Clockwise, from top left, staff of [in]Visible: Amy Borsuk ’14, Victoria Davis ’14, Nikki Broderick ’14, Catherine Wang ’13, Ann Mayhew ’13, Asia Morris ’12, Skye Olson ’13, Emma Kellman ’14
The annual Journal began in 1999 and consisted of academic essays from Scripps students, including the winners of the Sands Essay Award, given to the two best Writing 50 essays. According to Drake, the purpose was “undoubtedly to showcase excellent student writing [in volume one, essays came from writing, Core, and classics courses], but also to let everyone read the essays that won the Sands Essay Award each year, which is important for any such award.” In the early years, the coordinator of the Writing Program was the sole editor and staff member. After Scripps College created a tenure-track faculty director of the Writing Program, first filled by Frank Cioffi (at Scripps from 2004-2007), the Journal evolved. It now includes creative pieces and the imaginative subtitle. It has continued to be edited entirely by a group of students: Lindsay Adams ’10 was editor-in-chief for two years, 2009 and 2010. Then, in 2011, Alexandra Talleur ’12 became editor-in-chief, with Natalie Cannon ’12 assistant editor; content editors were Anne Dreshfield ’13, Lauren (LM) Ellzey ’13, Lindsay Gutierrez ’13, and Mary Callahan ’13. Talleur will continue at the helm for the 2012 issue. The stylish publication now boasts color pages and student art and photography, as well as poems. It accepts submissions from all students in The Claremont Colleges, but only if they are taking a Scripps writing course. Still, the editors work hard to ensure that the majority of submissions are from Scripps students, through advertising and word-of-mouth. Drake uses the Scripps Journal as a teaching tool, as it “provides models of what we expect from academic student writing on the level of both form and argument.” She particularly likes the Scripps Journal for its inclusion of a wide range of cross-disciplinary written and visual representations, which reflect both the interdisciplinary focus of the College, and also the “writing studies” focus of the Writing Program. LM Ellzey, a creative writing major and contributor to Scripps Journal, will oversee the fiction section for the spring 2012 edition. “I want to surround myself with creative writing
Vritti Goel ’12 and KC Mautner ’12 meet in the Steele Computer Lab, where they laid out each issue of the student publication voice last year. Lauren Prince ’14 joins Goel as coeditor this year.
both during and after college,” she said. “On the 5-C campuses, especially at Scripps, there is a disconnect between creative writing and academic writing,” says Ellzey. “The Journal really helps represent those that do writing, as well as show others that creative writing is possible, and it can be printed…. It’s just fun to have your writing in print.” LM Ellzey ’13 is the latest recipient Ellzey has immersed of the Crombie Allen award for best herself in writing since written creative work by a Scripps she was in fourth grade student, announced at the College’s and wrote her first novel, awards ceremony on May 14. Ellzey, a murder. “It was really who loves writing short fiction and weird—at one point is a self-designed writing major, I decided I liked the earned the Crombie for her short bad guy better than the story “Water Puddles.” hero!” Her writing includes poetry, essays, and fiction. You can read samples in the Scripps Magazine online version, at www.scrippscollege.edu along with work by other Scripps students. Thanks to student initiative and faculty and staff support and encouragement, creative writing thrives on the Scripps College campus.
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