Publications
Publications
Hair Trigger
For a quarter of a century, Hair Trigger has featured the best of the
best from student writing generated in Story Workshop? and other
classes in the Fiction Writing Department. Edited by top students in
the program who work with a faculty advisor, this magazine has
maintained a standard of excellence unrivaled by similar journals from
the nation's best creative writing programs. Twenty-three issues entered in
national competitions have resulted in eighteen major awards, including
first-place prizes from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines
(CCLM), the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association (CSPA),
and the Associate Writing Programs (AWP). In addition, students
appearing in its pages have won numerous individual awards for
excellence, including over 60 individual awards from CSPA alone (three
times sweeping the Traditional Fiction, Experimental Fiction, and
creative-nonfiction Essay categories of this competition) — a record
testifying to the quality and range of writing by Columbia College
Chicago Fiction Writing Department students.
F Magazine
Devoted largely to novels-in-progress, but also including short
stories, essays, poetry, roundtable discussions, and interviews.
Founded by John Schultz. Edited by Don De Grazia, with help from
faculty, students, and interns. In today's world, for a multitude of
reasons, the author who aims at reaching the broadest possible audience
with a literary novel faces a steep, uphill battle. Novel excerpts
published in F Magazine show that is still a noble goal.
Fictionary is the department's nationally distributed newsletter. It's a totally student-produced publication.
For a quarter of a century, Hair Trigger has featured the best of the
best from student writing generated in Story Workshop? and other
classes in the Fiction Writing Department. Edited by top students in
the program who work with a faculty advisor, this magazine has
maintained a standard of excellence unrivaled by similar journals from
the nation's best creative writing programs. Twenty-three issues entered in
national competitions have resulted in eighteen major awards, including
first-place prizes from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines
(CCLM), the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association (CSPA),
and the Associate Writing Programs (AWP). In addition, students
appearing in its pages have won numerous individual awards for
excellence, including over 60 individual awards from CSPA alone (three
times sweeping the Traditional Fiction, Experimental Fiction, and
creative-nonfiction Essay categories of this competition) — a record
testifying to the quality and range of writing by Columbia College
Chicago Fiction Writing Department students.F Magazine
Devoted largely to novels-in-progress, but also including short
stories, essays, poetry, roundtable discussions, and interviews.
Founded by John Schultz. Edited by Don De Grazia, with help from
faculty, students, and interns. In today's world, for a multitude of
reasons, the author who aims at reaching the broadest possible audience
with a literary novel faces a steep, uphill battle. Novel excerpts
published in F Magazine show that is still a noble goal.
Several stories and novel excepts published in F Magazine received Illinois Arts Council literary awards. Nationally distributed.
Fictionary
Fictionary is the department's nationally distributed newsletter. It's a totally student-produced publication.
Join the staff of Fictionary and see your words in print!