Reed Magazine

Reed Magazine is an annual literary journal published by San Jose State University. Two semesters of the Department of English and Comparative Literature's 133 class (comprising graduate and undergraduate students) solicit, edit, and promote the magazine for each year. It is the oldest literary journal based west of the Mississippi River.[1]

Reed Magazine
TypeAnnual
FormatLiterary Journal
Owner(s)San Jose State University
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSan Jose, California
Websitehttp://reedmag.org/

The journal prints art, poetry, and prose (fiction and nonfiction). It also sponsors the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry, the John Steinbeck Short Story Award, the Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction, the Mary Blair Award for Art, and the Emerging Voices Contest for Santa Clara County, California high school students.

History

Reed Magazine was founded in 1867 as The Acorn. The magazine has had various names over the years. It was known as The Normal Pennant in 1898 (a reference to the California State Normal School), The Quill in the 1920s and El Portal in the 1930s.[2] The name Reed Magazine started in 1948 when the publication was known as The Reed. At that time, the magazine was put together by SJSU's literary society, Pegasus, with help from the Associated Student Body. There is some dispute about the origin of the journal's name, with some saying that it honors James F. Reed, a survivor of the Donner Party and prominent local citizen. Others say that name of Reed was derived from a quote by Blaise Pascal:

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.... All our dignity consists in thought. By it we elevate ourselves, and not by space and time, which we can never fill. Let us make it our task, then, to think well: here is the principle of morality.

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References
  1. Reed magazine delivers 'Goosebumps' by Michael Le Roy, Spartan Daily, April 28, 2008
  2. Pizarro, Sal (September 20, 2017). "Reed Magazine celebrates 150 years at San Jose State". The Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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