When most people think of a watershed, they tend to think about water that rushes out of a faucet when a sink is turned on or a place that preserves the flow of water.

Little do some students know, Baker University has its own watershed that has been flowing since the 1970s, flowing with original writing, art and photography.

“The Watershed gives students that are studying creative writing, or just like to write for fun, an opportunity to practice and freelance,” Watershed Editor Kyrie Bair said.

The Watershed is a magazine publication that is student-run and led.

It is made up of student-submitted pieces, such as, poetry, short stories, personal essays, artwork and photography.

Senior Katie Adams, a former Watershed Editor, said the number of works submitted sometimes depend on the number of students in the creative writing program.

Friday is the deadline for submitting a piece of work. To submit work, students can email the Watershed editor at [email protected].

After submission, the works go through a selection process. This process consists of a selection committee that decides what will be published. The selection committee is made up of numerous students that have been recommended by English professors.

Some English professors help students with their entry pieces by giving advice on improvements that can be made to the student’s work for the Watershed.

“The committee will be looking for quality work, good descriptions and details, as well as originality,” Bair said. “In other words, no clichés.”

Once the final decisions are made about submissions, the owners of the accepted work will be contacted.

Once the final decisions are made, Bair will start the designing of the magazine.

Adams said the designing happens during a two-week period between finalizing the entrees and the publication of the annual issue.

This year’s issue of Watershed will be published in May. The cost to purchase the magazine varies from year to year. It depending on the printing company’s prices and the size of the issue.

“A small, modest amount is budgeted within Language and Literature each year, but the university cuts in recent years play into the mix as well,” Watershed Adviser Marti Mihalyi said.

The cost to purchase a copy of the magazine is still unknown.

“This magazine has changed light years in quality of student work featured over the past six or seven years. It’s top tier college work,” Mihalyi said.