Jenny Magazine

Jenny Magazine accepts submissions once a year in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. Allow us a moment to explain the title of our venture.

Youngstown State University’s Student Literary Arts Association is proud to invite you to submit work to our online literary magazine: Jenny. Like many struggling postindustrial cities across the country, Youngstown, Ohio is a place defined by images of ruin and rust, and there are few images more striking than that of the Jeannette Blast Furnace. “Jenny,” as plant workers called her and as Bruce Springsteen referred to her in his 1995 song “Youngstown,” was one of two furnaces located at Youngstown Sheet and Tube. It was a place where things were made, shaped, created. The blast furnace was shut down in the late 1970s and was demolished in 1996. Steel was one of many industries that left this region built on manufacturing in the last four decades of our history. While the absence of our blast furnaces has been felt in terrible ways throughout our region, our fire has not gone out. In the aftermath of de-industrialization, we are not a people without industry. Youngstown is not done creating, not done making. We are each of us, every day, telling stories. Here in the pages of Jenny, we aim to display some of those artifacts made by wordsmiths and visual artists alike.

-YSU Student Literary Arts Association

09/29/2026

09/16/2026

You’re invited!

06/19/2026

We are now accepting applications to the English M.A. Program at YSU. Assistantships available to fund your degree! Reach out to [email protected] for more details.

04/08/2026

The new issue of Jenny Magazine is now live for your reading pleasure!

Jamie Beasley is a multi-media interdisciplinary artist whose work explores his experiences as a transgender and neurodivergent individual. He is currently a studio art major at YSU.

02/18/2026

02/17/2026

Join in on the state-wide celebration of Toni Morrison with a live reading of her novel, Jazz, and a live jazz performance tomorrow at YSU! 🎷📖

Jazz novel reading:
📅Wednesday, Feb. 18 | ⏰ 9-11:30 and 2-3
📍DeBartolo Hall lobby

Live jazz performance interlude:
📅Wednesday, Feb. 18 | ⏰ 11:30-1:30
📍Bliss Hall 2200

02/11/2026

Meet 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 ✨📚, bestselling author, storyteller, and creator of unforgettable worlds like The Raven Cycle, Shiver, and The Scorpio Races. Her work blends magic, mystery, and emotion in a way that keeps readers hooked from the first page. We can’t wait for students to dive into her stories and hear her insights this spring! 🌟📖

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