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This past Saturday, November 6th, Scribendi participated in UNM’s annual Homecoming celebration. We had tables full of items in the Honors College forum for the alumni to bid on. All the money we received through this event will go toward making the next edition of the magazine just as amazing as the past editions. Items … Read More

Last Saturday, October 23rd, Scribendi hosted an open mic event at the Little Bear Coffee Co. on Central. The entire evening was a success due to the attendance of so many wonderful creatives who shared their work and to staff member Drew who spear-headed preparation and planning for the evening.  We heard wonderful performances of … Read More

Hello, Scribendi readers and submitters, Our submission deadline is coming up quickly! If you have a piece of poetry, creative non-fiction, short fiction, visual art, photography, or open media that you would like to submit, make sure to submit it before the deadline on October 15th! With that said, we have already received a large … Read More

On September 22, staff members Rose and Jacquelynn hosted the annual Scribendi Publications Fair at La Posada Pedway. In collaboration with the chief editors of Limina and Conceptions Southwest, hundreds of free magazines were handed out to students within the four-hour time frame—the staff members of the three magazines tabled between 10 a.m. and 2 … Read More

After a year and a half working online, the Scribendi team is finally back in the office! The past few semesters have been challenging for everyone in different ways, but that only makes us more excited to be collaborating, in person, on the 2022 edition of Scribendi. With a new staff and exciting new ideas, … Read More

Marroquin was a former Scribendi staff member who worked on 2013 edition. She was a STEM major who wanted to explore her artistic side as a Scribendi member. Marroquin believes that being Scribendi member is a lifelong valuable experience directly useful in various life-long activities.   “I gained skills in graphic design, copy editing, and learned about the steps that go into journal production. I was … Read More

For the next installment of our interview series, Scribendi staff member Alex Dickey sat down with WRHC Poetry Award Winner Sogol Gharaei to talk about her poem “Diaspora.” From her contributor bio: “Sogol is a first-generation immigrant from Iran. She wrote this small collection because the world is full of other voices that are never heard. She wrote to … Read More

What was your inspiration behind drawing “Harvested Selfhood”?  The concept of fruit and vegetable portraiture was definitely inspired by the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. He’s a 14th-century Italian artist that did a lot of intricate portraiture using anything from babies to books! A lot of his work is surrealist feeling, but he did it before it was cool. I ran with the concept for a drawing assignment and then later recycled it to create the lithography print that … Read More

What inspired you to write “Sincerely, a Climate Science Undergrad”?  There’s a piece within the piece, it’s a lot of journal entries and short stories strung together. The original of the stories that I wrote that kind of inspired the whole thing was the “Sincerely, a Climate Science Undergrad” that’s written as a letter to some of my professors and I wrote that last year … Read More

Saul Vazquez is a student at California State University, Northridge and is currently in his second year. He is second from his nuclear and extended family to go to college.  How did you create “Luz de la Luna”, both conceptually and physically? Were there any particular considerations when constructing this piece?  I wanted this piece … Read More