"My poetry and art attempt to unravel the meddling of current social crises, political diaspora and mental illness. I address the current global socio-political violence...
Womxn’s History Month Special Issue: Winners & Honorable Mentions Announced
Columbia Journal is excited to announce the winners and finalists of our inaugural Womxn's History Month Special Issue, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. We...
On Elegant Endings: An Interview with Paola Antonelli
What brought me back into the room was Antonelli saying, “there is no drama in the beginning or end of life.” She told the story...
Black History Month Special Issue: Winners & Honorable Mentions Announced
Columbia Journal is excited to announce the winners and finalists of our inaugural Black History Month Special Issue, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. We...
Black History Month Special Issue Winner in Art: Withdrawn
Withdrawn is an intimate exploration of my soul relationship with this grandfather I never knew. It is the story of race, injustice and the anguish...
Call for Submissions: Womxn’s History Month Special Issue
At the Columbia Journal, we believe in creating space for and celebrating traditionally underrepresented voices. We seek out and support marginalized writers year-round, but this...
Memories of Art: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Monet’s fields and trees lure you, the colors soft, even the red of the poppies blended into the green of the grass between them, the...
Call for Submissions: Black History Month Special Issue
At the Columbia Journal, we believe in creating space for and celebrating traditionally underrepresented voices. While we pursue this aim year round, this February marks...
Grief, the Other Side of Gratitude
An Interview Conducted by Jai Hamid Bashir of artist, Lilly E. Manycolors “What is the difference between my personal experience and my inherited ones? I...
Vibrant Destruction
The first work I made in which I recreated an artwork from art history was “Among the Sierras with Woodpecker”. Up until this point, I...
Call for Submissions: Veterans Day Special Issue
At the Columbia Journal, we believe that the stories and voices of service members and civilians affected by war should be circulated and contemplated. This...
Fall 2019 Contest: Meet the Judges
The first-ever Columbia Journal Fall Contest is now open for submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and, for the first time, art. Our judges will be...