Maya Literary Magazine

          An undergraduate, student-run literary magazine out of Drexel University focuses on publishing student poetry, prose, short fiction, non-fiction as well as graphics, illustrations, photography and other art. Records indicate the first issue of Maya was published in 1967. From this point the magazine flourished up to the year 2000 when they faced a 6 year hiatus and did not publish again until 2005.
         From the looks of the magazine, it appeals more to short types of poetry and photography, there were about 6 pieces of fiction and non-fiction combined. This is probably because submissions can't exceed 5 pages double spaced. Maya takes submissions all year round, but publishes once per year usually in the Spring. The only requirement of Maya is that anyone who submits must be an undergraduate of Drexel Univeristy.
        I looked over the past 2010 issue and there were only 3 non-fiction pieces in there. Not much for me to review, but there were 2 pieces that I found interesting.
   The Mystical Creature of Vienna by Mike Stumpo in this piece the author writes about a trip into a mystical land which describes as "The land of gum-dropped shaped shrubbery and fairytale places" and how this place bring outs the inner child of Gena, the main character. Amused my a street balloonist, she shouts out different balloon animals for him to make and in the end he decides upon making her a "trouser dragon". Lets just say that in the end there are some perverted people amongst these mystical streets.
     Dictionary Definitions for Social Networking Site by Sarah Solomon was one I found to be quite amusing and something almost everyone could relate too. Solomon gives a modern, sarcastic definition for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even the old MySpace one could never forget. Describes the most common uses for them today and how people are wrapped up in social media that face-to-face interaction is becoming quite foreign.
     Overall The Maya Literary Magazine appeals to most of peoples creative needs. The magazine student run and only students know what other students need. Maya does a wide variety of events throughout the campus to engage the student body, get volunteers and even have people submitted there writing. Something  interesting I came across was about the Might Writers program Maya  is apart of. They are in collaboration with Temple University and both school work with elementary school students on proper writing and aspiring author. GO MAYA! This is very interesting magazine and I'm glad it appeals to more than just non-fiction.