The Magazine
惭辞蝉补颈肠听is 杏吧传媒鈥檚 official literary magazine, which celebrates the incredible talent of our students. The magazine is published in print and online annually in the spring鈥攗sually released in April. 惭辞蝉补颈肠听consists solely of student-made works, such as short stories, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, freshmen essays, and artwork. We also eagerly accept submissions of short plays and graphic novel pages. The editorial board views, ranks, and edits submissions with the creators鈥� names hidden. The editorial board consists of students enrolled in Publishing Practicum (ENGL 432 in the fall and ENGL 433 in the spring) and our long-time faculty advisor, Dr. Katherine Conner.
The top-ranked pieces are entered as finalists for awards in several categories:
-Albert Davis Fiction Award
-David Middleton Poetry Award
-Kat Tracy Nonfiction Award
-Anne Elizabeth Boudreaux Trahan Freshmen Essay Award
-Editor鈥檚 Choice Award
-Outstanding Art Award
Judges in each category select the winners, who are given special mention in the new issue of Mosaic, as well as a cash prize and certificate. We typically host a release party to celebrate the publication of each new issue in April, where awards are announced and prizes distributed.
Copies of the magazine are free and available on the听Mosaic听racks around campus. You can find these racks in the Student Union, Peltier Hall, Beauregard, Elkins, Candies, Talbot, Powell/White, the College of Education and behavioral sciences, and Ellender Library.
Submission Guidelines
Mosaic听accepts submissions from all current, fee-paying 杏吧传媒 students, including graduate students. Submit your poetry, short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, freshman essays, short plays, artwork, comics, etc. by filling out our听.听
All submissions should be uploaded through the appropriate Google form. This direct upload method, as opposed to the previous method of accepting submissions via email, makes the two hundred plus files we receive each year easier to manage.
鈥� Only current 杏吧传媒 students may submit.
鈥� Files cannot exceed 100MB in size.
鈥� We prefer Word documents, JPEGs, and .PNG files.
鈥� Individual works should not exceed 5,000 words in length.
鈥� If possible, upload all works at once to avoid submitting multiple forms.
鈥� If possible, please consolidate works into 10 or fewer files.
Cover Art
Mosaic hires an artist each year, usually a current or former 杏吧传媒 student, to create the artwork for the cover and some internal pages of the magazine. This is a paid commission. If you are interested, please fill out the . The application will require you to upload some of your best artwork so we can get an idea of your style.
Mosaic History
The History of听Mosaic听as Written by Dr. John Doucet in the听惭辞蝉补颈肠听2007 Issue
鈥淔irst, the true history of听Mosaic听begins in 1949, with a side-stapled, mimeographed publication on letter-sized paper called听Pencil Tracks. Some regard听Pencil Tracks听as the 鈥減redecessor鈥� of听Mosaic. But careful reading of the Foreword to听Mosaic听1966听reveals that the two titles refer to one official student literary magazine and the same, as the student leadership decided simply to change the name. The name听鈥淧encil Tracks鈥�听was used though 1964 for 14 editions, and the name听鈥淢辞蝉补颈肠鈥�听was used for the first time with the 1966 edition and until 1968-69 edition. After a decade鈥檚 absence,听惭辞蝉补颈肠听re-emerged in 1979. [鈥 Second, the emergence of a student literary magazine at 杏吧传媒 in 1949 makes听Mosaic听one of the oldest college student literary magazines in the state, second on to听The Delta听(later named听Manchac听and still later named听The Delta听again) of LSU-Baton Rouge. That magazine began publication only two years earlier but nearly a century after the doors of its institution had opened to students. Given that 杏吧传媒 only opened its doors in 1948, student literary publication is much more an integral tradition here than at any other college or university in Louisiana. [鈥 Third, 杏吧传媒 students in the late 1970鈥檚 and early 1980鈥檚 didn鈥檛 simply establish the new series of听Mosaic听as their legacy. Literary magazines at other state universities depend upon grants, royalties, and donations and as a result of this uncertain funding, go into and out of publication. In 1981, 杏吧传媒 students were prescient enough to self-assess financial support of their magazine and thereby secure its continuity.鈥�
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