About

Our Goals

Nameless Magazine is a student-run publication aimed at creating and fostering a liberal arts community within the undergraduate population at UC Davis. The idea behind the name is that the magazine represents someone you know or would like to know – Nameless seeks to break out of the mold of traditional publications and just produce a forum for creativity that possesses all the traits of a best friend: open, fun, helpful and readily accessible.

Nameless hopes to solicit submissions from all undergraduate artists on the UC Davis campus. Unlike other publications, it will focus on forging relationships with other writers and artists rather than simply worrying about editorial and logistical details. Nameless  implement a new system for submissions, in which the writer or artist receives personal feedback from The Board, the magazine’s current active staff. With the support of the UC Davis community, Nameless hopes to become more than just a magazine and turn into a community of its own, complete with workshops, meetings and even social outings.

How Nameless Works

Nameless Magazine publishes an online issue every quarter of the normal academic year (Fall, Winter, Spring quarters) and a print issue for every academic year (e.g. 2010-2011, 2011-2012). In addition to providing critiques and compiling issues, Nameless staff works to plan events such as Expression ReDefined, the annual quarterly performance showcase, workshops, an annual contest, readings in the Davis community, and much more. Upcoming events can be found here.

Our History

On March 10, 2007 a group of UC Davis undergraduate freshmen congregated on the grassy terrain of the West Quad. Over cucumber sandwiches and bags of Doritos, the 8-member founding editorial board of Nameless Magazine was born.

After 6 months of get-togethers in Regan Main and nightly AIM conversations, the group’s optimistic goal of building a collective arts community was realized.

In early October, the Fall 2007 pilot issue of the baby magazine was released online. Since then, Nameless and its editorial board have instituted regular prose, poetry and art workshops as well as a quarterly reading in order to promote a supportive outlet for writers and artists.

In December of 2007, Tyler Fyotek – then Editor-in-Chief of Produce, UC Davis’ undergraduate literary magazine – came to the editors of Nameless with an offer they couldn’t refuse. He proposed a merger between the two groups in order to further unite the literary and arts community.

Produce was previously known as Seele, and before that as Monkey Rhythms. Endorsed by the English department, it has long established itself as a sounding board for the creative pursuits of UC Davis students.

With this merger in place, Nameless Magazine hopes to slowly – and discreetly – take over the world. Or at least half of it.