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Who We Are
The Aster is a student-centered publication, supported by World Literature Today, that provides a platform for celebrating student expression, connecting artists and audiences, and establishing a dynamic web of student creators. We publish poetry, short fiction, photography and visual art, and anything creative that fits into print. Click here to take a look at our website and inaugural issue.
How You Can Help
Last year, we worked with student artists to produce a 48-page review that we distributed online and in a limited print run. Since then interest on campus has boomed as we connect with more readers, writers, and artists.This year, our ambitions have grown: we want to reach more artists and send out more copies to a larger audience.
To that end, we're launching a new website, doubling our print run, and hoping to expand the second volume up to 70 pages. By donating to our project, you will help establish our review for this year and next, laying a foundation for a multi-annual student arts publication at the University of Oklahoma for the first time in decades.
Spread the Word
We believe that student art is worth sharing. Regardless of whether or not you can donate to our project, you can help us by sharing our funding campaign and publication with your friends and family. Together, we can provide a platform to lift budding artists into the world of publishing.
Thank you.
Every dollar you give directly supports a generation of student art, artists, and editors. By joining our project, you're helping establish a unique educational experience at OU, where students come from across disciplines to celebrate creativity. And for that, we thank you.
Donors will receive a letter of thanks from our staff via email and access to the digital edition of The Aster: An Arts Review.
Donors will receive early access to the digital version of The Aster: An Arts Review, along with a letter of thanks via email.
Donors will receive a print edition of The Aster: An Arts Review, mailed if necessary (anywhere in the continental U.S.), in addition to all previous perks.
Donors will have their names added to the list of special contributors in the new issue of The Aster and receive an invitation to the end-of-year banquet to celebrate the print release with the editors and contributors, in addition to all previous perks. (Note: to be listed as a special contributor, donors must leave their names unhidden.)
For funding the tech fees for our website and digital edition, this donor will receive a special thank you in the new edition of The Aster: An Arts Review, as well as all previous perks.
