The Lighter, an award-winning literary and fine arts journal, welcomes submissions from all undergraduate, graduate, and law students of Valparaiso University in any kind of prose, poetry, or visual art. From submission to design, the Lighter is a proudly student-run journal.
Current Issue: Volume 57, Issue 2 (2012) The Lighter Spring 2012
Full Issues
Notes
An Interview with Thomas Montgomery Fate
Rebecca C. Werner
Art
Morning Light
Laurie Kenyon
Reclining Nude
Maggie Rivera
With Light Divine
Austin Hill
Study Room
Kathleen Parilac
Spring and Sea
NIcholas Burrus
May the Force Be With You
Austin Hill
Seeing the World with an Open Mind
Margie Herzog
Grandpa's Barn
Justyna Rybka
Chunky Tomatoes
Justyna Rybka
Pelides and the River Xanthus
NIcholas Burrus
Athena and Hera Leave Olympus
NIcholas Burrus
Being the Black Swan
Mallory Swisher
Beautiful, but Deadly
Justyna Rybka
Self Portrait #7
Adam Jackson
Drops on a Hat
Adam Jackson
The Glacier Realm
Derek Schnake
Power Shift
Olivia Stemwell
Inside Out
Angie Jackson
She, Fondly
Liz Powers
Brighter Day
Kyle Smart
Fly Like Paper
Abbey Meyer
Reclining Nude
Elsa Rosenfelder
After the Dream
Emily Royer
Cold, cold, cold
Katie Mattmiller
Foundations
Alison DeVries
The Spark of Inspiration
Elyse Estes
Christmas Cheer
Abbey Meyer
Josh's Shoes
Justyna Rybka
Sit On It For Awhile
Abbey Meyer
Uptown Folk
Abbey Meyer
Bottoms Up
Margie Herzog
I Can Dig It!
Margie Herzog
Round-a-what?
Dannie Dolan
Pink Raindrops
Justyna Rybka
African Wisdom
Laurie Kenyon
For Corinna
Alison DeVries
Sculpture by the Mountain
Krista Schaefer
Through It Dimly
Aaron Bueltmann
Subconscious
NIcholas Burrus
Untitled 13
Luetta Curtis
Poetry
Gospel of Mark
Ethan C. Grant
Antipathy of a Form
Gregory Maher
A Flower Holds
Jeremy Reed
Comedy Divine
Ethan C. Grant
Sandhill Cranes
Jeremy Reed
La Mujer (The Woman)
Juliana Kapetanov
Prose
Symphonie Meta: Music in Seven Movements
Rebecca C. Werner
The Knowledge of Not Knowing
Ethan C. Grant
Of Whiskey and Snobs
Derek Schnake
