Pendulum Literary Magazine Extends Submission Deadline

If you are a creative writing student at Pitt-Greensburg, you probably know about the importance of getting your work published. 

Every spring, the university’s writing department offers all writers an opportunity to get published through the campus literary magazine, Pendulum.  

The original deadline for submissions was Feb. 28, but that’s been extended. Anyone can still send work to pendulumsubmissions@gmail.com.

“We’re willing to take some late submissions due to the fact that flyers got out late to students,” Pendulum Co-Editor Alexis Osborne said.

A creative writing student by trade, Osborne has paired with writing colleague Geneva Webber-Smith to edit the entries for this year’s edition of the magazine. This is the first time in years that Pendulum has had two editors, as alumna Caitlin Cruser used to be in charge of editing it by herself. 

“Cruser handled it for the last couple years, and she did an amazing job. But, really, it’s a two-person job, so it’s great to have Eva and Alexis working together,” Professor Dave Newman, Pendulum adviser, said. “They’re both talented writers and good students, so it’ll be interesting to see what they come up with this year.”

Newman works closely with Osborne, Webber-Smith, and Professor Lori Jakiela to acquire and compile all of the entries for Pendulum and get them published. 

One of the joys, according to Newman, of working with Pendulum is that the students get to design, edit, typeset, and produce an actual book. 

“In our digital world, it’s really cool to hold a physical copy of a book. The details really shine — from how the titles are formatted, to the cover, to the fonts and font sizes, it all builds to having a book in-hand that readers’ eyes are drawn to,” he said. 

While the main focus of Pendulum is to collect and publish the students’ written works (specifically poetry and short stories), they also will gladly accept other art forms like photography. 

“I enjoy that Pendulum accepts all kinds of artwork and writing because I feel they all fit into the category of being special to people. So it’s heartwarming to see whenever Pendulum comes out, how proud people are of their work,” Osborne said.

For additional information, do not hesitate to message Alexis Osborne at alo84@pitt.edu. Professor Dave Newman can be reached at dpn15@pitt.edu.