Brighton High Literary Arts Magazine releases 6th issue

On May 25th, Taurus Canis released its sixth edition of the Literary Arts Magazine with the dedication and skills of about 50 members from Brighton High School.

Taurus Canis is composed of art, short stories, and poetry submitted by the students and staff of Brighton High School. The magazine is printed by Brighton High School’s graphics class with the help of Sean Carney. The 2017 magazine’s theme was “Carpe Diem”. With a $50 prize incentive, students were motivated to submit their work, but any and all literature, poetry, art, or photography is welcome.

There were two winners for this year’s art portion of the magazine. Katelynn Stress for her drawing, “Carp in Denim” and Mikayla Maciak won for her painting, “Carpe Diem” which is also the cover design. Anna Krebs won the poetry prize for her poetry piece, “What If?”

The BHS Times newspaper editor-in-chief, Rachel Matuszewski, has also been the editor-in-chief of the Taurus Canis magazine for two years running. Matuszewski wrote the poem, “That’s Life” in this year’s magazine.

BHS teacher Todd Day, the advisor of the magazine, helps guide and give ideas for the creative arts style publication.

“I like the collaboration of written work and inspired art in the magazine. It’s something I look forward to every year. I also like the collaboration between the students and teachers, it reflects one more component that makes Brighton Area Schools so special,” Day said.

Students interested in submitting their writing or art work into the magazine can send them in to bhslitmag2016@gmail.com. There is one publication each year in May.

For those in the community who would like a hard copy, they will be available for pickup in Robert C. Gardella’s office at 134 First Street, Suite 201 in downtown Brighton, first come, first serve and free of charge. Or visit the Brighton High School website and click on the “Student Publications” tab in the lower left column to see the on-line copy in PDF format.