Throwback Thursdays! We’re bringing back some of our favorite pieces from the last 30 years of Scribendi. Kansas City Blues Siandra Hoepfner-Pima Community College-1990 Autumn in Kansas City is a time when the air is newly crisp and clear and filled with the pungent, sweet smell of damp earth and decaying foliage. It is a time … Read More
The Muertos y Marigolds Parade was full of energy on Sunday, November 5. Scribendi had a pretty sweet tent—that is, we sold plain sugar skulls and had edible paint, frosting, and sprinkles for people to use to decorate the sugar skulls. The Muertos y Marigolds Parade is Albuquerque’s celebration of Día de los Muertos, a … Read More
Submissions are due TODAY! You have toiled over your pieces. You have worked long and hard to polish your submissions. You have turned them into Scribendi. And then what? Now you wait. But what happens between the submission deadline and the acceptance emails? In that long space between October 13th and February what happens? What … Read More
She considers herself to be thoughtful because she is constantly thinking a lot. She is always analyzing the world around her. For this reason, she is more reserved than many people and doesn’t talk much. When she does speak up, what she says is meaningful. This is Olivia Comstock, a National Student Exchange student from … Read More
Heather Brock is currently a senior college student with a major in Emerging Media and Digital Arts, with a minor in music. Living in the SRC apartments and possessing the ability to play the trumpet, this self-proclaimed type design nerd seems to be an ordinary UNM student. However, that assumption would be wrong. Heather is … Read More
On Sunday, August 27, after a week of classes, each Scribendi staff member mosied into the Honors College forum. The task ahead was foggy–what exactly does a “Team Building Workshop” entail? We were soon to find out. The idea, as the title suggests, was for each of us to become better acquainted with one another … Read More
How do you describe yourself as a writer? As a person? As a person, I would say I am ambitious and motivated. I love spending time with my friends and family. I like to make people laugh, and I am usually pretty level headed. I also love spending time alone. I need space to let … Read More
How do you describe yourself as a writer? As a person? As a writer, I love experimentation — with voice, with genre, with form, with style. As a person, I’ve had the same breakfast order for three years and browse JSTOR for fun. You’ve been published two years in a row in Scribendi. Any advice for … Read More