Hi everyone! My name is Eliana Staton and I am an English major with a minor in Journalism and History. I am so excited to be a part of the 2026 northern eclecta literary journal and it's publication. Our theme for this year, Wonderstruck, I am anticipating with great thrill. I believe is going to be a great challenge for the betterment of each of us who come across this journal. Our society teaches us to rush. We need to get from point A to point B and we have an allotted am

Hello, this is my first blog post! My name is Peter Havelka and I’m currently a sophomore at NDSU studying journalism and minoring in English. My end goal after I’m done with my education is to work in media while producing my own sports show or write for a big sports media outlet like CBS sports, The Athletic, or ESPN. I’m very interested in all of the different submissions and all of the different processes of the editorial team in editing a literary journal. I look forward

Hello, my name is Mason Solo. I am a sophomore at NDSU majoring in English, with a minor in Journalism. I plan to write for a local or national paper at some point in the future. I am excited to dig deeper into the editorial processes of a literary journal, and hopefully improve. Reading and writing are, to me, some of the finest mediums for true expression and revolution. And with our world slowly careening towards the digital, there is an understated power in the physical,

This is the last post written by the staff of 2025. This week, the Spring semester starts at NDSU. That means a brand new staff will take...

This will be one of the last blog posts written by the staff of 2025. We figured we'd round it out by adding the epilogue that was...

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Hey everyone! This semester, the PR team included Caitlin, Avery, and Grace. We were responsible for all of the social media posts on Tik...

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Hey my name is Joseph Frisinger but you can call me Joe. I am a student at NDSU and I hope to be getting a degree in English Education. I...

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