Spencer Ritchi is the author of “A Bad Day For Jess,” Scribendi’s Staff Choice Award winner for the literature category. With a fresh take on the often-romanticized depression, his raw, realistic portrayal of Jess’s insecurities and fears provide a depth of feeling that captures the complexity of loving someone affected with mental illness. Spencer took some … Read More
This piece was selected as the WRHC award winner in the Open Media category. This essentially means it was deemed the most exemplary open media piece submitted this year. Between the amazing composition of the piece and the unique blend of percussion instruments, it clearly represents the high standard of work the WRHC looks for … Read More
It’s time to meet the winner of this year’s WRHC (Western Regional Honors Council) Art Award Winner. Marco Rodriguez studies at Mt. San Antonio College, and his piece Bird was chosen by a panel of WRHC judges to win this year’s award. Marco was notified of Scribendi’s call for submissions by his college’s honors department, … Read More
One of the longest serving members of Scribendi has returned as the faculty advisor. She served on staff for the 2004 edition, Editor in the 2005 edition, and office manager for the 2006 and 2007 editions. She returned six years later as the Faculty Advisor for the 2013 edition. After taking the reins from Dr. Donovan … Read More
Dr. Leslie Donovan was the fourth faculty advisor for Scribendi. She held the position the longest of all our faculty advisors, from the ’98 to ’07 edition, and again from the ‘09 to the ’12 edition. Before Scribendi she had been involved with small publications for about twenty years. She’s also been closely involved with … 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
*This post is part of a series of blog posts highlighting award winning contributors and supporters of Scribendi. Nicole Taylor, a freshman environmental science major at the University of New Mexico, won this year’s Scribendi Editor’s Choice Award for art. Nicole’s piece, entitled Sea Serpent, is a porcelain sculpture of a sea serpent set on … Read More