“Deconstructed Face,” Elisabeth Vehling Some people believe that the hardest parts about publishing a magazine involves reading all of the submissions and choosing which ones you want to publish. Other people say that it’s copyediting the literary works and coming to an agreement between the staff and the authors. There are even those that would … Read More
Submissions are due TODAY! You have toiled over your pieces. You have worked long and hard to polish your submissions. You have turned them into Scribendi. And then what? Now you wait. But what happens between the submission deadline and the acceptance emails? In that long space between October 13th and February what happens? What … Read More
Last Sunday, all in a couple of hours, the Scribendi staff experienced love, nature, comradery, death, and democracy. We came as close to meeting Walt Whitman as I think we ever will. And we weren’t reading Leaves of Grass: we were living it. It was March 26 and exactly 125 years after the day of … Read More
If you’re reading this, you probably know that Scribendi’s charter was revoked last year, translating to the loss of a third of our funding—our entire printing budget. But if you didn’t already know, this is our reality. Because Scribendi serves as a longtime UNM ambassador that continues to foster the growth and strength of relationships among hundreds … Read More
The Scribendi staff has been hard at work, pouring over hundreds of different submissions in order to narrow down what shall appear in the 2015 edition of the magazine. It can be quite the daunting task and when such a monumental work is undertaken, breaks of some sort have to be allowed for to … Read More
Autumn is almost here. You know what that means! (hint: if your answer wasn’t ‘Scribendi submission deadline is coming up’ maybe go reevaluate your life. And create something to submit while you’re at it.) If you haven’t submitted to Scribendi already, and you aren’t sure which category you would like to submit in, you’ve come to … Read More
Team buildings either can make or break an organization that is just starting off. That awkward, first encounter with any new group of people can almost be too painful to swallow in the moment, but if handled correctly, looking back will encourage laughter and a good deal of classic reminiscing. So was the case when … Read More
*This post is part of a series of blog posts highlighting award winning contributors and supporters of Scribendi. Interview with Dr. Price conducted 8 April 2014 Dr. V.B. Price has been a steadfast presence in the Honors College since 1986, helping students reach new understandings of the world and themselves. In 1986-87, Dr. Price … Read More