Dear Reader,

11.12.2020

Our first edition of The New Word Order was created with the intentions of elevating creators and the human experience. In the midst of Covid, we had no clue what this experience was going to be. During the past nine months some of us have slept, some of us have grieved, some of us wrote, some of us fell in and out of love, and some people published a magazine. 

Despite us having gone through the past year individually, there was a collective voice that emerged. In these writings and art works we saw love, grief, tenderness, hardships, questionings of sexuality and the general uncertainties of life. Our editorial teams sought after pieces which looked at life through different lenses, seeking a range of varying pieces. In them we hope you can find a reflection of your own experience as well as experiences which challenge your own normalities. 

We would like a thank the following people for the help they provided:
Dr Priscilla Morris, advisor and module lecturer.
Associate Professor Paul Perry, module co-ordinator.
Professor John Brannigan, head of school and The School of English, Drama and Film.
Brendan Barrington, editor of The Dublin Review and Rebecca O’Connor, editor of The Moth and Dr Catherine Morris for their talks.
John Matthews, educational technologist, for his help setting up the website.

Thank you to all of you who have submitted, thank you to all of those that read our first issue.

Peace out, 

Clodagh Johnston (co-editor)
Isabella Ambrosio (co-editor)
Andrew Nolan (managing editor)