Welcome to New Voices, New Visions, a collection of the best student writing from the State University of New York at New Paltz’s Composition Program, newly minted the Writing & Rhetoric Program (summer 2022).  We are glad to be back on campus and sharing these essays, memoirs, letters, and projects with our readers!

Here, you will find a variety of modes, genres, and situations that students encounter and respond to in their college studies and beyond. It is our hope that New Voices, New Visions will not only be enjoyed by general readers, but also prompt current students to develop their skills by providing a variety of writing examples that demonstrate what is possible in our first-year Composition I and Writing & Rhetoric courses, as well as in other academic, personal, and professional contexts.

For more information about the  Program, click here. Previous editions of New Voices, New Visions are housed on our WordPress site.

Submissions and Events:

This edition includes works from previous years and will have an ongoing submission deadline for the rest of 2022. 

The University Writing Board will be hosting the annual Spring semester Celebration of Writing Day event May 6, 2022 from 3:30-5PM (location to be announced). Student authors are invited to read an excerpt of their work from New Voices, New Visions!

For information about submitting to this publication or for details about Celebration of Writing Day submissions (due in April) or the reading, contact Joann Deiudicibus: deiudicj@newpaltz.edu.

Thanks for reading,

Joann Deiudicibus, Writing & Rhetoric Program Assistant; Instructor

Rachel Rigolino, Supplemental Writing Workshop Director; Lecturer

Nicola Wilson Clasby, Writing & Rhetoric Program Coordinator; Lecturer