Ink Editors, Advisor Reflect on the Magazine’s Progress Thus Far
Anusha Sambangi
STAFF WRITER
After a successful year, the leadership of Ink, Andover High School’s literary magazine, expresses their pride in this year’s activities, as well as hopes for the future of the magazine.
From poems to artwork, Ink offers an outlet for students to express their opinions and feelings in an artistic way. The club meets every Tuesday after school and has released two issues this year. Co-editors Abinaya Ganesh and Avanthika Suryadevara run the club, along with teacher advisors Erin Niles, Rachel Gelinas, and Eric Pellerin.
Several years ago, a literary magazine called Fonts existed within AHS but was ultimately discontinued. In 2018, AHS’s main news magazine, The Warrior, was split into separate bodies. One of these bodies took the Warrior title and has now become Ink. According to Ganesh, “leadership last year started the transition into a literary magazine, and now [they are] Ink Magazine.”
The cover of the first issue of Ink Magazine, with a picture drawn by Mars Tasiopoulos
Ganesh and Suryadevara are both very proud of Ink’s progress this year. “We have really evolved from what the magazine was in the past,” said Suryadevara, “[we] shift[ed] from research-based articles and some art to much more creativity.” Ganesh shared similar ideas and also added that this year has been a learning experience and was challenging at first. However, after a few months of brainstorming and hard work, Ink magazine was back on track.
“My favorite part about running the club is getting to hear all the unique expressions of the student voice,” said Niles. Niles has been a part of AHS’s literary magazine since 2019 and is very happy with the progress that has been made on the style and goals of the literary magazine. She explained that Ink has shifted into “a real literary magazine” this year and expressed her particular interest in the poetry showcased. “We don’t often digest a lot of art in literature in our lives,” Niles said, and Ink magazine is a great way for students to include art in their school lives.
For the co-editors, running this magazine after the leadership of seniors graduating was demanding but memorable. “Publishing our first issue was one of my proudest moments,” said Ganesh. “There were many moments in working on our winter issue where we had to scrap everything we were working on and start over with a new perspective.”
Suryadevara enjoys seeing all the different types of artwork that AHS students submit and publish the most. “When the first submissions start to trickle in, it always makes me so excited and I can’t wait to see how the final version of the magazine will turn out,” she said.
When asked about plans for Ink magazine’s future, Suryadevara said she hopes to get two or three issues out every year, and possibly even special editions such as poetry-exclusive issues. Suryadevera said, “I am really happy with what we accomplished this year and I’m excited to see where we go next year!”
You can find Ink Magazine issues with any English teacher and in room 112. Submit art or writing that you are proud of to the email ahs.ink.magazine@gmail.com at any time.
