Helicon: A Brief Introduction to the magasine
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Helicon
Magazine is Bristol University's Forum for the creative artistic talents of its
students, staff, or indeed, members of the Bristol public. It is a quarterly
showcase for poetry, prose writing (fiction or non-fiction), exemplary academic
essays, photography and art. It is free and is distributed widely throughout the
University precincts and as of December, 2003 Helicon is now also available at
the Bristol city-centre branches of Borders, Blackwells, STA Travels,
Boston-Tea-Party, Pret-a-Manager, Café Nero and Café Gusto.
Like many
University Magazines before it, Helicon was conceived in the University's
Department of English. It grew from a Creative Writing group founded by Niccola
Yeeles of the English Department’s Falstaff society. Under the mantle of its
founding member and visionary first Editor (2002-03), Helicon was launched with
the kind support of the Alumni Foundation, KPMG, the Falstaff Society and
several individual donors.
What sets Helicon apart from
previous poetry magazines, however, is the equal footing given by the magazine's
Editors to other diverse forms of creative expression such as prose, art and
photography. Helicon's aim was and is not simply to be an in-house poetry
magazine for the English Department, but to be first a University wide, and then
city wide publication containing original work of a high quality.
The magazine has encouraged
contributions from students across the board of the University’s diverse
Departments, a fact reflected in Helicon’s Editorial team which comprises of
students from both the Arts and the Sciences.
Helicon now has its own awards
section in the University’s Annual Student Media Awards held every spring, under
the 4 categories of : Best Poetry , Best Prose, Best Photography/Artwork and
Most Novel Contribution of the Year.
The Editors would like to thank
Helicon’s benefactors and contributors and look forward to more contributions,
suggestions and feedback.
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