blue moon is Whitman College's annual art and literary magazine. It is entirely student-staffed and features outstanding art, prose, and poetry of the Whitman community - students, faculty, alumni, and staff. The publication, in its 25th year, recieves financial support from the Associated Students of Whitman College and donations from campus offices, local businesses, and our individual readers.

You can support blue moon through four categories of donations:
Benefactor: contribution of $150 or more
Patron: contribution of $100 or more
Sponsor: contribution of $50 or more
Supporter: contribution of $25 or more

Please mail checks payable to Associated Students of Whitman College to:
blue moon
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362

Editors-in-Chief
Bo Erickson
Chelsea Kern

Poetry Editor
Sabrina Wise

Poetry Staff
Tyler King
Jessica Palacios
Richael Best
Aaron Baumann
Tyler Schuh

Prose Editor
Hanne Jensen

Prose Staff
Sarah Debs
Hannah Rose Bender
Emma Casley
Kai Rasmussen
Kinsey White

Art Editors
Anna Dawson
Andrew Strong

Art Staff
Olga Baranoff
Hilary Painter
Sandra Matsevilo
Kendra Klag

Digital Media Editor
Dana Thompson

Digital Media Staff
Linnaea Weld
Lucinda Sisk
Benjamin Shoemake

Public Relations
Maren Schiffer (fall)
Sarah Debs

Copy Editors
Richael Best
Hanne Jensen

Layout Editors
Tyler Schuh
Jessica Palacios
Kinsey White

CSPA College Magazine Silver Crown / link
2011 / blue moon Vol. 23
2010 / blue moon Vol. 22

CSPA College Magazine Gold Crown / link
2008 / blue moon Vol. 20

CSPA 2011 Collegiate Circle Awards in Magazine / link
Awards recieved for blue moon Vol. 24, published in 2011

Overall Magazine Design / Third Place
blue moon staff
Page Design: Literary Single Spread / Second Place
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Cartoon / First Place
“Ahab” by Sam Alden
Fiction: Essays for Magazine / First Place
“A Furrowed Brow” by Naomi Gibbs
Photographs for Magazines / Certificate of Merit
"Four Eyes" by Kendra Klag
Single Illustration / Certificate of Merit
"The Last Unicorn" by Markel Uriu
Fiction: Experimental / Certificate of Merit
"M a n y" by Nick Michal
Fiction: Experiemental / Certificate of Merit
"It Came from the Sky" by Nick Michal

CSPA 2008 Collegiate Circle Awards in Magazine / link
Awards recieved for blue moon Vol. 20, published in 2007

Closed (Traditional) Form Poetry/ First Place
“April Showers Bring...” by Baron Haber
Cartoons / Second Place
"Melancholia" by Ariel Kitch
Humor / Third Place
“Integral Truths” by Ian Beck and Matt Bennett
Title and Contents Page Design / Certificate of Merit
2007 blue moon staff
Single Illustration Rendering Photographic Material / Certificate of Merit
"Mountain Man" by Gia Matzinger
Illustration Portfolio of Work / Certificate of Merit
Ariel Kitch
Traditional Fiction / Certificate of Merit
"Porn Kingdown" by Geoff Waring

CSPA Gold Medal Certificate / link
2011 / blue moon Vol. 23
2007 / blue moon Vol. 20
2006 / blue moon Vol. 19

CSPA 2009 Collegiate Circle Awards in Magazine / link
Awards recieved for blue moon Vol. 21, published in 2008

Free (Open) Form Poetry / Second Place
“Sylvia” by Melissa Rhodes
Overall Magazine Design / Certificate of Merit
Andrew Witherspoon
Cover Design, Two or More Colors / Certificate of Merit
“Entanglement” by Meghan Urback
Black and White Illustration / Certificate of Merit
“Sleeping Beatuy/Beauty and the Beast” by Claire Navin-Poleson
Cartoon / First Place
"Santa Fe" by Avi Conant
Photographs (Black and White or One Other Color) / Third Place
"Diamond Rain" by Zachary Lough
Photographs (Two or More Colors) / Certificate of Merit
"Golden" by Sean Bradley

CSPA 2007 Collegiate Circle Awards in Magazine / link
Awards recieved for blue moon Vol. 19, published in 2006

Traditional Fiction / Certificate of Merit
“City Interrupted” by Graham Trail
Experimental Fiction / Third Place
"Gaps" by Ezra Fox
Photographic Illustration / Certificate of Merit
“Boy and Elephant” by Meghan Urback
Open-Free Poetry / Certificate of Merit
“Hey Charybdis!” by Keith Dammer
Overall Design / Third Place
2006 blue moon Staff