Reed Magazine

Reed Magazine was founded in 1867 as The Acorn. The magazine has had various names over the years. It was known as The Normal Pennant in 1898 (a reference to the California State Normal School), The Quill in the 1920s and El Portal in the 1930s.[2] The name Reed Magazine started in 1948 when the publication was known as The Reed. At that time, the magazine was put together by SJSU's literary society, Pegasus, with help from the Associated Student Body. There is some dispute about the origin of the journal's name, with some saying that it honors James F. Reed, a survivor of the Donner Party and prominent local citizen. Others say that name of Reed was derived from a quote by Blaise Pascal:

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.... All our dignity consists in thought. By it we elevate ourselves, and not by space and time, which we can never fill. Let us make it our task, then, to think well: here is the principle of morality.

S= Steinbeck

M= Markham

R= Rico

B= Blair

EV= Emerging Voices

*= Returning participant

• The transition of numbering copies of Reed Magazine from 70 to 150 instead in 2017 was because the literary journal wanted to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
  • The last copy to use the term volume was Reed 66
  • After that, the magazine were labeled as "A literary Mosaic since..." for a couple years.

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