2008 Woodie Awards
New nonfiction mag Apostrophe debuts today
Jodie Jordan
Issue date: 11/17/05 Section: Lifestyle
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Apostrophe, a new magazine produced by members of Emerson's Undergraduate Writers Network (UWN) at Emerson College, is set to launch Nov. 18.
Billed as "the college's first lifestyle magazine" by its editors, Apostrophe will stray from the literary style dominating Emerson's current magazine-format publications, they said.
Apostrophe is tentatively planned as a monthly publication. Its editors describe it as "witty and articulate," a magazine designed to cater to the nonfiction reader and writer in order to fill a demand for something between creative writing and hard journalism.
"There is a larger market for nonfiction that isn't journalism that Emerson doesn't acknowledge right now," said Editor-in-Chief Emily Steers, a junior writing, literature and publishing major, and president of the UWN. According to Steers, Apostrophe hopes to provide students with a better means to explore that creative sphere.
The organization aims to promote interaction between student writers and faculty members, said Steers. Robin Fast, an associate professor of writing, literature, and publishing, serves as the organization's advisor.
The reputation of the UWN has fluctuated in the 10 years it has been an organization, Steers said, from esteemed and productive in 1995 to relatively modest and low profile as of late. With the launch of Apostrophe, Steers and Leah Wyner, a junior writing, literature and publishing major and treasurer of UWN, said they hope to reestablish the group's once ubiquitous influence and repute.
Steers formulated the idea for Apostrophe this past summer with help from friends and advisors, among them the former editor-in-chief of UMass Amherst's Daily Collegian, the largest free daily college newspaper in the Northeast. Wyner said the staff learned all they could about the launching and running of a publication.
Steers said that the creators decided it was important to launch the magazine as soon as possible to increase Apostrophe's visibility and evaluate its reception. Getting the kinks out early, she said, will help their progress and growth.
Billed as "the college's first lifestyle magazine" by its editors, Apostrophe will stray from the literary style dominating Emerson's current magazine-format publications, they said.
Apostrophe is tentatively planned as a monthly publication. Its editors describe it as "witty and articulate," a magazine designed to cater to the nonfiction reader and writer in order to fill a demand for something between creative writing and hard journalism.
"There is a larger market for nonfiction that isn't journalism that Emerson doesn't acknowledge right now," said Editor-in-Chief Emily Steers, a junior writing, literature and publishing major, and president of the UWN. According to Steers, Apostrophe hopes to provide students with a better means to explore that creative sphere.
The organization aims to promote interaction between student writers and faculty members, said Steers. Robin Fast, an associate professor of writing, literature, and publishing, serves as the organization's advisor.
The reputation of the UWN has fluctuated in the 10 years it has been an organization, Steers said, from esteemed and productive in 1995 to relatively modest and low profile as of late. With the launch of Apostrophe, Steers and Leah Wyner, a junior writing, literature and publishing major and treasurer of UWN, said they hope to reestablish the group's once ubiquitous influence and repute.
Steers formulated the idea for Apostrophe this past summer with help from friends and advisors, among them the former editor-in-chief of UMass Amherst's Daily Collegian, the largest free daily college newspaper in the Northeast. Wyner said the staff learned all they could about the launching and running of a publication.
Steers said that the creators decided it was important to launch the magazine as soon as possible to increase Apostrophe's visibility and evaluate its reception. Getting the kinks out early, she said, will help their progress and growth.
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