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Paris/Atlantic

The annual literary and creative arts journal of The American University of Paris

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Paris/Atlantic Magazine, the annual journal of the American University of Paris, has been a celebration of creativity and artistry since the early 80s. Showcasing visual art and literary pieces, it provides a platform for emerging artists to share their work. Each edition, curated by students, features contributions from talented individuals.

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Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate the launch of the 2025 edition of the Paris/Atlantic Magazine!

Don’t miss this opportunity to pick up your own copy of the 2025 Paris/Atlantic magazine and connect with fellow creatives and enthusiasts. We look forward to celebrating with you!

RSVP on Engage!

Event Details
Date: Friday 2 May 2025
Time: 18-20h
Location: Q-801, Quai building, 6 Rue du Colonel Combes
Dress code: Casual

Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate the launch of the 2025 edition of the Paris/Atlantic Magazine!

Don’t miss this opportunity to pick up your own copy of the 2025 Paris/Atlantic magazine and connect with fellow creatives and enthusiasts. We look forward to celebrating with you!

RSVP on Engage!

Event Details
Date: Friday 2 May 2025
Time: 18-20h
Location: Q-801, Quai building, 6 Rue du Colonel Combes
Dress code: Casual

SUBMISSION DEADLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15TH! Only a couple weeks left to showcase your work in the next edition of Paris/Atlantic! Email your writing & art to : parisatlantic@aup.edu. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

SUBMISSION DEADLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15TH! Only a couple weeks left to showcase your work in the next edition of Paris/Atlantic! Email your writing & art to : parisatlantic@aup.edu. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Submit poems, photography, and more to parisatlantic@aup.edu. Submissions close on January 31st!

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Submit poems, photography, and more to parisatlantic@aup.edu. Submissions close on January 31st!

In May we hosted a launch party for Vol. 40 of the magazine. A belated thank you to all who contributed! Swing by campus to get yourself a copy!

In May we hosted a launch party for Vol. 40 of the magazine. A belated thank you to all who contributed! Swing by campus to get yourself a copy!

Remember, submissions are now open! Send your work to our email—we look forward to seeing your submissions! Details about submission guidelines will come early next week.

Remember, submissions are now open! Send your work to our email—we look forward to seeing your submissions! Details about submission guidelines will come early next week.

Submissions are open for Paris/Atlantic! P/A is AUP’s oldest student-run publication, operating for over 40 years to showcase our brilliant students’ poetry, fiction, and art submissions. If you have a short story you’ve been working on or a selection of poetry you’ve poured your heart into, we want to see it! Photos around Paris, paintings and sketches, screenplays in the works—we want it all! This is a fantastic opportunity to publish your work for your peers and other patrons around Paris to see. We accept submissions up to 3,000 words, excerpts welcome!
Submissions will be open until January 17. Email us your submissions at parisatlantic@aup.edu! We look forward to hearing from you! More info on guidelines coming later this week.

Submissions are open for Paris/Atlantic! P/A is AUP’s oldest student-run publication, operating for over 40 years to showcase our brilliant students’ poetry, fiction, and art submissions. If you have a short story you’ve been working on or a selection of poetry you’ve poured your heart into, we want to see it! Photos around Paris, paintings and sketches, screenplays in the works—we want it all! This is a fantastic opportunity to publish your work for your peers and other patrons around Paris to see. We accept submissions up to 3,000 words, excerpts welcome!
Submissions will be open until January 17. Email us your submissions at parisatlantic@aup.edu! We look forward to hearing from you! More info on guidelines coming later this week.

Spotted 📸

Spotted 📸

What a pleasure it was to experience the work of one of our talented contributors, Randa Massot. Thank you to everyone at the Espace Canopy for such a warm welcome and beautiful celebration of art, nature, poetry, and the way they weave together 🍃🌔

What a pleasure it was to experience the work of one of our talented contributors, Randa Massot. Thank you to everyone at the Espace Canopy for such a warm welcome and beautiful celebration of art, nature, poetry, and the way they weave together 🍃🌔

Happy holidays from the Paris/Atlantic team! 💫 Wishing you all a safe and inspiring holiday.

If you haven’t yet submitted your work to us, there may be a Christmas miracle... Send us your work ASAP at parisatlantic@aup.edu for a chance to be featured in the 2021 issue! Details in our last posts.

Photos courtesy of Marly Phillips: “Saying Sorry Isn’t Good Enough; 1 & 2” from the 2020 issue of Paris/Atlantic.

Happy holidays from the Paris/Atlantic team! 💫 Wishing you all a safe and inspiring holiday.

If you haven’t yet submitted your work to us, there may be a Christmas miracle... Send us your work ASAP at parisatlantic@aup.edu for a chance to be featured in the 2021 issue! Details in our last posts.

Photos courtesy of Marly Phillips: “Saying Sorry Isn’t Good Enough; 1 & 2” from the 2020 issue of Paris/Atlantic.

ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your work to us! Send photography, poems, and more parisatlantic@aup.edu. Guidelines are in our last post🌛#parisatlantic #pa2021

ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your work to us! Send photography, poems, and more parisatlantic@aup.edu. Guidelines are in our last post🌛#parisatlantic #pa2021

Who remembers last year's Launch Party? This year there will be no Launch Party to celebrate the 2020 issue of P/A (v. 38) but copies are coming to print soon! Dm us your mailing address if you need one at your doorstep! 💫

Who remembers last year's Launch Party? This year there will be no Launch Party to celebrate the 2020 issue of P/A (v. 38) but copies are coming to print soon! Dm us your mailing address if you need one at your doorstep! 💫

🌟Last day to apply for one of our 4 OPEN POSITIONS! 🌟
We are looking for an Art Director, a Fiction Editor, a Co-Editor-in-Chief, and a Director of Marketing and Communications! Find details here: https://aup.campuslabs.com/engage/news/199357

To become part of our team, email parisatlantic@aup.edu before tomorrow! ✨

[Photo by Daniel Gunn, found in our 2020 issue here: issuu.com/parisatlantic]

🌟Last day to apply for one of our 4 OPEN POSITIONS! 🌟
We are looking for an Art Director, a Fiction Editor, a Co-Editor-in-Chief, and a Director of Marketing and Communications! Find details here: https://aup.campuslabs.com/engage/news/199357

To become part of our team, email parisatlantic@aup.edu before tomorrow! ✨

[Photo by Daniel Gunn, found in our 2020 issue here: issuu.com/parisatlantic]

Here’s a very nice pic of Mary McColley, one of our ultra-talented editors! Here to invite you to join us to celebrate the new edition (again) this Thursday at 7:30 PM on Zoom! Email us at parisatlantic@aup.edu to get the info 🍓

Here’s a very nice pic of Mary McColley, one of our ultra-talented editors! Here to invite you to join us to celebrate the new edition (again) this Thursday at 7:30 PM on Zoom! Email us at parisatlantic@aup.edu to get the info 🍓

Last piece of the day, by the phenomenal @juanduarte and @gustavofogaroli 💐 make sure to check the new issue out and let us know how you like it! Link in bioooo 💫💫

Last piece of the day, by the phenomenal @juanduarte and @gustavofogaroli 💐 make sure to check the new issue out and let us know how you like it! Link in bioooo 💫💫

Here’s ANOTHER great piece by @ianrassari that you can find in P/A 2020 since Instagram can’t handle the 🍑🍑(p. 45!)🍑🍑 link in bio!

Here’s ANOTHER great piece by @ianrassari that you can find in P/A 2020 since Instagram can’t handle the 🍑🍑(p. 45!)🍑🍑 link in bio!

Jim Lahey, by @dabeechbum is one of the works published un P/A 2020💧link in bio

Jim Lahey, by @dabeechbum is one of the works published un P/A 2020💧link in bio

Issue 47 is out now 🤗 go to issuu.com/parisatlantic and dm us to let us know what you think ❤️

Issue 47 is out now 🤗 go to issuu.com/parisatlantic and dm us to let us know what you think ❤️

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Please bless us with your work. Submit until the 23rd of December, by following these guidelines:
☝🏼
A maximum of 3 literary pieces; 1700 words limit (each), in a Word document. All genres are embraced. ✌🏽
A maximum of 7 visual pieces; in high quality, in all formats except pdf. 🤟🏾
All works must be emailed to parisatlantic@aup.edu titled with the piece’s title and author’s name. 🤙🏻
Submit today!!!!!! We can’t wait to see your work and share it!!! 👋🏼#pa2020

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Please bless us with your work. Submit until the 23rd of December, by following these guidelines:
☝🏼
A maximum of 3 literary pieces; 1700 words limit (each), in a Word document. All genres are embraced. ✌🏽
A maximum of 7 visual pieces; in high quality, in all formats except pdf. 🤟🏾
All works must be emailed to parisatlantic@aup.edu titled with the piece’s title and author’s name. 🤙🏻
Submit today!!!!!! We can’t wait to see your work and share it!!! 👋🏼#pa2020

It’s TODAY! Call for Submissions is OPEN. Submit by emailing parisatlantic@aup.edu and remember to follow the guidelines (in our next post). Come celebrate tonight in the @amex.aup at 18h30 and perform your work! The Creative Writing Society and AUP Music revival will be there too, so join the partyyyyy 🦅Here are pages 4, Yellow Frames by @ainsley_l and 103, Physical Therapy by @meekillah 🧺

It’s TODAY! Call for Submissions is OPEN. Submit by emailing parisatlantic@aup.edu and remember to follow the guidelines (in our next post). Come celebrate tonight in the @amex.aup at 18h30 and perform your work! The Creative Writing Society and AUP Music revival will be there too, so join the partyyyyy 🦅Here are pages 4, Yellow Frames by @ainsley_l and 103, Physical Therapy by @meekillah 🧺

It’s tomorrow! Amex café, 18h30, bring your words and see you there 👀 And here are pages 84 and 7 of the 2019 issue, Emaranhado by @ianrassari and The Doctor’s Tale by @themajestic88 🥨🧬 Amazing, we know!!!!!!!! @aupinstagram @amex.aup @creativewriting_aup

It’s tomorrow! Amex café, 18h30, bring your words and see you there 👀 And here are pages 84 and 7 of the 2019 issue, Emaranhado by @ianrassari and The Doctor’s Tale by @themajestic88 🥨🧬 Amazing, we know!!!!!!!! @aupinstagram @amex.aup @creativewriting_aup

Only two days until our wonderful event, which is now also a musical event! We’ve joined forces with AUP Music Revival and student musicians will come and perform alongside our poets and writers. How wonderful? American concert pianist Walter Witt will also be there. Be there! Bring your pen or your saxophone and share your work! Thursday, November 7th at 18h30 in the Amex café. @amex.aup @creativewriting_aup @aupinsider 🌦These are pages 58 and 59, Refractions by @madlovelymina and Dans Le Métro by @mary.mccolley

Only two days until our wonderful event, which is now also a musical event! We’ve joined forces with AUP Music Revival and student musicians will come and perform alongside our poets and writers. How wonderful? American concert pianist Walter Witt will also be there. Be there! Bring your pen or your saxophone and share your work! Thursday, November 7th at 18h30 in the Amex café. @amex.aup @creativewriting_aup @aupinsider 🌦These are pages 58 and 59, Refractions by @madlovelymina and Dans Le Métro by @mary.mccolley

Only 3 days until our Call for Submissions opens for the 2020 issue and for our Open Mic Night to celebrate that day together. Here are two pieces published in the last issue, “Reach” by Emily Wills and “Ode to Green” by María Susana Tamayo.

Only 3 days until our Call for Submissions opens for the 2020 issue and for our Open Mic Night to celebrate that day together. Here are two pieces published in the last issue, “Reach” by Emily Wills and “Ode to Green” by María Susana Tamayo.

hello artists!!!!!!!!!! hello from new york!!!!!!!!! we accept submissions from anywhere but especially from #paris!!!!! or anywhere out in the #atlantic!!!!!! and i’m #nogoodphotographher but if you are, you can be in @paris_atlantic!!! submissions soon!!! words, images, blobs, trucs, coisas, etc!!! send us your art!!!! #parisatlantic #2020!!!!!!!!!! 🍃

hello artists!!!!!!!!!! hello from new york!!!!!!!!! we accept submissions from anywhere but especially from #paris!!!!! or anywhere out in the #atlantic!!!!!! and i’m #nogoodphotographher but if you are, you can be in @paris_atlantic!!! submissions soon!!! words, images, blobs, trucs, coisas, etc!!! send us your art!!!! #parisatlantic #2020!!!!!!!!!! 🍃

if you see these around, grab them ✨ kiss them ✨ love them ✨

if you see these around, grab them ✨ kiss them ✨ love them ✨

146 pages of pure love, light and magic 🌟 Our cover picture comes from the sky as seen from Head Editor @_charlottesweb_ ’s balcony ✨There is so much real emotion in these pages! 🌻 I can’t wait for next year!

146 pages of pure love, light and magic 🌟 Our cover picture comes from the sky as seen from Head Editor @_charlottesweb_ ’s balcony ✨There is so much real emotion in these pages! 🌻 I can’t wait for next year!

P/A 2019 Nathalie Debroise (p. 39) spotted irl 🦋🧩💎📘🌀

P/A 2019 Nathalie Debroise (p. 39) spotted irl 🦋🧩💎📘🌀

Thank you so much to everyone who showed up and to everyone who helped us make this event happen last night, like these two lovely volunteering women ✨ Today is the last day to apply for a position in P/A for fall! 🦋 If you’ve got pictures, send them to us! 🐞 love love love

Thank you so much to everyone who showed up and to everyone who helped us make this event happen last night, like these two lovely volunteering women ✨ Today is the last day to apply for a position in P/A for fall! 🦋 If you’ve got pictures, send them to us! 🐞 love love love

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We’re getting ready for Launch on Friday (!!!), and we need volunteers! If you’d like to help out with the event, please dm us ✂️ Also: we’re currently looking for someone special to work in P/A for our Fall 19/Spring 20 issue. If you think that could be you, tell us before the end of the week! ⏰ at parisatlantic@aup.edu

We’re getting ready for Launch on Friday (!!!), and we need volunteers! If you’d like to help out with the event, please dm us ✂️ Also: we’re currently looking for someone special to work in P/A for our Fall 19/Spring 20 issue. If you think that could be you, tell us before the end of the week! ⏰ at parisatlantic@aup.edu

LAUNCH PARTY will be next Friday, the 10th of May. Come, enjoy, participate, soar!!! 19h30 in Quai d’Orsay’s atrium space (floor 0). See you there ✨🕸🦋🥞🚇🌻

LAUNCH PARTY will be next Friday, the 10th of May. Come, enjoy, participate, soar!!! 19h30 in Quai d’Orsay’s atrium space (floor 0). See you there ✨🕸🦋🥞🚇🌻

so much hard work! it’s insanity! so much beauty to come soon! art is life, cooked! life is art, raw! we needed an extra week to decide on the submissions! you’ll hear from us soon! much love, p/a

so much hard work! it’s insanity! so much beauty to come soon! art is life, cooked! life is art, raw! we needed an extra week to decide on the submissions! you’ll hear from us soon! much love, p/a

what kind of art have you been making? tag us ✨🧚🏼‍♂️

what kind of art have you been making? tag us ✨��🧚🏼‍♂️

in case you were wondering what to submit!!!! send to parisatlantic@aup.edu NOW GO GO GO

in case you were wondering what to submit!!!! send to parisatlantic@aup.edu NOW GO GO GO

✨December 12th #parisatlantic #litmag #parislitmag #paris #aup #callforsubmissions

✨December 12th #parisatlantic #litmag #parislitmag #paris #aup #callforsubmissions

Thank you to all who read and came to support spoken word. Thank you, @laurendomagas, for your tenacity in sharing student talent in the name of charity 💞✨ #multimediagala #nothernlightsaid

Thank you to all who read and came to support spoken word. Thank you, @laurendomagas, for your tenacity in sharing student talent in the name of charity 💞✨ #multimediagala #nothernlightsaid

What are you doing
Who are you with
What time is it
Do you feel safe
Do you feel comfortable
Do you feel happy
Alright let’s have some fun

Submit your arts to the paris atlantic please: parisatlantic@aup.edu

What are you doing
Who are you with
What time is it
Do you feel safe
Do you feel comfortable
Do you feel happy
Alright let’s have some fun

Submit your arts to the paris atlantic please: parisatlantic@aup.edu

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who helped us make last night happen!!Antonin from @amex.aup for being so cool and cooperative (even though we made some mistakes 😩 but not next time!), Alex from music club for helping us with setting up the instruments and microphone, @aup_sga, and to everyone who stayed after to help us clean up!!! You guys rock!!! Finally, thank you to all the performers, you were amazing! Don’t forget to submit your poetry/art/stories+ and now that you know who we are, see you around campus ✨🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️✨

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who helped us make last night happen!!Antonin from @amex.aup for being so cool and cooperative (even though we made some mistakes 😩 but not next time!), Alex from music club for helping us with setting up the instruments and microphone, @aup_sga, and to everyone who stayed after to help us clean up!!! You guys rock!!! Finally, thank you to all the performers, you were amazing! Don’t forget to submit your poetry/art/stories+ and now that you know who we are, see you around campus ✨🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️✨

🌟CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS🌟 >> November 1st - December 12th << Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the University, we invite you to submit to our 2019 edition of Paris/Atlantic!
Please send all submissions to parisatlantic@aup.edu
Submission Guidelines & Information:

Up to 3 written pieces - 1500 word limit per piece, in a Word document
Up to 5 visual pieces (photography, art, photos of 3D work)
Up to 2 audiovisual pieces - 5 minutes per piece
Please submit your work with the name you would like to appear in print, alongside any details you would like us to know and respect about your work. Your work will always belong to you. If your piece is selected, expect to hear from us by January 31st, 2019. If you don’t hear from us, please consider submitting again next year! Please note that we have limited space and are not able to include all the precious work we receive.
We can’t wait to see your names in our inbox come November 1st!
With love and creative force,
Yours truly,
P/A ✨
#parisatlantic #litmag #parislitmag #paris #aup #callforsubmissions

🌟CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS🌟 >> November 1st - December 12th << Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the University, we invite you to submit to our 2019 edition of Paris/Atlantic!
Please send all submissions to parisatlantic@aup.edu
Submission Guidelines & Information:

Up to 3 written pieces - 1500 word limit per piece, in a Word document
Up to 5 visual pieces (photography, art, photos of 3D work)
Up to 2 audiovisual pieces - 5 minutes per piece
Please submit your work with the name you would like to appear in print, alongside any details you would like us to know and respect about your work. Your work will always belong to you. If your piece is selected, expect to hear from us by January 31st, 2019. If you don’t hear from us, please consider submitting again next year! Please note that we have limited space and are not able to include all the precious work we receive.
We can’t wait to see your names in our inbox come November 1st!
With love and creative force,
Yours truly,
P/A ✨
#parisatlantic #litmag #parislitmag #paris #aup #callforsubmissions

two hours 🦋

two hours 🦋

It’s here!!! Your beautiful work compiled in our 2018 edition — a big thank you to all of our contributors!! We hope to see you at our launch party on Wednesday! 🌟Poster by the lovely Mina Borges, find her work in the journal ✨

It’s here!!! Your beautiful work compiled in our 2018 edition — a big thank you to all of our contributors!! We hope to see you at our launch party on Wednesday! 🌟Poster by the lovely Mina Borges, find her work in the journal ✨

Last year, in the computer lab, before sending it off to print ♥️ see you in our inbox tonight... 🌟

Last year, in the computer lab, before sending it off to print ♥️ see you in our inbox tonight... 🌟

Don't forget! Today's the last day 🌚 parisatlantic@aup.edu

Don't forget! Today's the last day 🌚 parisatlantic@aup.edu

F I V E days until submissions close! Send us your last minute scribbles, drawn out projects, and abandoned art pieces- we want to see it all! 🍒 parisatlantic@aup.edu #parisatlantic #litmag #parislitmag #paris #aup

F I V E days until submissions close! Send us your last minute scribbles, drawn out projects, and abandoned art pieces- we want to see it all! 🍒 parisatlantic@aup.edu #parisatlantic #litmag #parislitmag #paris #aup

post launch party with a pile of p/a books 💃🏽

post launch party with a pile of p/a books 💃🏽

art by audrey michels from the 2015 edition 🌥 submissions are closing in 9 days! we're waiting 🖤

art by audrey michels from the 2015 edition 🌥 submissions are closing in 9 days! we're waiting 🖤

first round of submissions ends today! send us your art & writing at parisatlantic@aup.edu 🕊

first round of submissions ends today! send us your art & writing at parisatlantic@aup.edu 🕊

Some of our favorite photographs from last year’s edition. Photos by Jesse Merchant (p. 53), Simay Demirel (p. 101), Caroline Thee (p. 41), and Sophie Pecilunas (p. 76-77). Click on the link in our bio to access an online version of P/A!

Some of our favorite photographs from last year’s edition. Photos by Jesse Merchant (p. 53), Simay Demirel (p. 101), Caroline Thee (p. 41), and Sophie Pecilunas (p. 76-77). Click on the link in our bio to access an online version of P/A!

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