CCD Ourglass Literary Magazine

03/16/2026

Meet your student editors from the fall '25 semester!

12/02/2025

Proofing the Lit Mag!!! Exciting Stuff!!!!!!

11/06/2025

Part of our editorial team is working on sending out acceptance letters!!

11/06/2025

Here are the results of Ourglass "I fear..." event! Stay tuned for our next event!

10/21/2025

Please Join Us on October 30th from 12-3:30pm in the Cherry Creek building AND Confluence for our first Tales from the Tivoli event! Come tell us your fears and learn about CCDs Literacy Magazine! There will be pizza!!

10/07/2025

Part of the poetry editing team for the next issue of our Ourglass magazine! Stay Tuned!!!

09/15/2025

Just read about this awesome news: one the artists published in Ourglass is having a moment. 🥳
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/09/nx-s1-5527245/npr-best-student-podcast-finalists-announced

And the link to the podcast: https://m.soundcloud.com/ayah-al-masyabi/finding-the-one
Swoop CityHawk
Community College of Denver
CCD Theatre Arts

Join Ayah Al-Masyabi on her journey to find the right medication for her mental health. After doctor’s appointment after doctor’s appointment, she discovers that it is even harder to “find the one” th

09/03/2025

Hello! Just radiating good vibes...

Let us gather in a flourishing way with sunluz grains abriendo los cantos que cargamos cada día en el young pasto nuestro cuerpo para regalar y dar feliz perlas pearls of corn flowing árboles de vida en las cuatro esquinas let us gather in a flourishing way contentos llenos de fuerza to vida…

08/15/2025

Hi Ourglass Fans! Wow. A month has gone by and the start of the semester is upon us.

News: our first ever literary magazine class will launch next week! The course will be in charge of launching Ourglass in 2026! Yes!

In the meantime, students, submissions are open for art, poetry, nonfiction and fiction. Send us your work!

Ourglass, now in its 43rd year of publication, is the journal of the English and Graphic Design programs at CCD. It is dedicated to providing a forum for the poetry, prose, drama, design, and artwork of our students.

07/17/2025

Students! Submissions are open for the 2026 edition while our team begins work for the 2025 edition this fall! See the link below.
https://www.ccd.edu/academics-programs/pathways-study/arts-communication-design/english/ourglass-student-publication

Also, we have photos of our 2025 edition in the Cherry Creek display case. Props to the student driven Desing Studio for their terrific work!

05/28/2025

Students! We are nearing the deadline for submissions for the 2025 edition! Send us your art, photography, fiction, flash fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction by 5/31.😀 We look forward to reading your work!

Ourglass, now in its 43rd year of publication, is the journal of the English and Graphic Design programs at CCD. It is dedicated to providing a forum for the poetry, prose, drama, design, and artwork of our students.

05/06/2025

We finally have a chance to post photos from the launch! Great turnout! Even Leonard Winograd made an appearance, but you won't see him in this post. :)

Again, if you would like to donate to the LW Award and receive an copy of this year's addition, see the link below. Proceeds go to the award and to the CCD Foundation.

https://tinyurl.com/2p9srb4x
Swoop CityHawk
Community College of Denver
CCD Theatre Arts