Budget cuts rock future of UI literary magazine - JESSICA BURSZTYNSKY, Daily Illini

University employees involved with the publication of Ninth Letter — the University’s literary magazine — are preparing for funding to be cut in the next budget cycle, leaving the journal’s future vulnerable. Since 2008, funding for the publication has decreased by almost 61 percent, going from $127,000 to $50,000. Ninth Letter, a collaboration between the School of Art + Design and the creative writing program, has operated since 2004, and its main source of funding is from the Office of the Provost. Creative Writing department head Janice Harrington said Ninth Letter is essential to the operations of the department, as students use the journal almost as a “laboratory,” and it brings in national attention. https://dailyillini.com/news/2018/10/04/budget-cuts-rock-future-of-ui-literary-magazine/