So…have you heard about Writers? If you’ve interacted with me in any capacity over the last four months, you probably do, because I’ve been talking about it basically nonstop since January. If you’ve been lucky enough to avoid me for that long, then let me fill you in: Writers is a student-led literary journal featuring art…
Writers Magazine 2018 By Keaton Gaughan As I sit down to write about the 2018 edition of Writers magazine, I’m finding it difficult to shift my thoughts away from the Launch Party that we held on Founder’s Day in the campus bookstore. For those of you who couldn’t make it this year or have no…
By Keaton Gaughan Hey all you creative-minds. You know that profound poem, striking short story, or perfect photograph you have just sitting there in some file on your desktop? Well, Writers Magazine wants it. Send your creative writing and visual art to up.writersmag@gmail.com by February 9th for the chance to be published in UP’s…
by Morgan Mann Hey all you creative-types! You know that profound poem, striking short story, or perfect photograph you have just sitting there in your computer?* Writers Magazine wants it! Send your creativewriting and visual art to writersmagazine2016@gmail.com by February 12th for the chance to be published. Keep up to date on everything Writers…
by Morgan Mann Writers Magazine is currently accepting applications for our 2016 Editorial Board. For those of you who haven’t heard of Writers: it is an annual publication of current UP students’ creative writing—prose, poetry, nonfiction, etc.—and visual art—photography, sketches, paintings, prints, etc. If you want to check out previous editions, go here. Hey! I’m…
by Hope Dorman On Founders’ Day 2015, the Writers editorial board launched this year’s issue of Writers magazine. Some contributors read their work to a group of friends and enthusiasts. The party was a great way to usher in the product of our hard work, but if you missed it, be sure to grab a copy of…
by Athena Lathos I may be one of those literary types who have perhaps exalted David Foster Wallace to a cult status he doesn’t always deserve. However, I will always believe that—iconographic aura aside—Wallace wrote a great deal of beautiful sentences about the power of art and writing to connect us to one another in…
by Dorian Pacheco Are you ready? UP’s very own literary magazine will launch April 8th at 5:30 in the Campus Bookstore. This year’s edition features a plethora of people, from first-years to veteran Writers contributors from all majors. Here’s Editor in Chief Hannah Robinson on what we can expect from this year’s edition: “I think…
A guest post by Hannah Robinson, Senior Editor of Writers What do Apricot Pineapple Jam, Spring 2009, and Idleness have in common? Writers Magazine!* For those of you who don’t know, Writers is UP’s annual publication of student creative works. Since 1977, Writers has been a creative outlet for students across campus, publishing a collection…
The following post is brought to you by senior English major Ian Clark who served as the senior editor of Writers this year. I did not know what to expect when I first joined the Writers Magazine editorial board as a freshman. For all I knew, the University of Portland’s literary magazine was populated by benign…