Contributor Profile – Leah Bleich, Open Media Staff Choice Award Winner

August 12, 2016

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

Contributor Profile – Kimberly Schneider, WRHC Open Media Award Winner

June 3, 2016

Wino is the WRHC Open Media Award Winner for Scribendi‘s 2016 edition, created by graphic designer, photographer, and artist Kim Schneider. Wino tells the intimate, stop-motion animated story of a woman working to confront existential questions in her life with the help of tiny figurine people and, of course, wine. The piece also serves as a music … Read More

2016 WRHC Conference and Local Opening

April 21, 2016

This past week, our fearless editors both present and future traveled to Riverside, California for the annual Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC) Conference. Our current Editor in Chief, Caitlin Carcerano, led a fifty-minute panel outlining the trials, tribulations, and ultimate triumphs of publishing Open Media in a paper magazine, a process Scribendi proudly launched in our 2011 edition. … Read More

Contributor Profile: Staff Choice Open Media Award Winner Austin Roos

July 23, 2015

This year the Scribendi staff reached a crossroads when discussing the recipient of the Staff Choice Art Award. We found the term “art” to be too all-inclusive, especially when comparing works ranging from short films to traditional drawings. We chose to split the award into Staff Choice Visual Art Award and Staff Choice Open Media … Read More

Contributor Profile: WRHC Open Media Award Winner Timothy Sanchez

April 30, 2015

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

Contributor Profile: WRHC Open Media Award Winner Marissa Thompson

August 4, 2014

*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