Every year, Scribendi’s editors bestow two award to published pieces in the categories of art and literature. This year, the editors chose Krista Zimmerman’s photograph The Ties that Bind Us for the Editors’ Choice Art Award. Scribendi reached out to Krista to find out more about this haunting, tense photograph. The Ties that Bind Us … Read More
“Mandatory” isn’t often met with grins and nods. More often than not, it’s received with groans and mumbled (or sometimes brazenly loud) complaints. August 25th wasn’t much different. After all, who wants to spend three hours on a Saturday evening with seventeen strangers? But, as our professor Amaris Ketcham had instructed, one by one we … Read More
When it came time for the Editors to choose their award winners, this is how the conversation went: “Want to go with Pyrrhus for literature?” “Sounds good!” “Let’s do it!” End scene. Pyrrhus is a fun read full of history, linguistics, and a whole lot of fire. The author Jenica Jessen is majoring in linguistics … Read More
This coming Sunday, August 28, we are hosting a fundraiser for Scribendi at B2B, in Nob Hill! Join us from 12-9pm and Scribendi can get up to 25% of all food sales made during that time. Every food order counts! So please invite your friends, family, classmates, neighbors, mailpeople, and anyone else who might be interested in having a … Read More
Leah Bleich helped create the Open Media Staff Choice Award-winning BLOOM. Here, she answers some questions about herself and her piece. How do you feel about being published? I’m thrilled to have BLOOM published in Scribendi! It’s exciting to know that the film is being watched and enjoyed, and it makes the creative process even more worth it. What … Read More
“Wooden Head” is neither wooden, nor a head. Rather, it is a sculpture created by Ms. Olivia Comstock, a friendly Idahoan who is a freshman at the University of Idaho and who is studying microbiology and philosophy. Recently, I interviewed her to learn more about her, “Wooden Head” and what it means, how it was … Read More
When deliberating which literature piece deserved our Staff Choice Award, our staff faced a tough choice—we received so many good pieces! Of all of the literature pieces published, Dorothea Rosenblatt’s “To Tabitha—” stood out to us for many reasons. From the relatable emotions that arc through the five stanzas to the unique concrete images that transport the reader to … Read More
Josh Lane’s work, Life in Varanasi, won the WRHC Photography award. It is characterized by beautiful, saturated colors against the morbid scene of a funeral. This ceremony occurred when he was at the house of Raj, a shop owner in the city of Varanasi. He invited Josh to lunch with his family. As Josh approached, he … Read More