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  • The Jenny Premiere for Issue 003 is a success!

    We’d like to thank our many attendees to the third Jenny premiere. Readings, music, and good company made for a premiere we were very proud to host. The YSU Jambar gave us the grace of a nice write-up. You can read it here. Thanks again for another wonderful gathering. We’ll see you again in the…

  • Visit us at the YSU Summer Festival of the Arts

    Dear friends, Please join us this Saturday from 11:00 AM to noon at Debartolo Hall (The Lemon Grove stage) for a Jenny open mic at this year’s YSU Summer Festival of the Arts. If you would like to participate, please bring a print-out of your best poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. We only ask that you…

  • “Peaceweaver” excerpt from Rebecca Barnhouse

    We’re very happy to be able to share, with permission from Random House Children’s Books, the first chapter of Rebecca Barnhouse’s forthcoming novel “Peaceweaver.” You can view it in the Spring ’11 issue of Jenny, issue #002, in which we interview Rebecca as our featured author.  Please stop by to read this exciting initial excerpt,…

  • Many thanks from the SLAA!

    The Student Literary Arts Association would like to thank everyone who has helped make this Spring 2011 issue of Jenny a great success.  The Jenny launch party was as much fun for us as it was for you, and we thank all in attendance for joining us to celebrate.  And thank you for reading, as…

  • Join us for the Jenny Spring ’11 launch party!

    We’d like to thank everyone who submitted their work for the Spring 2011 issue.  We had a lot of fun reading your work, and we’ve made selections for this issue.  But we’re now taking submissions for the Fall 2011 issue #003, and we’re very much looking forward to those as well.  Please check our Submissions…

  • Deadline for Spring 2011 approaching!

    We’d like to remind you that the deadline for the Spring Issue is quickly approaching!  All submissions must be received by March 10th.  Again, we are taking submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction via e-mail.  Please head over to the Submission Guidelines page for details on how to submit, as well as which e-mail address…

  • Youngstown Reading Series Presents: Lori Jakiela

    This event will be tonight, February 17th, at 7pm at Dorian Books. More details can be found here. As a native Pittsburgher, Lori Jakiela (rhymes with tequila) has a weakness for gigantic deep-fried fish sandwiches, thinks slippy is a real word, and sometimes drinks Iron City Beer for sentimental reasons. Her hometown, Trafford, PA, is…

  • Happy New Year from Jennymag.org!

    We at Jenny would like to wish all of you, our readers and contributers, our friends and affiliates, a very happy new year. We’re very happy to have had such an encouraging response to this magazine and to have been able to share our stories with you. The excitement and celebration surrounding our launch are…

  • The Jenny Debut! (Photo Gallery)

    The night of October 24th was a huge success, and we were all overwhelmed and deeply gratified to have such a great turnout. Snacks, wine, great music, an auction full of wonderful prizes and the amazing range of readings made our launch party one that we were proud to present and delighted to attend. In…