The Poor Print

The Poor Print The student-run newspaper of Oriel College, Oxford. We publish new issues fortnightly during term.

In Hilary Term 2013, two students from Oriel College, Niamh Gordon and Katie Ebner-Landy, decided to start a college newspaper, written by and for students. After a term of sourcing, writing, collating, editing and finally printing, the first issue of The Poor Print was released – to indubitably great acclaim. After a year's interregnum in 2013–14, The Poor Print returned in Michaelmas 2014 in a n

ew guise – as an online newspaper – and since Michaelmas 2015 has additionally been published fortnightly in print. Still run by students, the core aim is promoting and stimulating art, culture and free-thinking on a wide range of subjects, from the comic, serious and quotidian happenings of collegiate life to global events, developments and sensations. Content consists of a hugely wide variety of written, visual, and aural creativity, including news, poetry, photography, science, comment, drawing, music, events and entertainment. The Poor Print's ethos is based on attempting to get as many people as involved as possible and thereby to offer a broad range of perspectives and insights into a portion of what goes on amid the essays, problem sheets and lectures which, if left unchecked, invariably subsume the Oxford calendar. Any member of Oriel (JCR, MCR, SCR or staff) can send in contributions via [email protected] – articles, prose composition, poetry, cartoons, artwork, music, or anything else you can think of is welcomed! Each edition has a theme to stimulate submissions – to be added to the mailing list and be kept up to date with the theme and any other news, just fill out the 30-second form in the menu. There's no need to check ideas with us beforehand - but if you'd like to, feel free! As a rough guide, we ask for most written pieces other than poetry to be between 200 and 1200 words, but this is far from a hard-and-fast rule.

Our themes for Michaelmas 2024! 🦁📰
05/09/2024

Our themes for Michaelmas 2024! 🦁📰

Hi everyone, Hope you've all had a great vac so far! We wouldn't dare to disrupt your summer peace if it wasn't for the ...
05/09/2024

Hi everyone,
Hope you've all had a great vac so far! We wouldn't dare to disrupt your summer peace if it wasn't for the extremely exciting news we're about to tell you. Our team has decided to change a few things to improve the newspaper:

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Firstly, we would like the themes for our issues to be more inspiring and less restrictive, so for Michaelmas the prompts are now phrases and not single words.

Finally, we'll be announcing themes and accepting submissions for all 4 Michaelmas themes starting right now!

The themes for Michaelmas 2024 are:

Heart of the city
Shivers down your spine?
Moments that shape us
Baby, it's cold outside!

Send your submissions at https://thepoorprint.com/submit/

01/09/2024
Feeling reluctant to go out with your friends, or revise for your exams? Our next theme, ‘RELUCTANCE’, taps into that ub...
17/05/2024

Feeling reluctant to go out with your friends, or revise for your exams? Our next theme, ‘RELUCTANCE’, taps into that ubiquitous feeling. We’d love to receive your submissions: https://thepoorprint.com/submit/

Got any burning questions or need advice on a particular issue? Meet Beary McBearface, The Poor Print’s resident agony a...
07/05/2024

Got any burning questions or need advice on a particular issue? Meet Beary McBearface, The Poor Print’s resident agony aunt in ursine form. He is always happy to respond to any questions you have on college concerns and worries, answering them in his regular column, ‘Dear Beary’. Submit questions to him at https://thepoorprint.com/submit/, or simply write them in the comments below.

And a reminder that the theme for this weekend’ issue is ‘Womanhood’. We’re still accepting submissions, so please send them to us via https://thepoorprint.com/submit/ or email!

By popular request of JCR members, our next theme is ♀️ ‘WOMANHOOD’ ♀️ – submissions due next week! Please contribute an...
03/05/2024

By popular request of JCR members, our next theme is ♀️ ‘WOMANHOOD’ ♀️ – submissions due next week! Please contribute any of your poetry, prose, artwork, music, crosswords, etc., or get in touch with us if you have any questions. Send in your pieces at https://thepoorprint.com/submit/

Here is our latest issue: #101 – ‘Sentiment’. Many thanks to everyone who sent in their pieces last week! They’re also ...
03/05/2024

Here is our latest issue: #101 – ‘Sentiment’. Many thanks to everyone who sent in their pieces last week! They’re also available on our website: thepoorprint.com

Got any sentimental moments to share? This weekend’s Poor Print theme – ‘SENTIMENT’ – is the perfect opportunity to muse...
24/04/2024

Got any sentimental moments to share? This weekend’s Poor Print theme – ‘SENTIMENT’ – is the perfect opportunity to muse about your opinions, affections, beliefs, feelings, and more. We accept pieces of all types! https://thepoorprint.com/submit/

By popular demand, here are the Poor Print themes for Trinity 2024: ‘Sentiment’💝, ‘Womanhood’♀️, ‘Reluctance’😬 and ‘Prid...
20/04/2024

By popular demand, here are the Poor Print themes for Trinity 2024: ‘Sentiment’💝, ‘Womanhood’♀️, ‘Reluctance’😬 and ‘Pride’🌈.

Feeling inspired already? Get writing/drawing/composing and submit your work at https://thepoorprint.com/submit/ today! 🦁📰⏳

As we approach the start of Trinity term, here’s a quick look back at issue #100 (‘CENTURY’) from the end of Hilary! Fi...
20/04/2024

As we approach the start of Trinity term, here’s a quick look back at issue #100 (‘CENTURY’) from the end of Hilary! Find the pieces, as usual, on our website: https://thepoorprint.com/

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