The Birch -- An Undergraduate Slavic Journal

[Paul Sonne]

To All Professors and Slavic Instructors:

A year ago, a group of undergraduates at Columbia University founded *The
Birch,* an undergraduate journal of Slavic studies. In a year's time, we
have published two issues, both of which showcase creative work and critical
commentaries authored by Columbia and Barnard undergraduates.

Though the first two issues of *The Birch* published submissions from
Columbia and Barnard undergraduates exclusively, the board has decided to
accept submissions from all interested undergraduates--regardless of their
university affiliation--beginning with our next issue. We would be pleased
to receive submissions from undergraduate scholars at your university for
inclusion in our upcoming issue, which will be released in April.

*The Birch* is one of few places where undergraduates can publish poems,
fiction, photography, literary criticism and current events articles related
to Slavic studies. The journal is completely student-run, and undergraduates
select and edit the journal's content. Our student editors are currently in
the process of e-mailing undergraduate students at colleges and universities
in order to publicize our call for submissions. We hope to appoint
undergraduate editors-at-large at colleges and universities across the
country who will serve as point persons in the collection of submissions at
their home institutions. Please e-mail us if you know an undergraduate
student at your university who would be a good contact for our editorial
board.

We hope you will join us in the creation of what promises to be the first
national--perhaps even international--undergraduate Slavic studies
publication. You can find more information about the journal, as well as
published articles from our first edition, online at www.thebirchonline.org.
Please visit the site for more information, and feel free to send me an
e-mail at pss2103 at columbia.edu <editor at thebirchonline.org> if you have any
questions. Due dates for the next issue are as follows:

Preliminary topic proposals for the culture and politics sections must be
sent to the board for approval: DUE MARCH 2
Literary criticism, poetry, prose, photography and creative non-fiction
submissions: DUE MARCH 17
Final versions of culture and politics articles: DUE MARCH 17

We hope you will encourage your students to submit to the journal. Please
instruct them to contact us if they have any questions. Thank you very much.

Best,
Paul Sonne
Editor-In-Chief, The Birch
www.thebirchonline.org

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