Vermilion at Catholic University

Vermilion is hosting a literary reading with novelist Victoria Miluch! All are welcome! Join us on April 7, 12:40pm in Aquinas 102 Pizza will be served! 🍕📚

"When people hear the word “art”, most think of the Smithsonian or the Mona Lisa, but few realize that art exists all around us, waiting to be noticed." Read our latest web writing edition, "The Art of Walking," by Brigid Murray

In the chaos of the world, it's crucial that one takes time to reflect on their past experiences. Write a creative piece up to 500 words about a picture from your camera roll and submit to Vermillion for a chance to be published! Final Submissions due March 31 !!!

"What game is it that you want to play with me?" [How about a game of... hide and seek?] "Hmm, sure. What do I find?" [ A body.] Read Backwards Mystery, by Aminaa Oyunbat Link in Bio

When a dollar is worth more than it seems... Read our latest web edition, "The Value of Money," by Kelly Mosier, available on the Vermilion website, link in bio!

Writing at the Hirshhorn was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who joined us in our creative endeavor. Don't worry if you missed us this time, stay tuned for our next event, Writing at the Basilica! Hope to see you there!

Today is the last day to submit your work for Flash Issue #2! Have you ever read a whodunit where the “who” was revealed from the start? Challenge yourself now to write a mystery in reverse! Accepting submissions of up to 1000 words or less.

Have you ever read a whodunit where the “who” was revealed from the start? Challenge yourself now to write a mystery in reverse! In 500 words or less, submit your writing to Vermilion's Flash Issue #2---Link in bio!

"Thy might as well remove my heart as I shall soon remove yours!" In an entrancing marriage of verse and metaphor, Professor Steve Gerson reimagines the final scene of Romeo & Juliet for Vermilion's latest flash issue. Available in our linktree!

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“Under the flood of my tears I dare not wipe away, for if I clear my vision, I’ll have to admit I just sat and watched. I just witnessed.” Read “The Crucifixion” by Kache’ Attyana Mumford in Flash Issue 27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“A father’s job is to step into the pit with demons and hold them off until his son grows strong enough to climb himself out and witness the beatings.” Read “A Father’s Job” by Felix Flauta in Flash Issue 27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“He liked libraries. They had so many books about gardening and cooking, and also there was never any screaming. That was part of the library’s design.” Read “Timothy Tried” by Alaina Hammond in Flash Issue 27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“Her estrangement from her own mind might have been the loneliest aspect of all. Might have been, had she dwelled on it.” Read “Stella Did Not Want Pity” by Alaina Hammond in Flash Issues 27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“I couldn’t feel the flames he felt. I couldn’t breathe the water he inhaled. I couldn’t hear his screams as he sunk along with the Arizona, his flesh on fire, his dreams deferred like winter wheat threshed.” Read “Photo Album” by Steve Gerson in Flash 27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“The uncertainty of the pandemic had robbed them of their livelihoods. Komila, too, had whispered, ‘I do not want to study. I want to work and help them.’” Read “An Autumnal Moment” by Neepa Sarkar in Flash Issue 27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“Here, hidden from the eyes of those who would judge, their love burned bright, fierce enough to set the world alight if only it dared to let them be.” Read “Between Duty and Sacrifice” by Gerardo Gabriel Pizarro in Flash Issue 27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“You believed in heaven, and I bet you think that it’s like Gander. A place where you find joy again in the tragedy, without pretending that it didn’t happen.” Read “To My Mother’s Last Love, David Hein, and Irene Sankoff” by Abbie Langmead in FlashIssue27 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“Funny how hours after you eat a raspberry that sour tast lingers in your mouth. You cannot get full off of memory, my mother would have told me that.” Read “Sunday Morning in Manhattan” by Khadijah Green in Flash Issue 26 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…

“Dinner was enfrijoladas topped with avocado and crumbled cheese. The girls giggled as bean sauce splattered on my shirt. Broken English and faltering Spanish swirled around the table.” Read “Enfrijoladas” by Erik Peters in Flash Issue 26 sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermil…