The Black and White Literary Journal for the Arts and our Halloween themed spinoff, Black and Orange is a fully student run and edited literary journal, accepting student and community submissions of creative work of all stripes, and continuing the proud tradition of student-run literary publications at Western Connecticut State University since 1962. You can review our submission guidelines page.
NEW: Black & White – 2025
The online version of the 15th volume of the Black & White is now live!
View the Black & White PDF file here.
Digital Publications Archives
Black & White – 2024
The online version of the 14th volume of Black & White is now live!
View the Black & White 2024 PDF here.
Black & White – 2023
The online version 13th volume of Black & White is now live!
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Black & Orange – 2022
Website features for the 2022 edition of Black & Orange are now live! Check back for more updates.
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Black & White – 2022
The 12th volume of Black & White is now live! View the Black & White 2022 PDF here
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Black & Orange – 2021
Our Halloween edition of the WCSU literary journal is now live! Click the image below to peruse our spooky stories.
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