ABOUT

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:

When the relaunch of Venture began last semester, the majority of us didn’t know what working on a literary magazine entailed. There was a massive learning curve, but the passion that our whole staff and myself have had for this has really brought us to this point, where finally after 4 years, Venture is finally back. I was selected by the rest of the team to become the new Editor in Chief for Venture. I am incredibly grateful for the trust that they have put in me as well as our Web Editor, Ashley Morales, to lead and help bring the journal back in its newest iteration. I am also incredibly grateful for all of the submissions that we received from the Rider community, and just how excited people have been for Venture’s return. 

We decided that the theme for Venture’s return should be Revival. Pieces like Sophia Porter’s “Home” and Emily Ivanauskas’ “Steady Breathing” do a wonderful job at exploring these themes in ways that I think can resonate with other college students. There are so many other beautiful, profound, and lighthearted works that are in this Spring 2024 issue. I hope you all read and enjoy them just as much as the editors and myself have.

Maura Corman, Editor-in-Chief of Venture

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

Venture is the online undergraduate literary journal of Rider University. The journal publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that represents the diverse aspects of the Rider community and the larger world. Venture seeks to foster relationships between artists to create conversations about the human experience in all of its beautiful, raw, silly, messy, and profound forms. Our editors and production team are committed to bridging the different communities within Rider to each other, and those communities with the people beyond our campus. It is our hope that the writing and art we present in this magazine will function as a time capsule and be a thrilling venture of its own.