By Staff Reporter, Philip Winterstein.
The Pioneer Post, an online literary website, was created for Delta College students to create and share their works, whether it be poetry, fiction, essays, or short stories. With recent back-to-back improvements, the Post has broadened the ability for students to learn about the publication and their cause.
English Professor and the Pioneer Post’s Editor-in-Chief Lauren Smith established the website in 2012. By 2013, the Post had been viewed by over 800 people and over ten students had contributed. Currently, Smith runs the Pioneer Post with two managing editors, Mark Brown and Patricia Harris, from Delta College’s English Division.
They now have over 1,900 viewers, and the number of students who have contributed has nearly doubled. The Pioneer Post was also able to successfully create a print edition of the published entries, an item that has been on their to-do list for over a year.
“For students, print edition, a physical book, has an enduring power that a website doesn’t have. Students can touch a book and take it with them,” said Smith.
Smith, as well as other faculty members of the English Division, encourage students to participate in academic competitions, public readings, and of course, submitting personal entries into the Pioneer Post.
“I continue to be thrilled by my work,” Smith said. “I like to see students taking chances to show their work, and as they do, we will continue to build the Pioneer Post.”
Paperback versions of the Pioneer Post can be found at the WRIT Center in the Delta College Library (A-110) or at the English Division in the S-Wing. Visit the Pioneer Post at www.pioneerpost.net or contact Lauren Smith at laurensmith3@delta.edu to learn about submitting your own creative work.
