“Learned Behaviors”

By: Fiona Hansen I jolt awake and turn my head to a passenger’s side view of the middle of nowhere. My stomach starts churning. I look blearily over at Steven, who’s currently tapping on the steering wheel and humming some indiscrete pop song. I smile…

It’s Not Too Late!

If you happened to miss the tabling in Hamwil, or don’t live on campus and would like a physical copy of the OWL, you can email Beth Fedoush at bmfedoush@owu.edu while they still last. Of course, feel free to download from our previous post to…

The OWL Spring 2021 is here!

The Spring 2021 edition of the OWL is available for pickup in the Hamwil Atrium as well as in PDF form here. The OWL will also be hosting a Launch Party via Zoom on May 4th at 4:30pm. Please email owlmag@owu.edu for the link and…

Thank you for submitting!

This year we received 173 submissions of art, photography, fiction, non-fiction, plays, essays, screenplays, and poems. We will be contacting our authors in the upcoming weeks for publication.

Submit Today!

The Spring 2021 OWL is accepting submissions. We accept works of non-fiction, fiction, manuscripts, poetry to narrative, articles, and essays. Please send your submissions to owlmag@owu.edu. If you wish to submit anonymously, please include a phone number, so if your piece is chosen we may contact…

The OWL now has an Instagram!

A new development this year, the OWL Instagram will be featuring previously published works, as well as facts about owls and updates on our deadlines. Follow us @owulitmag.

Spring ’21

Hi everyone, Just an announcement: we are now accepting submissions for our Spring 2021 issue! Deadline is March 1st.  Sincerely, Editors, The OWL

The OWL: 2017-2018 Complete Issue

By Jordan Waterwash The OWL Staff would like to thank everyone who contributed to this year’s OWL. It’s a great issue, and that’s because of all of the wonderful pieces of writing and artwork sent in! We hope you enjoy it as much as we…

Whose Eye Is That?: The Photographer Behind the Cover

By Jordan Waterwash Senior Corrine Race provided much of the photography for the 2017-2018 issue of the OWL. Here’s a selection of the photography she submitted to the magazine. Thank you for your work, Corrine! The OWL is now out and available in Sturges, Beeghly,…

Lucas Mann and the Perils of Nonfiction

By Jordan Waterwash Lucas Mann, nonfiction writer and professor at Dartmouth, visited campus to read from his memoir titled Lord Fear, and to discuss his upcoming book Captive Audience. Lord Fear traces the life of Mann and his relationship with his older brother Josh—an artistic…