by Becca Muntean
What’s ReCap? Is it a mythical bird that rummages through the dried carcasses of small mammals? Is it what you get when you interbreed the exotic dracaena warneckei cane plant and a bamboo palm? Is it world peace? Nay. It’s none of those awesome things, but it is revolutionary.
ReCap is Capital University’s literary arts magazine, and we’re looking for your weird and creative poetry, prose, photography and visual art. Though it is yet to be widely known on campus, ReCap is the up-and-coming piece of literature worth getting involved in.
In 1997, ReCap, formerly known as Dionysia, was about 15 pages stapled together with a photo-copied sketch as the front cover. Today, Recap is a vibrant compilation of student artwork in colored print and is available for free download via iPads, Kindles, and other electronic readers. After seeing how far the publication has come, Provost Richard Ashbrook granted the ReCap budget an extra $1,000 for promising endeavors.
Our submissions have nearly doubled in the past year, and our ambitions for the magazine far exceed what has been accomplished already.
For the first year ever, ReCap will be publishing two issues in the 2012-2013 academic year. Our fall 2012 issue will be a webzine, or online magazine, featuring national submissions from undergraduates and postgraduates, one of which is highly acclaimed New York poet Nate Pritts. The deadline for fall 2012 issue submissions is Oct. 1, 2012.
The spring 2013 issue will be similar to the spring 2012 with both print and electronic magazines; however, this issue will also include national submissions, an excellent way to see how other artists are coming along with their work at other universities and beyond the undergraduate program. The deadline for spring 2013 submissions is Dec. 1, 2012. Submit your work using the “Submit” page on www.recapmag.com. Submitting instructions and guidelines are available on the site.
If you’re interested in getting involved in community service, the ReCap staff is also planning on getting involved with after-school programs with the Ohio Hispanic Coalition. There will be opportunities to conduct creative writing workshops with children ages 5-13; thereafter, the best works will be published in our fall 2012 electronic issue.
Stay posted for ReCap updates by checking our website. For more information, contact me, Becca Muntean, at rmuntean@capital.edu or the assistant editor Max Quay at mquay@capital.edu. And remember: keep it weird, Capital University.
