2025 Undergraduate Creative Writing Awards
June 19, 2025
Read Dawson Veitch’s award winning fiction piece “Trash”
and Lillianna Lamagna’s award winning poem “Letter to Ma”
Spring 2025 Debut Prize in Fiction & Nonfiction
April 26, 2025
Our Debut Prize Fiction & Nonfiction selections are now in!
Read Rylan Jackson’s award-winning fiction piece “A Life”
Read Maranda Haile’s award-winning nonfiction piece “Nearly There Almost-Death Care”
Spring Pop-Up Projects Are Here!
April 21, 2025
View Sidney Knipe’s Art Piece “Not Quite Native”
and Laine Derr’s Poetry Piece “A Review: I Found My Sole-Mate”
KSU Students Love Willie the Wildcat❤️
February 15th, 2025
Take a look at selections of student drawings and little love poems here!
Fall Pop-Up Projects Are Here!
November 19, 2024
View Keba Ghardt’s Fiction Piece “Unmatched”
and Kathryn O’Day’s Nonfiction Piece “Violet Syrup”
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LITERARY GOLD
est. 1975
Like its namesake, Touchstone Literary Magazine aims to select the "gold" in new voices. We are dedicated to supporting emerging writers & artists beyond accepting their work. Writers who are yet to publish a full book of collection, self-published, or marginalized or underrepresented voices are cordially welcome to find a home for their work here. We pride ourselves for having an editorial board that is kind, constructive, & encouraging in their communication process with submitters…