Students showcase creativity
Submissions for Etchings, the University of Indianapolis’ literary magazine are due on Oct. 15.
Etchings is an entirely student run operation that publishes annually.
Etchings is overseen by Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Weber and Assistant Professor of English Kevin McKelvey.
The publication includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art and photography submitted by students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Each issue contains 10 pieces of graphic art, three short stories, three essays and five poems totaling 10 pages.
Weber believes that Etchings serves a very important purpose on campus.
“I think it started out of a need for us [University of Indianapolis community] to share our work with each other… for people to have a forum for their work, to see it published, to see their work next to other people’s work,” Weber said.
Senior Melanie Orr, editor of Etchings, said that the process of putting the publication together and being a part of it is very rewarding, not only for the student staff but also the writers who submit.
“At first, I just needed the credits [from the class], but then I realized that it was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” Orr said. “There is nothing more rewarding than seeing your name in print, so submit, submit, submit.”
Weber also feels that the students in charge of Etchings have a great deal to learn and gain from the publication.
“The students who work on it get a chance to experience what it’s like to produce a literary fine arts journal,” she said. “It gives them really good life skills of having to decide what goes in something.They design it. They do everything.”
The 2009 publication of Etchings received several awards at the Indiana Collegiate Press Association Conference held at Ball State University last April. Etchings received Best Overall Design, Best Photographic Illustration and Best Hand-Drawn Illustration.
Submissions for Etchings can be sent via e-mail to uindyetchings@gmail.com.
Students are entitled to one free issue. Additional issues after that will be $1 each. Students can obtain copies by emailing Weber or McKelvey, or by stopping by the English department offices.
