JEOPARDY MAGAZINE is the undergraduate-run literary journal of Western Washington University and showcases the unique voices of students, faculty, staff, and alumni each spring. Our goal is to present Western's best works of the literary and fine arts as part of a cohesive, progressive, and engaging collection.
If you are affiliated with the Western community, we encourage you to submit your original works!
Our Goals
- To create a supportive literary community in and around the university
- To provide a unique venue for student voice and creativity
- o promote writers and arts through quarterly readings and events
- To unite visual artists, writers, dramatists and others in the arts community
Our History
In 1963, a literary magazine called Synchesis was started on Western’s campus. In 1965, its name was changed to Jeopardy.
For the next thirty-nine years, Jeopardy accepted and printed submissions from all over the world, including work from Kenneth Rexroth, James Welch, Richard Hugo, Marvin Bell, Robert Creeley, Madeline DeFrees, X.J. Kennedy, Knute Skinner, Richard Brautigan, Charles Bukowski, Joyce Odam, Annie Dillard, Donald Hall, Gary Snyder, Rita Mae Brown, and William Stafford.
In 2003, the Student Publications Council voted to make Jeopardy a campus-specific publication, a policy the magazine still maintains. Rather than publishing work from around the world, Jeopardy now serves as a showcase for the Western community, highlighting quality written literary and visual art from students, staff, faculty and alumni.