Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing is a student-run publication at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. We publish students' fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, photography, and art. Students from across all disciplines in the university are encouraged to submit work in all styles, genres, and forms. fishladder aims to select the best, most artistic work for publication.
The journal accepts submissions throughout the GVSU Fall semester, with a deadline at the end of the December finals week. Submissions are carefully considered by our student staff, and final decisions are made by our editors. The yearly print edition is unveiled every April, with copies available in Lake Ontario Hall and across the Allendale campus. The online edition will be updated annually and archived continually.
Current Issue: Volume 11, Issue 1 (2013) 10th Anniversary Edition
Articles
A Letter from the Editors: On Love
Kathryn Willis and Nikki Fisher
That Week (An Elegy for Shane)
Kiara Murry
Ode to a Night Out
David Tomczak
Dream Leopard
Deavyn Schumacher
Ambulance Racing
Trevor O'Brien
The Runaway Meets the Fugitive, the Beat and the Astrophysicist During Twelve Hours in the Observation Car
Nicole Olweean
A View From Above
Jackie Sulhoff
Delhi Shopkeeper
Jackie Coon
The Groundskeeper
Stephen Drabek
Sadomasochism, or a Situational Comedy
Joshua Williams
Random Happy Thoughts
Benjamin Andrus
Long-Term Relationship
Molly Waite
The Ornithologist and the Fool
Erin Cole
An Entire Decade of Autumn
Rue Lazzaro
Watching the Clouds
Elizabeth Lowe
