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The first issue of the Stray Shot was published in March 1884. It was named for a regular column delineating the arbitrary, funny, off-the-mark events and utterances of school and classroom life (like the Civil War cannon shots which went astray). In the beginning it was a school newspaper, a literary journal, a town newspaper, an alumni magazine and a yearbook and was published ten months a year. Gradually it dropped many of these functions (The Red and Gray yearbook was inaugurated in 1912, The Gunnery News was established in 1935, and the alumni magazine was begun in 1949). It continued to be published four times a year as a literary magazine until 1955. It became the once a year magazine it is currently in 1956.
- Paula Krimsky, Gunnery Archivist and Director of Communications
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The Stray Shot 2008 (cover photo by Jon Hartmann) features work by Gunnery Poetry Contest winner Ian Engelberger; a longish short story by Zach Elston; Joe Mashburn and Jung Min Park's collaboration on a story with illustrations; a portfolio of color photographs by Sasha Geerken; and lots besides, including travel essays on India by Austin Ryer and Jon Hartmann and a story by Alex Brimelow chosen by ASAP for their '08 celebration of Young Writers. |
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The Stray Shot 2007 issue (cover photo by Allie Early) includes award-winning poetry by Paul Henne, Jon Hartmann, Alex Adam, and Georgia Buckley. It also includes distinguished and dramatic work by Ronnie Balceda, Kirsten Cleary, Hannah Mescon, and many others. |
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The Stray Shot 2006 features Che-Kuan Huang's story "Colors". |
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