The Laureate’s mission is to provide undergraduate students at Western Michigan University a place in which to publish their fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and other creative works. Under the guidance of a faculty editor and mentor, each year an undergraduate student chooses to accept the challenge of gathering, selecting, and editing the collection for an honors thesis project. Faculty mentors at WMU’s Design Center at the Gwen Frostic School of Art select undergraduate students to be in charge of the journal’s design aesthetic. The Laureate strives to be a professional and engaging publication that appeals to all. Please enjoy the creative work of our students!
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Current Volume: Volume 21 (2023)
Complete Issue
Editor's Note
Letter From the Editor
Bella Loe Proulx
Poetry
Sunday, May 2, 1999
Lydia Cowan
(un)faithful Humanity
Nora Pluth
Magazine Mouth
Kostandi Stephenson
Pest(icide)
Kostandi Stephenson
drunk on halloween
Lauren Williams
Soft-Spoken
Amaya Gipson
grave-digger
Lauren Williams
Instructions to The Coroner
Josiah Zuiderveen
What’s Taken, What’s Given, and What I Choose to Remember
Grace Cieslikowski
Note to Self
Shelby Vaughn
a bubble bath
Lydia Cowan
The Oppression of Depression
Shelby Vaughn
Burning Trees
Josiah Zuiderveen
Highway at Night
Nora Pluth
Before Sunrise
Nora Pluth
Chasing the Heart of Music
Josiah Zuiderveen
Astigmatism
Madalyn L. Rockwell
Yellow Yarn
Nora Pluth
Becoming Consumption
Madalyn L. Rockwell
Scribble Out
Lucas Harbaugh
Philadelphia Alley
Lucas Harbaugh
the moral code of horoscopes
Lauren Williams
Dreamy Rivers Flowing Under Bridges
Josiah Zuiderveen
A Lady’s Broken Heart
Kostandi Stephenson
spoonful of sugar
Lauren Williams
Flowers for the Living
Nora Pluth
To Be in Morning
Angie Bissonnette
Hide and Seek
Angie Bissonnette
Our Kingdom
Angie Bissonnette
After Two Men in Love
Josiah Zuiderveen
The woman in Me is Tired
Lydia Cowan
Not an Invitation
Madalyn L. Rockwell
Sunday, May 2, 1999
Lydia Cowan
Fiction
A Siren’s Cry
Angie Bissonnette
A Needle Through the Eye of an Apostate: Baptism
June Pearson
Venus’ Arms
Rian Johnson
The Meadow
Lucas Harbaugh
Puppet Master
Ryder Dietz
A Bloody Proposal
Angie Bissonnette
Nonfiction
The Stages of Emily Doe
Rian Johnson
Photography
Submission 2
Madeline Roberts
Submission 3
Madeline Roberts
Submission 5
Madeline Roberts
Submission 4
Madeline Roberts
Flower Picture
Mira Marino
Submission 1
Madeline Roberts
Art
Crossroads
Emma Hampel
The Artist
Emma Hampel
Flower Print
Mira Marino
Watching Mom
Emma Hampel
