Creative Writing

Gandy Dancer is SUNY Geneseo's print and online literary magazine. Students of all majors have the opportunity to put together the magazine by enrolling in ENGL 426/428. If you are thinking of enrolling in the class or submitting to Gandy Dancer, please look through the online version of the lit mag here: https://www.gandydancer.org/. Be sure to read the "About" section of the website to understand what Gandy Dancer strives to accomplish as a magazine. You can also buy physical copies of Gandy Dancer! All of the issues have something beautiful to offer! You can purchase a copy of the most recent Gandy Dancer here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/194234158X. Past issues of Gandy Dancer are also selectively available on Amazon. 

• Click the "Journals" section located right above the Search Bar on the Milne homepage. 
• Type the journal you're looking for to see if it's available online for Milne Databases. 

Right now, Milne has access for Writer's Digest, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and many more through the databases paid for by Milne. 

There is also Browzine, a browser that allows readers to view the contents of literary magazines through ProQuest. The selection available is small, but the browser will at least give you an idea as to what is published in a literary magazine. Here's the link: https://browzine.com/libraries/1533/subjects?sort=title

There is also the literary magazine library outside Welles 331. 

FUSE is the Forum for Undergraduate Student Editors. Because of Gandy Dancer, SUNY Geneseo has our own chapter! Professor Rachel Hall is currently the professor linked to FUSE. The chapter at Geneseo attempts to meet several times during the semester to talk about the work the chapter has been doing. Every year, Gandy Dancer attends the FUSE conference. The purpose of this conference is to talk literary magazines: how they're changing, the nature of submissions, and the literature published. Gandy Dancer also runs a panel; the topic changes depending on the interests of the members going to the conference. Because of FUSE, Geneseo students are also able to attend AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs). This conference exposes writers to an even more professional platform of writers, and allows them to participate in workshops and lectures.