Brynne Boehlecke (she/they) is the Editor-in-Chief for the 2024-25 school year. She is a senior with a Creative Writing major and minors in Indigenous Studies and German. In addition to PRISM, she is a member of the Creative Writing Society and the Native American Students Association and serves as the Student Literary Club vice president. They won the 2024 Provost Literary Prize in poetry and were published in volumes 143 and 144 of PRISM! In what free time she has, she loves thrifting and naming her many houseplants after her favorite Shakespearean heroines.
It’s come to my attention that when one is a senior in college and also the editor of a very cool student lit mag, one probably does not have that much time to read for pleasure. It’s also come to...
Last year, I wrote a blog post covering my experience in the “Stone Award Book Club,” a 1-credit course focused on unpacking Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass” and learning what it means...
(Club descriptions are from the OSU Ideal-Logic Student Organization Database by OSU Student Experiences and Engagement. Club websites and member sign-ups can be accessed at this link as well.)
Oregon...
In recent years, an integral part of the submission review process for PRISM has been choosing a theme based on the body of work submitted that year by students. Reviewers looked for common threads among...
Biography: Hi there! I'm Adrienne, and I am a first year undergraduate student at OSU studying Biology! I absolutely love all kinds of art styles, whether it be digital, 2D, 3D, or anything...
Bryce Powell
Biography: My name is Bryce, and I have been taking pictures since my first photography class in my Junior year at Benson High School in Portland, Oregon. I...
Biography: My name is Jose Rios Ortiz. I come from Salem, Oregon and currently attend Oregon State University as a pre-Graphic Design major. I enjoy spending my days laughing, watching sports...
Frau Bach (Anna Magdalena Bach)
First night. Sweet Christy, meek and misty,
Johann’s eyes, our premier prize. The doctor tries.
Her little body, prodded, poked
In search of hope, is still and...
Arts & Crafts
She sat at her desk and collaged her first date.
She worked her scissors through the paper and around printed pictures,
careful not to slice the ears of her partner...
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Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley — ★★★★☆
CONTENT WARNINGS: racism, sexual assault, violence against Native...
Dementophobia, or the Fear of Insanity
I'm afraid I had something to tell you.
The words feel jumbled up right now,
But I'm sure we can find sense in them.
They call...
Snowblind
After snow falls, it is covered with cinder
from cars driving past every day.
From far away,
the mountain bleeds.
As we drive past, you say
nothing looks...
Biography: Ivy is a 17 year old student at OSU who grew up watching cartoons and surrounded by nature. She is from Portland, Oregon but now lives in the Columbia River Gorge....
The prestigious Stone Award for Literary Achievement, created by Oregon State University alum Patrick Stone and his wife Vicki, is awarded every couple of years to an American author who is not only a...
1. The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard — ★★★★☆
“One of the key defense mechanisms of a phoenix is to shine so brightly, their predators are temporarily stunned and unable to pursue.”
Genre:...
For the people who know me — or honestly, even for the people who have heard of me — there is almost nothing about me more obvious than my love for reading. In 2023, I read a grand total of 65 books...
