Throwback Thursdays! We’re bringing back some of our favorite pieces from the last 30 years of Scribendi. Instinctual Sterilization Jennifer Mason – University of New Mexico – 2004 According to New Mexico legislature, any woman can have a tubal ligation upon turning 21 years of age. This is a procedure where the fallopian tubes are cut … Read More
Josh Lane’s Identity in Contradiction came in and swooped up the WRHC Award for open media. This is the second year Lane has won an award while being published in the pages of Scribendi. We sat down and discussed the process of submitting and the artistic work he produced. How did you hear about us? … Read More
by Samuel Shoemaker-Trejo Near the turn of the twenty-first century, two children play in a dirt lot just past an impressive green hedge. Opposite the hedge and past the children lies a thin stretch of I-25 that rockets out of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s “Big I” like a sprinting sidewinder. The children mostly ignore the background, … Read More
Throwback Thursdays! We’re bringing back some of our favorite pieces from the last 30 years of Scribendi. His Body Mold Bed Rachel Heisler – University of New Mexico – 1999 The first time I laid down in his bed my body fell into the mold his body had made A snare of pillows and mattress A … Read More
Throwback Thursdays! We’re bringing back some of our favorite pieces from the last 30 years of Scribendi. Bleating Rabbit Matthew Frederick Nieder – San Diego University – 1994 She’s got seven stray black cats, two mutts brought home from the pound, and a crippled brown rabbit who, at her feet, limps around bleating, crying for … Read More
Throwback Thursdays! We’re bringing back some of our favorite pieces from the last 30 years of Scribendi. Wired Paul Douglas Gacioch – Northern Arizona University – 1998 “Hey Story-wanna read the Unabomber’s Manifesto?” “Huh?” “He’s got his own homepage.” “No,” I tell my little brother Bryan after two seconds of care- ful consideration, “I’m afraid that … Read More
Throwback Thursdays! We’re bringing back some of our favorite pieces from the last 30 years of Scribendi. Potter County, Pennsylvania. 1974. Karen D. Skolfield – West Chester University – 1993 The well was dry by May that year, stayed dry for three days until my scalp started to crawl, my clothes grew stiff with old sweat … Read More
Ellen Harris is a senior from the University of Northern Colorado. Her nonfiction piece “I am nothing; I see all I am part or particle of God” has won the 2017 Western Regional Honor Council’s award in nonfiction. Please see below for Scribendi’s exclusive interview with her! What was your purpose when creating this poem? … Read More