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 58, Issue 1 (2012) The Lighter Fall 2012
Full Issue
Art
Easter in Florence
Chris Larson
My Hair is Soft and Pleasing to Touch
Angelica Jackson
Don't Fall Under
Charity Scollon
Headless Nude
Natalie Zuber
Abstract One
Marcus Mues
Take Care of Your Soul
Stefan Roseen
A Walk in Solitude
Angelica Jackson
Foot Study
Elyse Estes
Cliché Vert
Anna Hayden-Roy
Neuschwanstein
Hannah Bauer
Reaching for Life
David Sula
A Portrait of Myself
Natalie Zuber
Meanmugging
Angelica Jackson
Growth and Love
Kyle Smart
Lighter Staff
- Editor
- Ian Roseen
- Assistant Editor
- Juliana Kapetanov
- Graphic Designer
- Michelle Zolfo