LUX Journal

An undergrad journal showcasing student academic excellence from Lancaster Uni’s arts and humanities departments. Founded by @lancaster_words

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With only a month to go until Welcome Week, we are excited to launch our 2024 issue with a call for submissions!

Whether you're going into your first or final year, we want to read your submissions. More info will be announced soon, including dates and deadlines

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📣📣📣 Issue 7 of LUX is officially out! Link below and in bio - happy reading!

A huge thanks to Annie Varney for designing our wonderful cover art, and again to all editors and contributors involved 🤍

https://t.co/7QPLtB9rTn

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We’re still on the hunt for undergraduate editors - this role is a great chance for hands on editing experience! Email us at [email protected] to apply.

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We have a number of open positions for our 2023-2024 editing team 👀

As LUX is a department-supported journal, these posts offer a brilliant opportunity to gain some valuable experience in editing and publishing.

Roles will officially commence in the new term after summer.

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After a lot of hard work from all our editors and contributors, the seventh issue of LUX is finally releasing this week! Available for free on our website at https://t.co/fG270hPnyt. A huge thanks to all involved! 🩵💙

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We have a number of open positions for our 2023-2024 editing team 👀

As LUX is a department-supported journal, these posts offer a brilliant opportunity to gain some valuable experience in editing and publishing.

Roles will officially commence in the new term after summer.

[LUX Journal @luxjournal]

Over the weekend LUX held its first ever literary event.

We had a fantastic range of speakers including contributors to the journal, departmental staff member Zoe Lambert, and a number of undergrad and postgrad Lancaster Uni students.

Huge thanks to all involved! ✨👏🏼

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Tonight at the Gregson - we look forward to seeing everyone there!

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Don't forget tomorrow night we have creative and critical readings from students and staff hosted by @luxjournal. See you at the Olive Bar in the Gregson.

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Reminder that our first ever LUX event is on tomorrow night with readings from a range of Lancaster Uni staff and students. All are welcome!

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Update! Slight change to location, now at The Olive Bar - everything else still stands! 📣 Pleased to announce LUX’s first event, a pre-launch for our upcoming literary journal! Speakers include a range of Lancaster Uni students and staff. Tickets can be reserved below! ⬇️🎙️���

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Join @luxjournal at the Olive Bar in the Gregson on Saturday 3rd June for writing from our staff and students!

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📢 Are you looking for a chance to read out your work? We’re holding an open mic segment during our pre-launch event! Feel free to read whatever you’d like - fiction, creative writing, or critical pieces! If interested, send us an email with an abstract of your chosen piece ✨

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Reserve your tickets here!! https://t.co/4VUzypNzVj

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Update! Slight change to location, now at The Olive Bar - everything else still stands! 📣 Pleased to announce LUX’s first event, a pre-launch for our upcoming literary journal! Speakers include a range of Lancaster Uni students and staff. Tickets can be reserved below! ⬇️🎙️📚

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Last in our Editors’ Picks series is Amy’s choice, Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’! No introduction necessary for this novel, a gothic classic through and through 🧟‍♂️

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We’ve not finished sharing our fav novels yet! Our Copy Editor’s pick is Emily Danforth’s ‘Plain Bad Heroines’, a gothic novel with queer themes and plenty of horror🩸

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We are excited about the forthcoming performance of Edward III. Did Shakespeare write it? No one knows, but our students, as part of their third year module, are putting on a production at Lancaster Castle. See below for details and tickets! (1-3 June).

https://t.co/x2A5zH2b7d

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Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month.

To celebrate we are holding an event on Monday 5th June 7pm - 10pm in the Library Exhibition & Events space.

There will be two guest speakers, films & stimulating discussion.

Find out more & register ⬇

https://t.co/TZ6EkLXsdO

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Next up in our LUX Editors’ Picks series is Charlotte Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, a haunting piece of early feminist literature 🌾

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❤️‍🔥 LUX Editors’ Picks ❤️‍🔥

In the build up to the journal release, we’ll be posting some of our editors’ favourite pieces of literature! Kicking off with Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Lady Lazarus’, an excellent choice from C, our Journal Administrator ⛓️

#sylviaplath #poetry

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💥 Officially introducing the theme for the 2023 LUX journal: Grotesque Society! The brilliant pieces of work in this year’s edition span the body, horror, protest, and, of course, the grotesque! Keep your eyes peeled - release date details soon to come 👀