Well, it's early November, so you know what this means - October in review! And what a busy month we had - our deadline was the 16th, and we had an astonishing amount of material to review.
After countless hours of reading and discussing, we compiled a list of writers and artists we felt represented the best of our entire submissions pool. I'm excited to share with the University community everything these fine writers and artists have created; as a group, the Scribe is privileged to see so much student-produced work, and every semester, it becomes clearer that URI is home to a tremendously talented student body!
Enthusiastic congratulations to the writers and artists who were accepted into the Fall 2009 edition. To everyone who submitted but was not selected - keep working! There is still the Spring 2010 edition to look forward to, and we're always happy to see what you've been working on during winter break. You're a talented bunch, and we'd love to work with you.
Right now, we're in the planning stages of our launch event. Invitations will go out in the near future with more information. We're looking forward to being able to introduce all of our featured creative folks to each other and to the faculty and administration that have been so supportive of our efforts.
We're in the midst of the printing process, after...wow, easily over 20 hours of proofreading, layout, and ordering. Special thanks to Kate and Mollie for their keen eyes for detail - it's their relentless pursuit of perfection that helps the process go so smoothly. And thanks to Marisa, our treasurer, for keeping the paperwork flowing.
Props to our entire board for their dedication. It's been a long, tiring month, but our hard work has paid off. You've got so much to be proud of - let's have an awesome event and get ready to do this again next semester!
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November 2, 2009
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September in Review
Well, Scribe-fans, we've made it through our first month of activity for the 2009-2010 school year. And what a busy month it's been!
Week 1 (9/14 - 9/18) - The Brainstorming Week
We spent our time talking about things we can do to raise the Independent Scribe's profile on campus. We have good working relationships with several writers, and want to attract and foster new talent. Some ideas so far:
Now that we've made connections with students through First Night and the Student Organization Fair, the submissions have been coming in. We began our first round of reviews, with several prose pieces and a healthy dose of poetry.
Our prose submissions this week:
After an excellent week of review, new Scribe members are well on their way to becoming proficient editors, thanks to our highly knowledgeable editor-in-chief, Kate.
Our Monday submissions were critical essays, an important part of our publication since we encourage engagement with texts not just as creators, but as readers. We learn about exciting new perspectives from the work we receive, and cannot wait to pass it on to our readers.
(We've also been celebrating Banned Book Week.)
Our critical essay queue for this week:
What's next for the Independent Scribe? October will certainly be busy, as our deadline for all submissions is Friday the 16th at 4 PM. That still gives you plenty of time to send us your material - and there's still time to enter our contest!
Special thanks to all of our returning members for, well, returning! And to our new members for checking us out (and liking us enough to stay).
Additional thanks to Marisa, our treasurer/secretary for her prompt minutes; to Kate, for her wealth of knowledge and ability to embrace our new, younger members; to Bryan, for teaching us what "surpirse" means (don't ask).
We hope to continue receiving submissions from everyone, and look forward to working with you for the remainder of the semester.
Week 1 (9/14 - 9/18) - The Brainstorming Week
We spent our time talking about things we can do to raise the Independent Scribe's profile on campus. We have good working relationships with several writers, and want to attract and foster new talent. Some ideas so far:
- Advertising in other URI media outlets.
- T-shirts for the group - plus, a new, permanent logo!
- New contest idea to highlight some of the stellar poets we've met.
- We have several contacts in the English department - can we expand our communications into other departments? Art, Theater, Journalism, the honors program, etc.
Now that we've made connections with students through First Night and the Student Organization Fair, the submissions have been coming in. We began our first round of reviews, with several prose pieces and a healthy dose of poetry.
Our prose submissions this week:
- Obscurity
- I Love God
- da Vinci Mirror Tricks
- The Crypt of Clive Owen/Necropolis
- Terminating a Community and Society Ill
- Bump in the Road
- Dimensions of the Mind
- Quiet Dreams
- Crawl
- Black Coffee
- Rug Burn
- Dream of Fantasy
- What You Need
- Paper Mache Plans
- Four Loves
- Be My Noose
- Matza
After an excellent week of review, new Scribe members are well on their way to becoming proficient editors, thanks to our highly knowledgeable editor-in-chief, Kate.
Our Monday submissions were critical essays, an important part of our publication since we encourage engagement with texts not just as creators, but as readers. We learn about exciting new perspectives from the work we receive, and cannot wait to pass it on to our readers.
(We've also been celebrating Banned Book Week.)
Our critical essay queue for this week:
- Thoreau's Sublime Wreckage in Cape Cod
- Brown's Use of Volatile in The Coquette
- Soul-Sickness, the Ocean, and All Things Remote in Melville's Moby-Dick and Jewitt's Country of the Pointed Firs
- House of Hosts
- The Untitled Rehab One
- The Untitled Prose
- Death in Magneticism
- The Untitled One about the Cemetery
What's next for the Independent Scribe? October will certainly be busy, as our deadline for all submissions is Friday the 16th at 4 PM. That still gives you plenty of time to send us your material - and there's still time to enter our contest!
Special thanks to all of our returning members for, well, returning! And to our new members for checking us out (and liking us enough to stay).
Additional thanks to Marisa, our treasurer/secretary for her prompt minutes; to Kate, for her wealth of knowledge and ability to embrace our new, younger members; to Bryan, for teaching us what "surpirse" means (don't ask).
We hope to continue receiving submissions from everyone, and look forward to working with you for the remainder of the semester.
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