Superstition Review participates in Combs High School Writing Workshop

San Tan Valley is one of the newer cities in Arizona, but what it lacks in population it makes up for in education and culture. One of the more striking aspects of this burgeoning area is the Combs High School Creative Writing curriculum. While most seniors in high school focus on securing the earliest release possible, the students in Mrs. Burnquist’s Creative Writing class have taken this course to pursue an education in reading and writing literature.
Workshopping at Combs

Although much of their time in class is spent discussing stories from established writers and in workshop, these seniors have also been actively engaged in developing the next issue of their own online literary magazine, IMPRINT. As if they hadn’t already impressed us enough! The magazine was started last year by the inaugural Creative Writing class as a way to encourage literature and to provide an outlet for students to “leave their mark”—the slogan of the first issue. The 4th issue of IMPRINT was launched on Monday, February 4th with an Adventure theme and can be viewed online here.

Superstition Review first took an interest in this group after visiting Mrs. Burnquist’s class in the fall to discuss the publication process of our own lit mag. This semester a group of s[r] interns returned to Combs High to participate in small workshop groups—one lit mag to another. We discussed everything from character development to college applications, and had a great time doing it.

About their magazine, one of Mrs. Burnquist’s students, Kat Johnson, stated, “I am interested in the production of our own literary magazine because it allows me to leave my own ‘imprint’ in Combs history. It gives me a sense of accomplishment.” As it should, Kat. And to the rest of the Combs High students who have participated in this impressive endeavor, the pen doesn’t stop here. We look forward to seeing great things from all of you.

Combs High School Writing Workshop

5 thoughts on “Superstition Review participates in Combs High School Writing Workshop

  • March 19, 2013 at 9:11 pm
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    Awesome to see high school kids interested in the writing and literary world. Wish I’d had an opportunity like this when I was in high school.

  • March 22, 2013 at 2:02 pm
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    It’s great to see SR’s involvement with Combs High School. What a great opportunity for high school students. I’m sure they love to have you there.

  • March 28, 2013 at 10:50 am
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    How fantastic! I wish my high school had an online literary magazine. This really is part of the future of publishing, and it’s great to see these students get real-world experience in the literary publishing field so early on. I hope to see great things from these students in the future.

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