Welcome to RipRap, a literary journal designed and produced annually by students in the Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing program at California State University Long Beach (CSULB). Since its inception in 1951, the journal has evolved from its original title, Hornspoon until it was renamed Gambit and finally in 1979, RipRap.
RipRap reaches farther than the wide regions of its home in Southern California and highlights writers from across the country as well as enlightening interviews of award winning, published writers who are featured in the English Department’s Visiting Writers Series.
RipRap offers an invitation to all talented and aspiring writers of all genres and is open to everyone. Specifically, RipRap publishes creative short fiction and non fiction, poetry, and art such as photography, illustration, and original art pieces as well as comics.