New Literary Magazine Comes to Campus
posted by Aysha Carter | November 25, 2015 | In Arts and CultureIn 2016-2017, the Department of English at Fayetteville State University will launch Conjure: An online and print literary journal dedicated to publishing the unique writing and visual art of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The journal takes its name from Charles W. Chesnutt’s famous collection of short stories titled The Conjure Woman (1899).
FSU is a campus nearly exploding with raw, energetic talent. The Conjure Spoken Word Event is an excellent way to expose these up and coming artist. The event is being organized by four English majors but is open to students of all disciplines. There will be auditions held to find poets and artist for the main showcase, which will be on November 19th, 7:00p.m. in the School of Business and Economics building, room 140.
Spoken Word is poetry that often includes theater, dance, and music; it also emphasizes wordplay and storytelling. This is a chance for all students to express themselves artistically and sound off to like minded individuals.
Our University’s connection to Charles W. Chesnutt and his position as the first prominent African American writer made FSU the ideal home for Conjure.
To our knowledge, this journal will be the first of its kind, and view the project as a means of uniting the over 100 HBCU’s within the country.
The first issue will be the ‘North Carolina’ issue, in which students from North Carolina’s many HBCU’s will be highly encouraged to submit their work; later, the journal will expand to the remaining HBCU’s during the following year.
The editors for the journal are currently looking for submissions of poetry, short stories, essays and visual art. Submissions are being accepted from September 2015 until March 2016 at conjurejournal@gmail.com. The journal will also be hosting a literary contest in the spring in anticipation for the online debut issue.
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