Matchbox Magazine

06/07/2021

Hey everyone! Our 15th edition is published!! Check it out on our NEW website, accessible through linktr.ee/matchboxmagazine. This year's cover art is by Joshua Zupan from UCSC. Congrats to all those featured, and many thanks to all of the supporters who made this issue possible.

02/17/2021

🗣 We’ve extended our deadline to MARCH 1ST!! 💥 Submit your poetry, prose, visual art, spoken word, or music to Matchbox! 💭🖋🎨🎶🎤See our website for details: matchboxmagazine.org/submit 🔥🔥🔥

02/08/2021

Submit your work to Matchbox by Valentine's Day for a chance to be featured in our 15th issue!

01/05/2021

aaaaand we are back! Join us this quarter on Tuesdays at 7pm to review undergraduate student artwork, poetry, prose, and more! EXCITING NEWS: We are currently accepting new members! Join Matchbox to become a part of a student-run org and gain real-world leadership skills. Check out our website, matchboxmagazine.org and DM/email us if you have any questions!

10/02/2020

You all helped us raise $920 yesterday!!! A big Thank You to our donors and community members who continue to support us. We couldn't do this without you! 🔥🔥🔥

09/30/2020

Giving Day is today!! Matchbox Magazine would appreciate your support in helping to make print copies a reality this school year. Any donations will go directly towards printing and distribution costs. We appreciate ya'll, and be well!!

Make a donation at: https://givingday.ucsc.edu/o/university-of-california---santa-cruz/i/ucsc-giving-day-2020/s/matchbox-magazine?beAChampion=true&storyId=10116&validateChampion=false

07/19/2020

Matchbox Magazine issue 14 is up on our website! cover by Chloe Murr
https://matchboxmagazine.org/

05/21/2020

Self-Portrait of The Subconscious by CHLoe Tsang in issue 11!

03/12/2020

03/08/2020

Hello! We currently have our crowd funding page up for issue 14. We could really use the support! One issue cost $5 and we distribute it for free to every UC.
http://c-fund.us/psx

02/14/2020

Deadline is tonight at midnight! Open to all UC Students. Art by Janel Catajoy in last years issue.

01/07/2020

Art by Lindy Wakeling in Issue 13. Check it out at matchboxmagazine.org!

01/04/2020

Matchbox Magazine is an undergraduate creative writing journal based at UC Santa Cruz open to all University of California students, now accepting submissions. https://matchboxmagazine.org/

10/15/2019

Hi everyone! Our first meeting for people interested in being staff members will be tomorrow at the Kresge Writing Center (which is inside the Kresge Study Center) in two sessions. One from 7:00-7:30 and one from 7:30-8:00. You only have to attend one. See you there!!

07/19/2019

We apologize for getting the magazine out late this year! If you’re a senior or were published in the magazine and didn’t get a copy of it, dm us your address and we will ship you a copy in the beginning of fall quarter. In the meantime, the magazine is available on our website! https://matchboxmagazine.org/

06/26/2019

The books are out folks! 🎉🎉 Our 13th edition is finally here and should have arrived at all of the wonderful UC campuses! Keep your eyes peeled 👀 and look for copies on your UC campuses! Spread word with your friends and family! We couldn't have done it without all of y'all! Thank you! 💕

03/05/2019

Matchbox's Cookie Fundraiser is still going!! We are no longer located at S&E but if you would like to purchase Pacific Cookie Co cookies, send Matchbox a Facebook message for more information!! $2 a cookie, still got chocolate chip, dr. Midnight, and Snickerdoodle!!

02/27/2019

TOMORROW IS GIVING DAY! THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS! We are able to make Matchbox Magazine a reality, thanks to generous donations from those in our UC community. We could really use your help! Everything we get will go directly towards our printing costs, and help us get the books out to students like you, completely for free. We appreciate any and all donations we can get-- $5 pays for one book!!

Here's the link!: http://c-fund.us/j6a

Matchbox Magazine is a student-run literary and arts magazine based at UC Santa Cruz that publishes and distributes copies UC-wide, for free.

02/21/2019

We are able to make Matchbox Magazine a reality, thanks to generous donations from those in our UC community. On February 27th, we are doing a giving day campaign and we could really use your help! Everything we get will go directly towards our printing costs, and help us get the books out to students like you, completely for free. We appreciate any and all donations we can get-- $5 pays for one book!!

Here's the link!: http://c-fund.us/j6a

Matchbox Magazine is a student-run literary and arts magazine based at UC Santa Cruz that publishes and distributes copies UC-wide, for free.

12/05/2018

Only TEN DAYS left to support Matchbox Magazine through crowdfunding! Please click on or share the link below to see what we're all about! We are just about halfway to our goal, so with just a little bit of help from you, we can have enough funds to print! Just $5 prints a book!!

https://crowdfund.ucsc.edu/?cfpage=project&project_id=23186&t=1544047657

11/30/2018

FIFTEEN DAYS LEFT for Matchbox Magazine's crowdfunding page! We are a student-run literary and arts magazine here at UCSC, and the only publication featuring creative work from all UC campuses! With your support, we can cover the printing costs needed to make the publication FREE for everyone! If you or anyone you know would like to help us out by donating, please follow and share the link below! Just $5 prints a book!!

https://crowdfund.ucsc.edu/?cfpage=project&project_id=23186&t=1543539961

11/15/2018

Matchbox Magazine is now LIVE on Crowdfunding! Help us share undergraduate creative work across the UC system by contributing, starting today and for the next 30 days. With your help, we hope to be able to cover printing costs to make the book free for everyone! If you or anyone you know might be interested in donating, please click and share the link below!!

https://crowdfund.ucsc.edu/?cfpage=project&project_id=23186&t=1542311514

Matchbox Magazine is a student run literary and arts magazine based at UC Santa Cruz that publishes and distributes UC wide, for free.

09/25/2018

We’re at OPERS Fest! Come check us out! We will be here till 5!

06/01/2018

Are y’all free on June 7th at 7- 9:30 PM? If so, come on down to Extravmaganza to get free copies all of this year’s student media publications! It will be at the Kresge Town Hall ✨ We will be tabling so please come to meet the staff and learn more about Matchbox! 🔥

05/27/2018

Berkeley! We just dropped off some copies of this years book at Bancroft Library and Moffit Undergraduate Library. If you don’t see one, don’t worry, we will be bringing more soon!

05/23/2018

We are beyond proud of this year’s edition ✨ Keep your 👀 open for our books on your campus! S/O to for being a great hand model 👏

05/21/2018

Hey, UCSB! 🌊 Our books are now on your campus! Look out for them at South Hall’s Advising Office, the Art Advising Office, and tables and magazine shelves scattered across campus. Get them while they’re hot 🔥🔥

05/19/2018

Hey UCLA! Our books have been placed on your campus! Start your book hunt, they’ll go fast 🔥 We placed our books at the:
1. Charles E. Young Research Library
2. Powell Library-computing commons
3. Murphy Hall
4. Outside the Art department
5. In the outside magazine shelves

05/16/2018

The books are out folks! As a final sneak peek, this is one of the many amazing pieces we received this year, which we are so grateful for and excited to show y’all the rest soon! Shoutout to for the beautiful piece. Keep your eyes open because they are coming your way soon!

05/14/2018

OUR 12th EDITION IS FINALLY HERE!! We are so excited and can’t wait to share these books with y’all. Our team will be in full distribution mode very soon, so keep your eyes peeled and look for copies (soon to be) on your UC campus! Spread the word with your friends and family... it’s celebrating time!! 🎉