Blog & Artist Spotlight

Hi all! Due to the changes with locations recently, we will be temporarily postponing Poetry Night! Please be patient with us while we figure this out, we will keep you all updated! We will update you all as soon as we can. We will still be at club fair Sep 4th, please stop by and say hi! We are also planning some new events to throw in alongside Poetry Night, so be on the lookout!

Hey all, its around that time again!! Literature + Art submissions are open for the Fall 2025 journal! You can find the submission through the link on this post, or the link in our bio. Our submissions for Fall close up October 14th, and anything submitted after that date will be considered for Spring 2026 instead! If you submitted over the summer, we are in the process of going through those for Fall's journal :) As always, we accept all different types of writing and art, at all skill levels! If you dont get accepted this semester, please resubmit! You can send in as many pieces as you'd like, we just ask you do it in the same submission file to help us sort through. We also have Spring 2025's journals popping up around campus! You can find them at various Brushfire racks around the school. Best places to find them in bulk is the Joe or the CFA. Hope you all have had a good first few days! Good luck on your artistic endeavors! We will continue updating on events for the year as usual.

Edition 77 Volume 2 (Spring 2025) Digital version out now! Use the link below or the link in bio to our publications page. As always, a big shout out to all the artists and writers who made this journal possible! We appreciate everyone who submits, and are excited to present the finished journal to you! https://issuu.com/brushfire/docs/edition_77_volume_2

Last poetry night of the semester!! Thank you guys for an awesome ending to spring 2025, we will be back up and running in September! Thank you to all the new and returning poets that joined us Tuesday, and good luck with finals!!

May's poetry night is finally here! Last one of the semester! We have had a fantastic season of new and returning poets. We have loved hearing your work, and cannot wait to end off Spring 2025 with a bang! Bring your best poetry to the table! As usual, we will be hosted by @laughingplanetreno - from 7 to 9:30 PM! Our book drive is still going, so please bring some unwanted literature! Can't wait to see you all there!!

Celebrate the start of Spring with Poetry Night! We will be at The Laughing Planet from 6:00 to 8:30pm, celebrating the long daylight hours with some awesome poetry! Make sure to bring an unwanted book to donate and/or trade. Last month's drive was a hit, and we hope to see more cool books circulating through our community! Thank you all for your participation! We can't wait to see you there!

Are you interested in a career in publishing? Are you an undergraduate student at UNR majoring in Journalism, English, Art, or Communications? Considering applying today! 📌What is the Executive Editor responsible for? 1. Meets regularly with staff and volunteers to discuss upcoming events, poetry nights, plans, zine production schedules, issues, designs, deadlines and submissions 2. Draws up budget proposals and justifications to the Budget & Finance board; the Executive Editor decides how the fiscal budget is to be spent 3. Regularly updates Brushfire social media accounts 📌What are the required qualifications? All candidates must be undergraduate students enrolled in at least 15 credits at UNR. They must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher. Experience or knowledge with literary or visual arts is not required but preferred. Also, candidates must be proficient in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, or at least have a strong willingness to learn. 📌What is the pay? The Executive Editor is paid $13.25 per hour for 12-16 hours a week. 📌How can I apply? Visit the link below to complete the job application. Please note that unlike other positions at Brushfire, the Executive Editor has to be elected by the Student Media Advisory Board. Therefore, this application will require a presentation before a selection committee instead of the typical job interview. https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-external/job/University-of-Nevada%2C-Reno—Main-Campus/Student-Worker—Executive-Editor—Brushfire_R0146674?q=brushfire

Hi all! Keep in mind Brushfire Spring 2025 submissions close THIS FRIDAY! You can still submit past this point, however it will be considered for the Fall 2025 journal instead. Visual arts are specifically wanted due to a lack of submissions! Visual art can be medias of any kind, as long as it can be submitted in a photo format! Sculpture/Cermaics Painting/Sketching Prints/Carvings Photography/Digital Media And so on. Thank you for a wonderful semester of submissions, keep an eye out for when the journal production begins!

Artist Spotlight is back! This time we focus on Eva Shipley, recently featured in Brushfire’s 2024 Fall journal. We follow her lifelong artistic story in the newest blog post. “One of the most beautiful things about visual art is its fluidity. Truly, anything is possible with a paintbrush and a dream. For the University of Nevada, Reno, BFA student Eva Shipley, fluidity is everything– it is the foundation of her style and the focus of every brushstroke. This is evident in two of Shipley’s pieces, which appear in Edition 76, Volume 2 of Brushfire– 36 Sawtooth Stars and Involved.” Read more at unrbrushfire.org - or follow the link on our bio! Check out Eva’s individual page and her other projects! @eva.shipley