The school’s literary magazine, Litfly, is switching things up this year and is doing a longer end-of-the-year edition. Typically, Litfly releases a short edition every few months. But this year, the members decided to give a long edition a chance to show what their club represents.
“I think that doing short editions, we only did a couple a year, and in those we don’t have much. So I think putting them all together will make it more appealing to others and will let more people learn about our club,” sophomore Cecilia Elgert explained.
The theme for this year’s Litfly will be Gratifly, a play on the words Litfly and gratify. For something to be gratifying, it must bring pleasure or satisfaction, which is what Litfly does for its members: it makes them happy.
“The people in Litfly and the creative expression make me happy, and the ‘controlled chaos’ gives light to my day,” sophomore Grey Lodes said.
“Litfly isn’t all seriousness; it is fun. It gives me a place to express creativity freely and see my work being printed somewhere,” sophomore Oakley Wellman said.
Besides just being a creative outlet, Litfly’s members say that there are many reasons why they enjoy being a part of Litfly.
“To me, Litfly isn’t just a club. It’s the reason I have close friends and people I can joke with without being judged,” Wellman said.
Litfly has brought many of its members a sense of belonging, which makes the club feel like a family. Besides building friendships, Litfly also helps build and improve graphic design skills.
It gives the members more room to practice and grow with editing and design techniques. The club recently switched to a different editing software called Kittl. The members say it is easier to understand than Canva, which the club used in previous years. Kittl is easier to navigate and doesn’t glitch out as much, which makes it a reliable tool for Litfly.
“As Editor-in-Chief, I really like the design part of Litfly because I don’t really write as much as I used to. I enjoy designing the Litfly on Kittl and putting together things students have made for an eye-catching final product,” Elgert said.
Litfly isn’t just about writing, which is typically what people think of when they hear the word literary.
“With Litfly being a lesser-known club, students need to know that Litfly isn’t strictly about writing and art. It is much more than just that, and we want to be able to combine diverse types of creative works for our final product,” Elgert said. Litfly meets after school on Tuesdays in room 131 and welcomes new members who desire to create and share their works.
