''Wall Literary Journal'' is an annually published
literary magazine founded in 2001 featuring selected works from
Saddleback College
Saddleback College is a public community college in Mission Viejo, California. It is part of the California Community College system and awards over 300 associate degrees, academic certificates, and occupational skills awards in 190 programs. ...
students. It publishes
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
,
poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
,
personal narratives,
photography
Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...
, and
artwork
A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...
. A printed copy of the journal circulates on campus at the start of Saddleback's Fall Semester. Unlike many other college and university literary journals, WALL only accepts submissions from students currently enrolled at Saddleback College. Staff members consist of Saddleback College students and are responsible for reviewing and selecting student submissions, layout and design, proofing, copy editing, and publicity.
Awards and acclaim
2017
American Scholastic Press Association
Most Outstanding Community College Literary-Art Magazine
First Place with Special Merit Magazine Award
2016
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place with Special Merit Magazine Award
Community College Humanities Association
2nd Place, Best Magazine Award, Pacific-Western Region
2015
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place, Magazine Award: WALL Literary Journal
Community College Humanities Association
Pacific-Western Region Division
3rd Place, Creative Nonfiction: Jilly Pretzel, “Chicken”
2nd Place, Artwork: Anibal Santos, "El Nahual"
2014
Community College Humanities Association
*Pacific-Western Division Literary Competition (sponsored by the Community College Humanities Association)
**Second Place awarded to "Experimentation" by Sterling Arthur Leva
**Second Place awarded to "Good Habits" by Ellen Rose
2013
*American Scholastic Press Association
**First Place among campus literary magazines
2012
*American Scholastic Press Association
**First Place among campus literary magazines
“One of the Best New Literary Magazines in the nation” – The Community College Humanities Association, 2001
Masthead
The WALL staff is broken down into five committees: Short Story, Poetry, Essay, Art, and Publicity. Each committee, excluding Publicity, is headed by an editor. All staff members are managed by the Editor-in-Chief and Faculty Advisor (a professor at Saddleback College).
* Charles (Harry) H.M. Foster Editor-in-Chief (2019)
* Brooke Campbell - Editor-in-Chief (2017)
* Karen Renee Bailey - Editor-in-Chief (2016)
* Matthew Durham - Editor-in-Chief (2015)
* Sterling Arthur Leva - Editor-in-Chief (2014)
*
Alexander Kusztyk – Editor-in-Chief (2013)
* Denise Blike – Editor-in-Chief (2012)
* Jaclyn Fauls – Editor-in-Chief (2011)
* Erik Adams – Editor-in-Chief (2010)
* Gina Shaffer – Current Faculty Advisor
*
Amy Sterling Casil – Former Faculty Advisor
* Suki Fisher – Former Faculty Advisor
* Josh Pryor - Former Faculty Advisor
See also
*
List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
References
External links
WALL Literary Journal HomepageSaddleback CollegeSouth Orange County Community College District
Literary magazines published in the United States
Student magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 2000
Magazines published in California
Annual magazines published in the United States
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