Fall 2017 Issue of "Hard Freight" Published

Cover of Hard Freight fall 2017
Credit: Penn State

The fall 2017 issue of Hard Freight, Penn State Altoona’s online student literary magazine, has been published.

The issue includes poems, short stories, essays, and artworks by current students. A special feature is the essay “Be Heard” by Ian Brumbaugh, first place winner of the Fall 2017 Common Read Writing Contest. This semester’s Faculty/Staff Spotlight is a story by Tom Bennitt, Emerging Writer-in-Residence.

The deadline for submissions to spring 2018 issue is February 20, 2018 at midnight. Also on February 20, the spring Hard Freight Café open mic event will be held, featuring a kick-off reading by poet Dave Bonta. Look for additional announcements next semester.

Read the Fall 2017 issue now!