The Asia Foundation is holding a fundraiser for the Morwakee school in Thailand; the children who attend this school cannot afford storybooks.
Vote for your favorite children's book, and the winning title will be donated to the school.
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October 24, 2009
Another Fab Find
The Asia Foundation is holding a fundraiser for the Morwakee school in Thailand; the children who attend this school cannot afford storybooks.
Vote for your favorite children's book, and the winning title will be donated to the school.
Fab Find of the Day
Confession: We may be having some difficulty focusing on layout today, our second 8-hour day of the process.
Fab City, USA: Our procrastination has yielded a fabulous find! Check out Antler, a fierce online creative publication that identifies as a fashion magazine, but does oh-so-much more (and one that really channels the final page of our Fall 2009 edition!)
October 20, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS!
The results are in, and the
Our most heartfelt congratulations to:
- Rob LeBlanc
- Mercer Smith
- Joe LiVolsi
- Britany Taylor
- Laura Tetreault
- Ray Mathieu
- Linda Langlois
- Mollie Bergeron
- Ankawha Blain
- Morgan Turano
- Dylan Thompson
- Nick McKnight
- Samuel D. Aboh
- Katie Walsh
- Nick Rutter
- Sarah Payne
- Patricia Weisenseel
- Katharine McAllister
- George C. Whaley, Jr.
- Marie Ventura
- Lars Nelson
- Shayne O'Sullivan
- Jessica Watson
- Brandon Genest
- Eric Slade
- Erik Giorgi
- Holly Tran
- Ian Mohon
Extra-special congratulations to Nick McKnight, who is not only a featured poet, but this edition's cover artist! No spoilers, but we can assure you that it is a lively, colorful piece that we are so excited for you to see when the publication is released.
Keep your eyes peeled for more announcements about our launch event in November!
The National Day on Writing
Today is NCTE's National Day on Writing! On October 8th, 2009 the U.S. Senate passed a resolution declaring today a national holiday. NCTE believes:
Whether we call it texting, IMing, jotting a note, writing a letter, posting an email, blogging, making a video, building an electronic presentation, composing a memo, keeping a diary, or just pulling together a report, Americans are writing like never before. Recent research suggests that writing, in its many forms, has become a daily practice for millions of Americans. It may be the quintessential 21st century skill. By collecting a cross-section of everyday writing through a National Gallery of Writing, we will better understand what matters to writers today—and when writing really counts. Understanding who writes, when, how, to whom, and for what purposes will lead to production of improved resources for writers, better strategies to nurture and celebrate writers, and improved policy to support writing.The aim of today's holiday is for writers of any genre, caliber, age or locale to pause and share their writing. For The Independent Scribe, the National Day on Writing could not have come at a more appropriate time; our editorial staff spent hours yesterday reviewing, critiquing and thoroughly enjoying all of the submissions we've received for the fall. With the review process behind us, our board will now dive into layout, and become wholly familiar and, yes, even intimate with the works chosen for publication. The Independent Scribe board, although we have not a minute to spare and pause, is certainly plowing full-speed-ahead toward publication by reading, re-reading and, honestly, adoring the work URI's writers have chosen to share with us. After reviewing 160+ pages last night, we can testify confidently: America - and certainly URI students - are indeed writing, NCTE! And this accomplishment is definitely worthy of a national holiday.
In celebration of the first-even National Day on Writing, NCTE is also hosting a web gallery of writing. Any and everyone can contribute to the national gallery, read any of the posted texts or start up a Local Gallery. The writings published on the site cover the proverbial gambit of genre, encompassing: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, song lyrics, recipes, dirty laundry lists, film reviews, critical essays, to-do lists, character development plans, word-vomit, travel texts, personal narratives, diary entries and beyond. Browsing the gallery is definitely worth one's time, if not only for the variety of texts.
Patrons of the gallery may utilize the search engine to find galleries based on geography, age, purpose or key words. Numerous galleries have been opened in Rhode Island, including one by a URI Writing Class: WRT 490 at URI. Many talented URI students, including our own editor-in-chief, can be found here. Moreover, a number of writers being printed in our Fall 2009 edition also appear in this Local Gallery space; browse the space and enjoy fellow URI writer's "writings from the everyday."
Contributing to the National Gallery of Writing is easy. One must simply make an account, using an email address, and upload the desired file for publication. I strongly encourage all of your to submit a piece of writing you are proud of to this gallery; there is a particular pride that comes with "going public," and we believe it is an unusual sensation all writers are entitled to and should experience.
If you chose to submit to the National Gallery or start up a Local Gallery, please leave a comment below so we can view your work! We look forward to seeing you in the gallery.
October 16, 2009
Time's Up!
As of 4 PM, our Fall 2009 deadline has passed!
Extensive, copious thanks to everyone who submitted. We've had a grand time reading and discussing your submissions. To those of you whose submissions are currently awaiting review, we are so excited to get cracking on Monday.
We will be greenlighting submissions in the next week or two, so watch your inboxes!
And now for something completely different - the layout process. Layout can be very nit-picky work, and very time-consuming, but that attention to detail guarantees that we can showcase everyone's fine work.
We had an excellent meeting with our publisher, and are feeling very positive about this edition. We discussed our layout options, cover stock, and our timeline. Once we get the ball rolling, we'll be able to release more details.
Right now, we're aiming for a November launch and a reading event. We'll be able to share more information as our short-term goals are met - all these little tasks bring us closer to our ultimate goal of sharing the myriad talents of URI's students and alumni.
I am tremendously proud of the work our editorial board has done so far, and am looking forward to seeing this edition come to fruition.
In the coming weeks, we will be making more announcements about our Spring 2010 deadline; we have also held over the Secret Society of Demolition Scribers contest until spring.
Again, my deepest thanks to all of our interested writers and artists. We have seen so much beautiful, exciting, and even funny, material that we cannot wait to share with the University community.
Extensive, copious thanks to everyone who submitted. We've had a grand time reading and discussing your submissions. To those of you whose submissions are currently awaiting review, we are so excited to get cracking on Monday.
We will be greenlighting submissions in the next week or two, so watch your inboxes!
And now for something completely different - the layout process. Layout can be very nit-picky work, and very time-consuming, but that attention to detail guarantees that we can showcase everyone's fine work.
We had an excellent meeting with our publisher, and are feeling very positive about this edition. We discussed our layout options, cover stock, and our timeline. Once we get the ball rolling, we'll be able to release more details.
Right now, we're aiming for a November launch and a reading event. We'll be able to share more information as our short-term goals are met - all these little tasks bring us closer to our ultimate goal of sharing the myriad talents of URI's students and alumni.
I am tremendously proud of the work our editorial board has done so far, and am looking forward to seeing this edition come to fruition.
In the coming weeks, we will be making more announcements about our Spring 2010 deadline; we have also held over the Secret Society of Demolition Scribers contest until spring.
Again, my deepest thanks to all of our interested writers and artists. We have seen so much beautiful, exciting, and even funny, material that we cannot wait to share with the University community.
October 12, 2009
Fall Deadline Fast Approaching!
Hello, Scribe-fans!
Remember that this Friday is our deadline for the Fall 2009 edition! We've still got plenty of room for more poetry, essays, short fiction, and artwork - so send it our way!
And a couple of meeting notes for this week:
* - What kind of events, you may ask. We're ironing out the details of our production process, planning a launch event, and picking our Spring 2010 deadline. We're not kidding when we say we're busy.
Remember that this Friday is our deadline for the Fall 2009 edition! We've still got plenty of room for more poetry, essays, short fiction, and artwork - so send it our way!
And a couple of meeting notes for this week:
- Monday - we will be scouring Fine Arts for submissions.
- Wednesday - we will be attending Prof. Mary Cappello's reading of Called Back.
- Friday - deadline! We may be meeting to review the last of the submissions, details to follow soon.
- Near Future - we will be announcing some exciting upcoming events* within the next week, watch this space for more!
* - What kind of events, you may ask. We're ironing out the details of our production process, planning a launch event, and picking our Spring 2010 deadline. We're not kidding when we say we're busy.
September 30, 2009
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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