when … Read More
*This post is part of a series of blog posts highlighting award winning contributors and supporters of Scribendi. What was the main inspiration for your piece “Enjoy me as a Snack?” I was studying abroad at Edge Hill University in England at the time, I was taking film classes, I was a little lonely, … Read More
*This post is part of a series of blog posts highlighting award winning contributors and supporters of Scribendi. This piece, titled “Guruvayer “ by Alaia Schwelger , was chosen as this year’s WRHC award winning photography piece and it’s not hard to see why. It is a captivating image that really draws the viewer in … Read More
*This post is part of a series of blog posts highlighting award winning contributors and supporters of Scribendi. Cecelia Kelly, a sophomore at the University of New Mexico, uses photography to capture abstract and ambiguous scenes. Her black and white digital photograph, Weird Sisters, was selected as Scribendi’s 2014 Staff Choice Award winner. The photograph, … Read More
*This post is part of a series of blog posts highlighting award winning contributors and supporters of Scribendi. In her poem, Bonnie Wells describes the experience of fishing with a quiet intensity and persistent images. Readers are reminded of the inherent violence of natural processes. These images are complicated by the nostalgia of childhood memory. … Read More