The Public Journal

The Public Journal is a collective of independent college student magazines. Each one publishes anonymous, confessional literature and creates public forums within the community for individuals to share hidden thoughts and experiences through writing. It is a poignant, juicy, and unadulterated exchange between self-obsessing individuals. Alternatively, you can describe us the way Newsweek's Current did: "Think about leaving your diary unlocked precisely so that your mom would read it." (Sure).

Each Public Journal collective is comprised of an independent student staff that self-publishes Public Journal material. (What is Public Journal material? Anything personal, sincere, and beautifully ugly. Say: journal entries, one-line confessions, reflections, responses to personal prompts, letters, prose, your testicle X-ray from the doctor, what have you. There are stories too, but they are REAL. [Recap: its intimate, serious, tragic, silly, revealing, and sexy. Okay?]). Submissions are anonymous and collected throughout the semester. The staff works like untamed rabbits of overflowing creativity to get the job done. Issues are freely distributed for the campus community's consumption.

In summary, sometimes focusing inward = blooming outward. A little self-obsessing = understanding the people around you. Your reality is a most stunning work of art. The Public Journal asks that you write it down and share it.

To submit material, visit your community's Public Journal website.
To start your own Public Journal, contact us at dg.rosal@gmail.com.

Press

The Daily Princetonian: Getting personal with the editors
Cornell Daily Sun: A very reliable source
Current Magazine: Newsweek's intercollegiate news source
Tufts Observer: Boston's #1 Tufts leading newspaper
Cornell Daily Sun: Once again, and now onto bigger things
Gawker: Exposed!
New Voice's Annual National Student
Journalism Conference: Panel speakers, panel peepers