The Ink Quill 2012 Release!

This week, The Ink Quill literary and arts magazine began its limited release! The print shop on campus is working hard to keep up with the demand for copies. Many contributors have already picked their copies up in Mrs. James's office.

On Monday, the editors presented and read from the magazine at the library's Annual Poetry Reading. Contributors also came to read their works.

Photo: Jack McDuffie

Mrs. James presented The Ink Quill and read her poem "Book Ends" and Stancey Roshell Brayboy's poem "The World Forgotten: A Villanelle." At a later reading, she read KC Melvin's poem "Papa Rooster Crows."

Photo: Jack McDuffie

Photo: Jack McDuffie

BCC alumna and The Ink Quill Society developer Elizabeth Lennon Diaz read her works "Pete and the Gang" and "Have You Seen My Sanity?"

Photo: Jack McDuffie

At a later reading, Elizabeth also student Antonio Diaz's English and Spanish language poems "The Handkerchief," and "Bewitched," and "Passion of Love."

Photo: Jack McDuffie

BCC Staff Member Ginger King read an excerpt from her short story "The Last Full Measure of Devotion."

 

Photo: Jack McDuffie

On Tuesday, Mrs. James and Jean Butler presented the magazine to faculty, staff, and administration at the all-campus assembly. Several attendees waited for copies, and more have made requests. 

Photo: Karen Cecil

Mrs. James holds a stack of magazine copies as faculty, staff, and administration members line up at the end of the all-campus assembly.

We expect that copies will remain scarce and that the magazine will spark interest in The Ink Quill Society and inspire everyone at BCC to submit work for the Spring 2013 issue of The Ink Quill. Watch for copies in various locations on campus, and start submitting for next year! Submissions are already arriving.