Writers Respond to Typhoon Haiyan
On ordinary days, this is a magazine of creative nonfiction, inspired by travel, written by women–by which we mean that Vela publishes writing that…
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V-Formation: Two Years of Vela
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. – Annie Dillard It is September again, and those of us…
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Interview with Vela’s Featured Writer: Amy Butcher
You and I met a little over a year ago at Colgate University, when I was the out-going Olive B. O’Connor Fellow in Creative…
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Vela wins 2 (!!) Silver Medals in this year’s Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing
The results are out this morning for this year’s Best Travel Writing Awards from Solas/Travelers’ Tales (read the full line-up here) and Vela Magazine…
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Where the Women Are: Announcing Vela’s Guest Writers Series
When The Rumpus ran Elissa Bassist’s article “Welcome to the Girls’ Club,” Twitter feeds from the mountains to molehills where women write rang with…
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A Year of Vela
Today, September 6, 2012, we at Vela celebrate the first anniversary of the magazine.There is much to come, but before we get to all of…
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Written by Women
On the eve of Vela’s launch in September 2011, Sarah Menkedick sat down and wrote out her vision for the magazine. Vela has grown…
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