Welcome to Spring Semester with the Scribe!

So, what's going on this semester with the magazine, you wonder? Well, we're beginning to review submissions and so far, man, they are awesome! 

We're also running a contest this semester: The Dirty Limerick Contest! Send us your best limericks and remember, the best limericks are usually the most subtle. 

Our deadline this semester is March 25, as is our fundraiser at Orange Leaf. 

So, come and show your support for the Scribe by getting fro-yo March 25 between 4 and 9 pm!


This semester, we're going to release our insider interviews from members of the Scribe, so welcome, everyone, to the life of Kevin Gilbride:

Kevin Gilbride, the man, myth, AND legend, all in one.

Q. So, Kevin, let's start off with a fun fact about you?
A. I'll give you two. I enjoy comic books and have a fascination with North Korea.

Q. Interesting! Where would you say you "fit" within the Scribe?
A. Where do I fit within the Scribe? I AM the Scribe. Haha, Not really, but I am a member of the Editorial Board and have just become the Thursday Meeting Secretary of the group, which I like to sometimes call "The Legion of Doom".


Q. What about submissions, have you submitted anything to the magazine?
A. Not yet. Maybe I'll submit this semester.

Q. How and when did you first become involved with the Scribe?
A. I was brought in by our fearless leader, Kellie Knight, who insisted I join. I also thought that it would make me a better writer.

Q. What are you up to lately? Are you working on anything at the moment?
A. Yes but it's a secret. Like secret squirrel.

Q. Well, thank you for meeting with me Kevin, everyone will love to hear about you!


That's what's up with us lately! Stay tuned for more news about iScribe through this blog and our facebook!

Launch, OH YEA.

Want free food? Want to hear fellow URI students read their own original poetry? Want a chance to pick up  this semester's issue of The Independent Scribe? 

You can do all of these things on Thursday, December 6th. 

This Thursday, at 6:30 pm at the 193 Coffeehouse in the Union, we will be listening to our submitters read their poems and prose, discuss their art and photography, or just talk about the pieces we've accepted and are a part of the Scribe this issue.

Whether you submitted, got accepted, didn't submit, or just found out about us the day of the deadline, WHATEVER, stop by, and see the talent of your friends and classmates, pick up a book, grab a snack (for there will be a plentiful array of snack time goodies), or just come mingle.

Hope to see you there!

Deadline Extension!

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Due to the hurricane and power outages, we are STILL ACCEPTING submissions until midnight on Wednesday November 7th!!

Any last minute artwork, poems, prose, you-name-it, send it our way! 

Some important dates to keep up with the Scribe: 

Wed. Nov 7- Official Deadline for submissions (contest and regular)

(Every) Tues./ Thurs. at 2 pm- Editorial Board meetings-- come say hi! Room 302 of the MU

Thurs. Dec 6- Tentative Launch Date! (Will get back to y'all with details!)

Keep Writing!

xoxo, iScribe

Contest Information!

Do it! You know you want to ;)

This Week With The Scribe

This past week, September 24-28, has been quite eventful for iScribe! We've begun the reviewing process, so keep those submissions coming in strong. In addition, we're expanding the Scribe with a few new members. Our new friends are Kevin, Olivia, Marissa, Cat and Melanie, who have all found their place within our editorial board family. If you'd like to be one of our new friends also, come by one of our meetings!

T/TH 2-4 p.m. in the Memorial Union Room 301

Our final announcement this week is about our contest:

The Misadventurous Adventures of the Apocalypse! 

Submit anything (art, poetry, prose) that has to do with the end of the world. The top two submissions will get a fighting chance to face the Armageddon with an iScribe Survival Kit™. Keep your eyes peeled for our posters around campus and keep your creativity level up!

The Misadventurous Adventures of the Apocalypse

The end of the world is coming, folks! It's time to rev up your creative juices and submit ANY TYPE OF MEDIA to iScribe for our Fall Contest. We're taking poetry, prose, photos, paintings, or anything else you can think of as long as it's Armageddon-themed!

The prize this year will be for our top two winners to stand a fighting chance against the impending doom of the Apocalypse. They will receive a never before seen, only at URI, iScribe Survival Kit.

SUBMIT YOUR WORK. WIN A CHANCE TO SURVIVE.

WTF? The Independent Scribe's Spring 2012 Writing Contest! Deadline March 19th!

The Independent Scribe is currently accepting entrants into our bi-annual writing contest, and the question on our minds this Spring is "WTF?"

This semester, the editorial board decided to go about our normal routine and write down everything we individually overheard for a week that made us say, "What the F*!#?" We decided that we would use the resources of URI's creative community to help us figure out what one of our overheard lines of dialogue could possibly mean. The line we decided on was: "They're nice enough, I just can't bring them around anymore." If you think you can write a short story, poem, or anything else that includes this line in a way that makes sense, try it out and send us the results!

Some rules:

1. The line "They're nice enough, I just can't bring them around anymore" can be either dialogue or internal monologue.
2. The line must be included as written, but it does not have to be the first line, and cannot be the title of the piece. 
3. All submissions must be emailed to theindependentscribe@gmail.com as a .doc or .docx attachment by March 19th, 2012.
4. All other regular submission guidelines apply.

Prize info TBA - looking forward to hearing from you!