Our mission
Our job is simple: to provide a safe forum for creative thought and creative expression. In times like these, we need a place that will accept us as we are and help us to imagine beyond our dreams or our situations. We may only provide a literary magazine of art, photography, short stories, and poems, but the writers, editors, those in charge of layout, artists, and photographers give us hope for ourselves and our future. This is who we are.
books are here + acknowledgements
May 2022
The magazines are here and they look fantastic!
Again, thank you all so much for your patience and your financial support. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve this club as President for the 2021-2022 year. Keep up the great work, and have a great exam season/summer break!
Ciao, Maia Barrow
- A distribution Google Form will be emailed to customers on May 8th, and it must be filled out by May 15th. Afterward, Blue will email you about who your driver is by May 19th, what car they will be in, and the day and time that your order will be delivered. It is advised that you add our email address to your contacts to prevent these communications from going into your junk or spam folders ([email protected]).
- Teachers will receive their copies between next week and May 20th.
- eBooks will be emailed on May 20th; be sure to download the PDF to your computer or Google Drive for easier access in the future.
Again, thank you all so much for your patience and your financial support. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve this club as President for the 2021-2022 year. Keep up the great work, and have a great exam season/summer break!
Ciao, Maia Barrow
thank you for purchasing!
March 2022
Thank you for supporting Blue and purchasing a 2021-2022 literary magazine! As we finalize our printing process, please remain patient with us. After March 2nd, we will send out a Google Form so customers can indicate the best times, days, and locations for their physical copies to be hand-delivered (in addition to our COVID protocols). The eBooks will be emailed at the same time as the first physical copies' deliveries. Because of your efforts, Blue was able to raise almost $200!
We will not be having any late distributions this year due to prior concerns about the omicron variant. However, if you're still interested in looking at the magazine, an extra, physical copy will be available in the library after this year's exams. Furthermore, if you are a member of the Korean Club at school, an additional physical copy will be given exclusively for the club to enjoy; 감사 해요 ("Thank you" in Korean).
If there are any additional copies after this year's deliveries, our Vice President will handle them. All officers will receive a free physical copy, and select teachers will receive one by our President. Thank you for your cooperation, and we will see you soon!
We will not be having any late distributions this year due to prior concerns about the omicron variant. However, if you're still interested in looking at the magazine, an extra, physical copy will be available in the library after this year's exams. Furthermore, if you are a member of the Korean Club at school, an additional physical copy will be given exclusively for the club to enjoy; 감사 해요 ("Thank you" in Korean).
If there are any additional copies after this year's deliveries, our Vice President will handle them. All officers will receive a free physical copy, and select teachers will receive one by our President. Thank you for your cooperation, and we will see you soon!
contest winners + what's coming up!
January 2022
Congratulations to Maaidah D. (1st from left), Abby R. (3rd from left), and Maia B. (2nd from left) for winning the cover art and bookmark art contests! Maaidah's cover will be used on the physical copies, and Abby's cover will be used on the electronic copies. Maia's bookmarks will be provided for each physical copy- great job, everyone!
See these works, and other contributions to Blue, with our physical and electronic magazines. They are available now until March 1st- don't miss them!
P.S.- Each electronic magazine will come with margin art on requested submissions, such as the example on the far right!
See these works, and other contributions to Blue, with our physical and electronic magazines. They are available now until March 1st- don't miss them!
P.S.- Each electronic magazine will come with margin art on requested submissions, such as the example on the far right!
Thank you!
November-December 2021
November: Blue would like to thank everyone who came to the November Group and Officers' Meetings, created marketing posters, and worked with their partners to get started on the publication process! We're excited for what's to come- keep sending in your submissions and spreading the word with friends and family!
December: The submission window for the magazines, cover contest, and bookmark contest will be closing in two days! Thank you to everyone who's submitted something already! If you're not comfortable or are confused about the Google Forms, email your contribution to [email protected].
P.S.- If you need an incentive, each winner of the bookmark and cover contests will receive a $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble! Happy Holidays!
December: The submission window for the magazines, cover contest, and bookmark contest will be closing in two days! Thank you to everyone who's submitted something already! If you're not comfortable or are confused about the Google Forms, email your contribution to [email protected].
P.S.- If you need an incentive, each winner of the bookmark and cover contests will receive a $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble! Happy Holidays!
exciting things are on the way!
October 2021
Hello! Blue has some exciting things on the way as a result of the voting that took place during our monthly meeting! These new ideas include adding margin art and audio clips to the eBooks (at the requests of submitters) and bookmarks for the physical copies! A bookmark contest will be underway very soon, and the winner will receive a reward at the same time as the cover contest winner. Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting, made their voices heard, and voted. We hope that the products that we deliver in the future will accomplish all of these goals!
Interest meeting!
September 2021
Our Interest Meeting will take place in the next 2 weeks! Check out our Instagram, Remind, Canvas, and school posters for more information!
After the meeting, this website will be updated every so often with general updates, links to submissions and payments, and marketing campaigns. Other platforms will be used for weekly or monthly communication from that point forward. Thank you for your cooperation.
After the meeting, this website will be updated every so often with general updates, links to submissions and payments, and marketing campaigns. Other platforms will be used for weekly or monthly communication from that point forward. Thank you for your cooperation.
Nice to meet you!
August 2021
Thanks for visiting Blue's vendor at the Whirlie Nation Showcase! We're excited for all of the new energy coming into the club already! More information about how our meetings will be conducted, logistics surrounding social distancing, and more will be released in the coming days. In the meantime, continue to submit your contributions, browse our social media, and check out our website! We can't wait to work with you in September! Go Whirlies!
Update: If you're ready to become a member of Blue, click the button above and follow the instructions!
Update: If you're ready to become a member of Blue, click the button above and follow the instructions!
we're back!
July 2021
Hey everyone! We know that it's early, but our new President has been working hard to prepare Blue for its next year! A few surprises will be in store, including a new Vice President, larger packages for physical and electronic copies of magazines, more officers positions, and much more! In the meantime, check out our reinvisioned website and our Instagram. We can't wait to see each of you at our Interest Meeting in the fall!
That's all, folks!
JUNE 2021
Almost all of the distributions have been completed, and with our seniors having already graduated yesterday, we believe it's safe to say that here at Blue, this year's a wrap! Thank you for everything, and we hope to see you next fall when our Vice President, Maia, takes the mantle and becomes the President!
Brief Acknowledgements: We appreciate all of the officers who worked so hard during this trying year to edit and organize the eBooks and the physical magazines. Most importantly, we thank our Presidents for leading the way with their ideas, their time, and their energy into doing something so new in the middle of their own stress, online learning, and college applications. We'd like to give a special thanks to Maia for always being willing to fill in upon any roles that needed more assistance, planning and executing all of the logistics (from editing to printing to distributing) of the club, leading all of the meetings, and getting Blue to become an online sensation with this website. We'd also like to send a special thanks to the adults who made all of this possible: our supervisor, Mr. Post; our principal, Mr. O'Donnell, and our school's treasurer, Ms. Erickson. On behalf of Blue, we'd like to wish all of our online visitors, customers, and future submitters a restful and happy summer. More is to come in the Fall of 2021!
Brief Acknowledgements: We appreciate all of the officers who worked so hard during this trying year to edit and organize the eBooks and the physical magazines. Most importantly, we thank our Presidents for leading the way with their ideas, their time, and their energy into doing something so new in the middle of their own stress, online learning, and college applications. We'd like to give a special thanks to Maia for always being willing to fill in upon any roles that needed more assistance, planning and executing all of the logistics (from editing to printing to distributing) of the club, leading all of the meetings, and getting Blue to become an online sensation with this website. We'd also like to send a special thanks to the adults who made all of this possible: our supervisor, Mr. Post; our principal, Mr. O'Donnell, and our school's treasurer, Ms. Erickson. On behalf of Blue, we'd like to wish all of our online visitors, customers, and future submitters a restful and happy summer. More is to come in the Fall of 2021!
it's the final countdown!
MAY 2021
Thank you to everyone who has purchased from Blue, Club this year! Our eBooks and the layout of our physical copies are ready to go; now we're just waiting to print and distribute. In the meantime, please fill out the Communications Form above, especially if you purchased a physical copy.
Good luck to everyone with their exams this month!
Good luck to everyone with their exams this month!
Update: We've just printed out all of the physical copies, and they look AWESOME! Distributions of physical copies will begin this week and through July, while downloadable links of the eBook will be available on Memorial Day!
Congratulations to our art cover finalists!
march 2021
For the first time in Blue's history, two people are the cover art finalists: Isabelle Coughlin (top image) and Maaidah Durrani (bottom image)! Isabelle's work will be the cover for the eBooks, while Maadiah's work will be the cover for the physical copies- congrats to you both!
Thank you to everyone who submitted their art for the contest; your interest in continuing to expand our visual horizons has not gone unnoticed!
If you'd like to see more work by our awesome artists, submit a pre-ordering form and purchase your copy of our magazine today!
Thank you to everyone who submitted their art for the contest; your interest in continuing to expand our visual horizons has not gone unnoticed!
If you'd like to see more work by our awesome artists, submit a pre-ordering form and purchase your copy of our magazine today!
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