Malaina Yoder | Echo
Submit to Parnassus. Don't worry-Parnassus isn't another cultic Broho title.
Editor Suzi Rhee said, "(The students) probably thought that Parnassus was another weird dorm thing, but it's just a literary journal and anyone can submit."
Parnassus contains collections of creative fiction or nonfiction pieces, poetry and artwork. "Submit to Parnassus" will continue to plaster campus to promote the new issue.
Senior Malinda Patterson, head editor for Parnassus, states the purpose is the same as any work of art.
"One of the things we've talked a lot about is the idea that art serves more or less as a chronicle of the time we spend in a place, and it acts as a record of the things that we felt, the things that we experienced, in a way that something like a newspaper or the student yearbook doesn't quite encapsulate," Patterson said.
Rhee also has a vision for Parnassus as it's released to the student body.
"It reflects who we are and then it shows us who we can be," Rhee said. "The thing is that since it's by people on campus it reflects the heart of those people and the community around them."
Patterson says that seeing her name in print is satisfying. "I think this was the first time I was ever published and that was really fun. It looks good to say you've been published in it . . . If you're someone who hopes to be published in another form someday, it's something you can have in a bio. "
Starting on Oct. 1, students will have about three weeks to submit their work online via the website "Submittable." The link will be on posters, sent out in emails and written on whiteboards. There's step-by-step submission instructions on the website for fiction, artwork and poetry.
The whole magazine is very student-driven. Assistant Professor of English Aaron Housholder oversees the details of the production, but the students control the journal's content. Each student reads every piece. Patterson then leads discussions on what they want to accept. They also discuss what makes a good fiction, poetry and photography.
"I think that's one of the coolest things about Parnassus," Patterson said. "It's one of the places that people can feel safe sending their stories in and knowing that they'll be read carefully and they'll be respected. Even the submissions that don't get in. We'll make sure to be careful with everyone's work because they're sending in pieces of themselves."
