The Yahara Journal

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Join us for the 2022 Yahara Journal Book release!!! Come celebrate and support your fellow Madison College creatives this Friday, April 29th from noon to 1pm in the Intercultural Exchange - Truax Campus (C1430). Pick up your copy of the latest edition and enjoy the program, food and drinks, See you Friday!

You can also join us virtually by scanning the QR code or following the link: https://madisoncollege.webex.com/madisoncollege/j.php?MTID=m374cde4ed8f77df809e5ef98b074f2dc

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Yahara Journal Spring Contests! Madison College students are a talented bunch and you all did not make it easy for us to choose winners. Please help us congratulate the YJ Spring Contest winners 🎉🎉🎉

Poetry
First place – Sakkara Richards, “Color Me”
Second place – Emma Stone, “Maybe in the Spring”
Third place – Diego F. Rojas Lira, “The Extinction that We Cause”

Prose
First place – Paige Zezulka, “Fishing in the Dark”
Second place – Sabrina Her, “Dear Elia”
Third place – Rayne Felton, “Odessa”

Photo
First place – Emmy Berning, “Startrails in the Grand Canyon”
Second place – Abigail Schaefer, “Waiting for the Bus”
Third place – Veronica Mingle, “Missing”
Honorable mention – Sterling Ruemmler, “From the Deep”

Artwork
First place – Liam Klein, “Untitled Portrait”
Second place – Nicholas O’Neill, “1500”
Third place – Jaime Willkomm, “A World Within a Drawer”
Honorable mention – Anna Franklin, “King of Queen”

Before you set off for Spring Break, get your submissions in! It's the last weekend to submit your entries for the Yahara Journal contests. We’re awarding $50 for first place, $25 for second place and $10 for third place in all three categories.

You can enter online at https://students.madisoncollege.edu/yahara-journal-submissions. Deadline for the Photography, Art, and Poetry & Prose YJ contests is Monday, March 14th.

Did you check this out on campus?

The “Honoring the Black Woman” Art Exhibit is open and free to the public until February 28th! #madisoncollege #blackhistorymonth #artexhibition The Gallery Hours Monday-Thursday: 9-6pm Friday 9-2pm

📣 Madison College students📣

Upcoming event and activities were emailed yesterday! Yahara Journal has a few contests we're accepting submissions for:

- Yahara Journal’s Writing Contest
- Artwork Contest
- Photography contests

We’ll award $50 for first place, $25 for second place and $10 for third place in all three categories. You can enter online at https://students.madisoncollege.edu/yahara-journal-submissions.

Deadline to enter is March 14. Contest open to all Madison College students.

Take a break this week and join Yahara Journal for some fun Valentine's Day activities! Learn about Madison College's student-produced fine arts and literary journal, the Bad Love Poem contest and upcoming events.

Where we'll be:
Truax Campus - Monday, Feb. 7th & Friday, Feb. 11th from 12pm-1pm
South Campus - Wednesday, Feb. 9th & Friday, Feb. 11th from 11am-1pm

As Valentine's Day approaches, Yahara Journal welcomes submissions for our annual Bad Love Poem Contest!

Submit the sappiest, most absurd love poem that you've ever written at https://madisoncollege.edu/bad-love-poem-contest

*Must be a Madison College student. Deadline is February 14th.

The Yahara Journal Scary Story and Artwork Chapbook is now available online! You can also pick up a physical copy in Student Life, Truax Campus.

https://issuu.com/yaharajournal/docs/scary_story_and_artwork_booklet_2021

It's the last week to turn in submissions for the Yahara Journal's Writing & Artwork Contest for a chance to win a $50 prize!

Students can submit up to 5 items at madisoncollege.edu/yahara-journal-submissions.
Submissions no longer than 10 pages, double-spaced. Artwork can be submitted as a .jpg, .png, or .psd file. If your file size is over 2MB, email it to [email protected]

Happening today! 📣

Come recite your work and listen to the writing of Madison College students at Yahara Journal Open Mic from 1PM - 2:30PM! We'll be in the Intercultural Exchange Center, Room C1430 - Truax Campus, Madison College.

See you there!

What's happening Madison College?!

Creatives, mark your calendars 📣

The Yahara Journal Open Mic is this Thursday, November 18th at 1PM in the Intercultural Exchange Center (Truax Campus, Room C1430). Come to read your work and/or enjoy the work of other Madison College students.

Can't make it? Join the livestream at, https://bit.ly/yaharajournalopenmic

Other happenings: Fall Writing & Art Work Contest. See image for details or contact us at [email protected] for more information.