The Asbury Review is an annual student publication celebrating the creative expressions of our campus. It is an art and literary magazine combining the written word with visual art to celebrate a variety of artistic media. The Review is led by faculty advisor Professor Kristina Erny, along with this year’s editors-in-chief, Anna Lauren Jacobs and Grace Crall, who were named at the beginning of the semester and have since been organizing their team of readers, section editors and designers from a list of applicants. Not only is the Review an annual publication taking submissions from the campus student body, but the staff also hosts several all-campus activities to nurture the creative spirit of campus and to allow students an opportunity to practice their craft.
Students and faculty should follow the updated Instagram account @theasburyreview, which is filled with news and events surrounding the Review. This Saturday, Oct. 10, is the first of two Generative Writing Sessions this semester. The event will be led by Erny and will be focused on generating pieces of poetry through fun writing prompts with a vibrant community of creatives. The next Generative Writing Session will be focused on pieces of fiction and will be happening the following week, Oct. 15. Later, they will be hosting a poetry and spoken work night with artist Lo Alaman on Oct. 26. The Review staff will also be hosting three workshop nights where students can bring their work in for critique and editing help (Oct. 29, Nov. 5 & 12, from 7-10 p.m.). This is all in an effort to give students on campus extra creative juice and initiative before submissions to the magazine open up on Nov. 1. At that time, they will accept images of visual art and files of different genre pieces. The work submitted may come from any time in the past year and may be the product of class work and/or personal inspiration.
While the Review does not have a specific theme that governs the works that are chosen, the tide and pulse of campus generally leads to a theme found in the body of work selected. This natural formation is able to reflect the attitudes and thoughts of campus at the time of publication, making each magazine unique and reflective of campus life. Students may, and are encouraged to, submit works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and visual arts to the Review. More information will be sent out regarding specific guidelines for submissions. Inquiries can be written to asburyreview@asbury.edu or to the email accounts of Anna Lauren and Grace (anna.jacobs@asbury.edu and katherine.crall@asbury.edu). Students may also visit the office of Professor Kristina Erny, whose office door will have the poster of events posted, on the third floor of Morrison or email her accordingly.
