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Historical facts:
Scribendi 2024 was designed to be edgy, abstract, and strong. This year’s edition of Scribendi has halftones, cutouts, and out-of-the-box elements to mimic a scrapbook look. But this isn’t your mom’s design! Scribendi staff wanted this to be a magazine you would find at your local indie coffee shop or record store. The 2024 edition features stars hand-drawn by staff, giving it a more personal feel.
What you’ll find in this issue:
The 2024 edition features forty-eight pieces by forty-two Honors students from twenty-three schools throughout the nation. In Scribendi 2024 you will find once in a lifetime moments captured in film, a video game, music, and cleverly crafted literature. If you’d like to hold the physical copy in your hands, you can order the print edition here. Please donate $10 to help cover mailing, printing, and general operating costs. You can also download a digital edition by clicking on the cover above.
Table of Contents
| Category | Contributor Name | Title of Piece | |
| Visual Art | Catherine Lockie | The Visit | |
| Fin Martens | My Dearest Fish | ||
| Bella Pulliam | The Setting of Life | ||
| Kyra Smith | Counting Sheep | ||
| Grace Caufield | Night at The Gilman | ||
| Pablo Cruz Ayala | Ofrenda Al Tierra | ||
| Pablo Cruz Ayala | Migration Without Integration | ||
| Elsie Fleming | Ich Liebe Dich, i am trying to | ||
| Renata Gonzales | Blues for Betty | ||
| Kameron Otero | Self Sunrise & Sunset | ||
| Jake Allen | Garment of Destiny | ||
| Photography | Andres De Santiago | La Casita | |
| Chen Huang | long Night | ||
| Abigail Ruffcorn | Love Lasts | ||
| Kimberly Giannone | Gloria Weaver | ||
| Siuzanna Arakelian | The Last of the Motherland | ||
| Edie Bickel | A Sinner | ||
| Amelia Evavold | a character of the talus | ||
| Haley Fetchik | Playful Forest | ||
| Open Media | Valentine Iseki | Shifting Foundations | |
| Florian Knowles | The Ballad of the Duck | ||
| Zachary Brady | Chamonix | ||
| Poetry | Danae Dang | on asteroid meridian | |
| Caroline Dergazarian | Yes Chem Hasganar | ||
| Avery Ketchmark | The Serpent | ||
| Avery Ketchmark | Archangel | ||
| Eva Kovolitsky | Letter to Kinky | ||
| Krystal Lapahie | I Woke Up Screaming This Morning | ||
| Briana Lubinski | till death do us–part | ||
| Briana Lubinski | red flag warning | ||
| Briana Lubinski | witness marks | ||
| Jaclyn Navar | Why I Say Mother Cabrini and I Have Beef | ||
| Jaclyn Navar | Eat Your Heart Out | ||
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First Lady Teeth Marks on my Heart | ||
| Short Fiction | Sophia Smith | Pierce | |
| Samantha Veres | Aphrodite’s Tits | ||
| Isabella Ferrero | from | ||
| Veronica Aguilar | Secrets and Confessions | ||
| Jack Dugan | A Plant Grows 0.002mm | ||
| Anna Louise Steig | The Tortoise God | ||
| Kelly Taylor | Mountain Man | ||
| Megan Necochea | Chronic | ||
| Hannah Braeger | His Luckiest Charm | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | Angelina Jenson | Eighteen Days | |
| Anna Louise Steig | What Happens in Cavetown | ||
| Samantha Veres | Through a Child’s Eyes | ||
| Julia Wynne | A Body | ||
| Lindi Dice | I Go Back to Randolph | ||
Check out our open media pieces below!
“Shifting Foundations” is a solar-punk video game that depicts an apartment overtaken by plants. The plants seem to have minds of their own as vines swing and Venus flytraps snap at the player. As the player escapes the apartment, they discover a serum that makes monstrous plants grow, which they can use to destroy walls. The combination of industrialism and nature that the game displays was inspired by rooftop gardens common in the Pacific Northwest. There are mountains visible through windows, art on the walls, and unique furniture. These details engage players, making them want to explore the apartment completely.
“Chamonix” is an orchestral arrangement inspired by Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, a mountain town in the French Alps. The composition is hopeful yet solemn at times, a reflection on the sweeping natural beauty of the French Alps. Crescendos and decrescendos imitate the rising and falling of mountain peaks, and as the composition becomes more complex, listeners can imagine the smaller details of the area. The different instruments converse among themselves, organically interrupting and building off of each other, like the dynamic scenery of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Love, hope, humor, drama, and (most importantly) ducks. These are the themes Florian Knowles explores in “The Ballad of the Duck.” Knowles leverages a fast-paced storytelling style to create a short video full of emotion using only inanimate objects. Viewers can follow the tale of two lovers torn from each other by the will of a dastardly villain then watch as a single, dramatic tear falls down the face of a duck who has lost their true love. Finally, viewers are invited to go quackers for the thrilling, explosive conclusion to the story. “The Ballad of the Duck” promises joy, despair, and Vine-like humor in less than a minute.