SEEN UNSEEN

You’ve wandered through new mediums and untold stories. You’ve listened and you’ve looked - but now you’ve heard and seen as well. The stories in this book, previously unviewed, are now in your hands. Treat them kindly. Carry them with you. And remember to keep asking yourself whether you are looking... or seeing.

Policies

The mission of Iris: Art+Lit is to celebrate the diverse creative voices in our community and encourage engagement with the arts. Poetry, prose, and artwork is submitted via event participation, teacher submissions of classroom work, and individual students.

Professional artists and authors jury the work. The art juror ranks the top 20 works in each medium: drawing and painting, ceramics, and photography. Staff members remove names from the literature submissions and the judge ranks these works on a 5 star scale.

Iris: Art + Lit is an open forum for student expression. The ideas presented in the work, as well as the copyright for each piece, belong to the author or artist who created it. However, the magazine staff reserves the right to deny publication to submissions. The staff may edit pieces for length, with the goal of maintaining the integrity of the original work.