What We Want

Since we are a rotating editorial board of approximately ten members, we annually discuss what we are looking for in the pieces we review. Here is a recent list to help you to understand how we arrived at the 2017 collection of voices.

We want:

• unique voices, personality
• from the heart truthfulness, no BS
• interesting, diverse topics
• variety
• human condition
• message
• relevance
• if there’s profanity, it should be authentic/useful
• though we welcome all, we want student voices

We don’t want:

• unwarranted verbosity, soporific texts or images
• clichés, overdone messages, heavy-handed lectures
• contrived or cutesy creations
• themes (beyond our mini essays)
• book-length manuscripts or collections