Earthwinds 50th Anniversary

1995 1998 2000 2003 2004 2005

VOLUME 1 Produced on campus, 40 pages, construction paper (6x9), staple-bound, monochrome, handillustrated, three photographs ❖ “Earthwinds” named after the first poem in the volume, by Lynn Green ❖ Poetry, short stories, essays, humor, cartoon, drawings ❖ In-house awards for poetry, short story, and humor (adjudicated by guest judges from Millsaps and Mississippi College)

VOLUME 4 Fold-out centerfold spread, photo essay, image on back cover ❖ Guest judge, essay: Jimmy Faulkner (William Faulkner’s nephew)

VOLUME 5 Award for student photography added

VOLUME 8 First musical composition (for voice), “The Journey,” music by Dick Brown, lyrics by Patricia Benton

VOLUME 13 Willie Morris serves as guest judge, fiction contest

VOLUME 14 Guest judges: Margaret Walker Alexander, fiction; Cleanth Brooks, poetry ❖ Prep student and future faculty member and Earthwinds sponsor Richie Younce serves on the staff

EARTHWINDS

Earthwinds highlights the literary and artistic creativity of Prep students. It is also a microcosm of the history of high school literary magazines. Over half a century the magazine has reflected changes in technology and literary styles, but it remains committed to fostering student creativity and leadership. Timeline compiled by Dr. Paul Smith.

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Inside back cover contains text and image ❖ Color artwork inside magazine

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Landscape orientation

VOLUME 29 Returned to portrait orientation ❖ Transparent overlay pages, full bleed images

VOLUME 32 Harvey Dallas Printing and Graphics prints the magazine (and has ever since) ❖ Earthwinds becomes a full-color publication

VOLUME 33 Redesigned from magazine to journal format (machinepress perfect binding replaces staple binding; year, volume, and title printed on spine) ❖ New emphasis on formal poetry, including definitions of poetic forms (which will become a hallmark of Earthwinds)

VOLUME 34 Produced using Adobe InDesign®

2006 2008 2010 2011 2020 2021

VOLUME 15 Three poems by Prep student (and future author of The Help) Kathryn Stockett included ❖ Guest judge, fiction: Leroy Percy

VOLUME 16 First glossy cover (hand illustrated) ❖ Guest judge, poetry: Noel Polk ❖ Prep student and future faculty member and Sentry sponsor Lain Hughes contributes a short story and two poems

VOLUME 17 Guest judge, fiction: Margaret Walker Alexander ❖ Prep student and future faculty member and Sentry sponsor Lain Hughes contributes a short story and three poems

VOLUME 18 Largest size yet (7.75x10.75), spot color on cover, editorial policy included ❖ First volume to state a theme (“My Mind Steps Out,” from the Lynn Green poem) ❖ Guest judge, fiction: Richard Ford

VOLUME 20 Gloss paper used on interior pages ❖ Prep student and future Head of School Lawrence Coco serves on fiction staff

EARTHWINDS

50th Anniversary

VOLUME 21 Full-image (no text) centerfold spread ❖

Prep student and future Head of

School Lawrence Coco serves as cofiction editor ❖

Editor’s note included for first time, expressing a thematic emphasis for the issue

VOLUME 35 Prep student and future Prep faculty member Kathryn Mosley (Shuff) serves as Editor

VOLUME 37 High-gloss cover ❖ Prep student and future Prep faculty member Alix Zachow serves as Editor

VOLUME 39 First musical composition for piano published (“Le Soleil, Variations on a Theme in C# Minor,” Benjamin Smith)

VOLUME 40 Centerfold collage of all 40 covers ❖ 40th anniversary poster released

VOLUME 49 Produced offcampus remotely through Zoom because of COVID (InDesign® and Photoshop® installed on staff laptops) ❖ No Earthwinds Coffeehouse this year (COVID)

VOLUME 50 50th anniversary edition designed to reflect the evolving aesthetics of Earthwinds by decade ❖ Spread designers credited ❖ Centerfold collage of all 50 covers ❖ Original “Earthwinds” poem by Lynn Green Root reprinted