Kaleidoscope - Spoon River College

Kaleidoscope is a literary and visual arts journal published each spring that includes prose, poetry, art, and photography.

If you would like to submit your work for the next edition of Kaleidoscope, please use the link under the Resources header, and email faculty advisors Laura Bandy or Barbara Ashwood with any questions you have.

Submissions for the 2026 edition will be accepted until Friday, February 20, 2026.

Kaleidoscope History: In 1983, under the direction of communication professor Bob Gorg and student editors Jerry Swank and David Pires, the Spoon River College Student Senate sponsored a literary publication entitled Collegiate that was filled with stories, poetry, essays and public commentary. It initially had a strictly literary focus, and then added visual arts and became Kaleidoscope in 1996 with a nearly endless range of formats and appearances.

Today, Kaleidoscope continues its mission to publish fine works of literature and visual arts by the Spoon River College community.