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During the late 1970s, the magazine included more feature articles. However in the 1980-1981 academic year,
The title change to
The number of issues published per academic year fluctuated between one and three.
This publication was received on distribution by the University Archives until 2011 and since then by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Collection is open for research.
The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holds two earlier literary publications with content by Oregon State students.
Additional information pertaining to funding and oversight of
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Issues published in the late 1970s include more feature-type articles and less art, fiction, and poetry. During this time, the magazine also included advertisements from local Corvallis businesses.
Several issues in the 1970s include the work of Oregon State students who became well known for their future creative work. A photograph by award-winning photographer and National Geographic Editor-in-Chief, Chris Johns, is published in the spring 1973 issue. Animator Harley Jessup was Art Director of the Winter 1976 issue and drawings by Jessup are published in the Winter 1975 and Summer 1976 issues. Also of note are a
Beginning in 1990, works of prose and poetry that were awarded the Provost's Literary Prize and the Weaver Undergraduate Poetry Award were published in the spring issue of the magazine.
This collection includes more than 90 issues of the magazine most of which are available in printed form. Four issues are only available in born-digital format. These 4 issues comprise 105 Mbytes. The born-digital issues as well as a selection of digitized issues from this collection are
Series 1 comprises the bulk of this collection and consists of
Term of publication not specified.
Includes a history of literary magazines at Oregon State by Christi Duerr.
Includes an editorial by Christi Duerr on reductions in science funding at Oregon State and possible impacts on the humanities.
Includes a photograph by Chris Johns (sophomore in Agriculture).
Includes an interview with Ursula K. Le Guin and a hamburger survey of Corvallis restaurants.
Includes a drawing by Harley Jessup.
Harley Jessup was Art Director of this issue.
Cover artist Harley Jessup; includes an article about the historic home at 1441 NW Grant in Corvallis.
Includes advertisements for local businesses, including Grass Roots bookstore and the Hobbit Hole.
Includes profiles of Jan Baross, Corvallis filmmaker, and Thyrza Anderson, retiring curator of the Horner Museum.
Includes a
Includes a cover article "Being gay at OSU: It's no fun" by Bob Danks.
Includes articles on Vietnam War veterans, the men's basketball team, and President Robert W. MacVicar.
Volume 12, numbers 1-2; no term of publication indicated on the issue.
Published in spring 1985; perhaps only issue during the year; volume 13, numbers 1 and 2.
Published in spring 1986 as the annual issue for 1985-1986 (?); volume 14, no. 1.
Annual issue for 1986-1987 published in spring 1987 (volume 15, no. 1).
Annual issue for 1987-1988 published in spring 1988 (v. 16, no. 1). A publisher's note included as errata indicates that an artwork published on page 41 is not an original piece as required by the acceptance guidelines for the publication.
Annual issue for 1988-1989 published in spring 1989 (v. 17, no. 1). In addition to art, photography, prose, and poetry, this issue includes a piece of music composed by Michael James Rowe.
Annual issue for 1989-1990 published in spring 1990 (v. 18, no. 1). Includes publication of the 1990 Provost Undergraduate Literary Award
Annual issue for 1990-1991 puiblished in spring 1991 (v. 19, no. 1). Includes publication of the recipient of the 1991 Provost Undergraduate Literary Award --
Annual issue for 1991-1992 published in spring 1992 (v. 20, no. 1). Includes the recipients of the 1992 Provost Undergradaute Literary Award,
Published annually for 1992-1993 in spring 1993 (volume 21). Includes the recipient of the 1993 Provost Undergraduate Literary Award presented to Erin Ergenbright for 2 poems.
Volume 22. Includes three poems by Michele Thompson that were awarded the 1994 Provost's Literary Prize.
Volume 23 published in spring 1995. Includes works by Danie Sunday and Erin Ergenbright that received the 1995 Undergraduate Literary Award.
Includes recipients of the Weaver Undergraduate Poetry Award, Jason Cooper for "Things I Know Now", and the Provost's Literary Prize, Cheryl Hills for "Franken Poodle Tornado Head Blondo from Beyondo and John".
Includes the recipient of the 1997 Provost Literary Award, "Ilima Flowers" by Elissa Minor.
Includes recipient of 1998 Provost's Literary Prize, "In Search of Cool" by Jeff Chapman.
Includes the recipient of the 1999 Provost Undergraduate Literary Award, "Motel Del Sol" by James Donnelly.
This issue includes two poems by Adrienne Platero, a teaching assistant and student in the MFA program at Oregon State University, who was diagnosed with leukemia and died soon after submitting these poems for the literary magazine.
Includes the winner of the 2004 Provost Literary Award, "All by Myself", by Kaitlyn Kernek.
Volume 42, no. 1.
Volume 42, no. 2. Available
Volume 42, no. 3; includes the 2006 Provost's Literary Prize Winner, "Hollywood Revisited" by Gavin McQuillan. Available
Volume 43, no. 1.
Volume 43, no. 3; includes the 2007 Provost's Literary Prize for Poetry, "Nephew" by Sara Gingrich, and the 2007 Provost's Literary Prize for Prose, "Petrification" by Christie VanLaningham.
Volume 44, no. 1.
Volume 44, no. 3. Available
Volume 44, no. 3; includes the recipient of the Provost's Award for Poetry, "A Portrait of Every Child" by Tabitha Stickel, and for Prose, "Napa Valley" by Katie Westerman.
Volume 45, no. 1. Available
Volume 45, no. 2. Available
Volume 45, no. 3; includes the recipient of the Provost's Literary Prize for poetry, "I Can't Help You" by Katherine Westermann, and for prose, "Line of Sight" by Alex McElroy.
Volume 46, no. 1. Available
Volume 46, no. 2. Available
Volume 46, no. 3; includes recipient of the Provost's Literary Prize for prose, "Another World" by Mark Walsh, and for poetry, "Prelude" by Leila Giovannoni.
Volume 48, no. 1.
Volume 48. no. 2.
Includes the Provost's Literary Prize for poetry, "Kayumunggi" by Malaya Lualhati, and for prose, "Seven Points" by Natasha Mackey. Available
Volume 48, no. 1. Available
Volume 48, no. 3; includes the Provost's Literary Prize winners: "In the House of the Dying" by Kayla Harr (short story) and "Patient 152" by Traci Porter (short story).
Volume 49, no. 1. Available
Volume 49, no. 2. Available
Volume 49, no. 3; includes Provost's Literary Prize winners: "All a Person Really Needs" by Ben Davis (short story) and "Remains of the Family" by Kayla Harr (poetry). Available
Volume 50, no. 1. Available
Available
Volume 50, no. 3; includes winner of Provost's Literary Prize winners "Repeat" by Jessican Kibler (non-fiction prose) and "The Mask" by Amanda Dority (poetry).
Available
Volume 51, no. 2. Available
Volume 51, no. 3; includes Provost's Literary Prize winners "Someday a Life" by Gwendolyn Hill (poetry) and "Green-eyed Girl" by Brittany Sandberg (short story). Available
Available
Available
Includes Provost Short Story Prize winner, "When You Were Here" by Nina Poloni, and Provost Poetry Prize winner, "Waves" by Eric Callahan. Available
Available
Only available
Includes the winners of the Provost's Literary Prize -- an excerpt from "Gender Trouble" by Monica Anderson and "oranges & origins" by Jade Yeen Onn. Only available
Only available
Available
Includes the 2018 Provost's Literary Prize for poetry ("On the Softsupple Banks of Hwy 205" by Ethan Heusser) and for prose ("Fortuna" by Cade Windell). This issue has a social justice theme. Available
Available
Available
Includes 2019 Literary Prize winners -- "Discomposed" by Rebecca Cyr (poetry) and "Genevieve" by Andrea Fennimore (prose). Only available
Series 2 consists of the two issues of the literary magazine published in 1978 with the title
Published in January 1978.
Published in April 1978.