By Theaibold Kennon III
Lamp Staff
SPRINGFIELD – Students ate cookies and drank punch to celebrate the latest edition of the Lincoln Land Review at noon Tuesday Oct. 18, in the A.Lincoln Commons.
Students got to give a reading and display artwork from this year’s Review in front of a crowd of students who stopped to listen and enjoy the free refreshments.
For the last seven years, Lincoln Land has published the Lincoln Land Review, featuring the best collection of student writing and visual works from the Arts and Humanities Department, as well as other courses at Lincoln Land.
Students can submit work for inclusion in the next issue of the Review until Jan. 15, 2017. Submissions can be for best digital media, creative nonfiction, academic nonfiction, poetry and fiction, which can be written for class, or not.
Professors Eric Stachera and Cara Swafford, who are advisers to the Review, hosted the party.
Kennedeigh McKee read “The Grave Site” from last year’s magazine, before she had to leave for class. Robin Easton-Barr shared her emotional and award-winning, for the best submissions in poetry, “Breaking Free.” Afterwards, Sheila Bryant recited her “One Vision, Many Solutions” essay to the crowd.
The winner for best short story in fiction, Lukas J. Myers, read a modified part from “Mint Leaves.” It was modified because he said he continues to work on and edit it.
The next speaker was Kathy Smith reading from a piece she wrote a few years ago, “Employee Benefits.”
Finally, the award winner for best academic nonfiction, Matt LeMasters, read his work, “The Thousand Yard Stare: The Forgotten Struggle of the Greatest Generation,” which combined the visual presentation with his reading.
During all the readings, the visual media played on a loop on the screen to the side. They showed visual works such as Jesse Flock’s cover art called “Graphic Graffiti.” The review features visual work by Antonio Byas, Christine Zack, Gunes Burcu, Suzanne Traylor, Diane Wilson, Miles Guffy, E. Vern Taylor, Matt Utterback, Daniel Stainfield, Lainy Lemley, Jennifer Cawley, Mason Lyons, Lainy Lamkey, Doug Wagner and Brian Blythe.
Those interested in submitting visual or written works, please contact the Lincoln Land Review at [email protected] or pick up the free print version of the journal in the library or a digital version at lincolnlandreview.org.
Theaibold Kennon III can be reached at [email protected].
