Every semester, The Chronicle’s staff and contributors celebrate the culmination of their labor with a magazine launch. This spring was no different.

The senior staff, contributors and friends of The Chronicle — Clemson University’s art and literary magazine since 1897 — gathered in the Barnes Center for an underwater-themed spring 2025 release event.

Attendees were greeted with not only friendly faces, but the opportunity to do arts and crafts, catch a first look at the new edition of the magazine, and participate in a treasure swap.

The under-the-sea theme and the warm weather accompanying it were a welcome change from the bitter winter, when Editor-in-Chief Sophia LiVigni first recalls planning the event.

“We were really looking forward to the spring break vibes when we were planning the event,” LiVigni told The Tiger in an interview. “We also like to have lighter themes since some of our content is on the heavier side.”

The Chronicle includes everything from poems to scannable QR codes guiding readers to songs.

But what exactly goes into creating something of this caliber? According to LiVigni, it takes “a lot of work.”

“It’s so important to spread uncensored work like we do and foster creativity,” she said in a speech to attendees later in the night.

This is the core of the magazine: a space by creatives for creatives.

“It feels pretty surreal whenever I’ve gotten to hold my writing in my hands,” Matthew Avriel Croissant, whose poems were included in the magazine, told The Tiger.

“I got the notification my work had been accepted on my birthday, and it was the best. That was a very good birthday,” fellow contributor Avery Romriell told The Tiger.

The Chronicle releases an issue every semester and will accept submissions in the upcoming fall semester.