Hair Trigger is a student-edited literary anthology produced by Columbia College Chicago featuring work by Columbia students, staff, and alumni.
Published since 1977, the publication began in the Writing/English Department. In 1987, the Fiction Writing Department was established as a separate program and in 2013, the department merged to create the Creative Writing Department. In 2016, the unit name changed to the English/Creative Writing Department. The department published the anthology until 2019, numbering forty one volumes.
in 2021, a new publication Allium: A Journal of Poetry & Prose replaced the three genre-specific journals, Columbia Poetry Review (poetry), Hair Trigger (fiction), and Punctuate (non-fiction), designed as a multi-genre print and online publication.
Information about academic programs offered through the department is available from its website
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Hair Trigger 21
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: David Baker, Lauri Coup, Josephina Gasca, Paul A. Massignani, Jr., Joe Meno, Gina Rossi, Audrey Qween Roy, Megan Stielstra. Cover image: David Hodges. 296 pages.
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Hair Trigger 20
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Juan Cortes, John Drake, Venice Johnson, Mike Lipuma, Paul Massignani, Kent Modglin, Dara Ayanna Pressley, Cathleen Quartuccio. Cover photograph: Jed Fielding. 302 pages.
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Hair Trigger 19
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Jotham Burrello, Rick Feltes, Laura Hoofnagle, Kevin Kelly, Todd Leadingham, Karen Marousk, Kathleen MataCassar, Jame Lynn Viti. Cover photograph: Graciela Iturbidge. 256 pages.
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Hair Trigger 18
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Kristin Bair, Holly Bruns, Todd Burger, Drew Ferguson, Todd Leadingham, Christina Perry, Cathleen Quartuccio, Elizabeth Yoka. Cover photograph: Yashuhiro Ishimoto. 176 pages.
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Hair Trigger 17
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Holly Bruns, Martina Clarke, Herbert L. Jackson, Victoria Julian-Gonia, Susan Klaisner, Robert Koehler, Ricardo Moreno, Christopher Shoup. Cover photograph: Leon Livinstein. 244 pages.
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Hair Trigger 16
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Serafina Chamberlain, Martina Clarke, Kim Geller, Sheryl Johnston, Robert Koehler, Vince Kunkemueller, Alexi Pride, Chris Rice, Nick Toler. Cover photograph: Sylvia Wolf. 234 pages.
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Hair Trigger 15
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: William Boerman-Cornell, Serafina Chamberlin, Don Gennaro De Grazia, Wilhelmina Dunbar, Vince Kunkemueller, Harlan Reece, Jennifer Shanahan, Keturah Shaw. Cover photograph: John Mulvany. 143 pages.
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Hair Trigger 14
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Al Aviles, Jr., Donna Maria Chappell, Don Gennaro De Grazi, Ken Harris, Ann Langlais, Dave Mead, Jennifer Shanahan, Keturah Shaw. Cover photograph: Bill Brandt. 151 pages.
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Hair Trigger 13
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Sean Colbert, Ed Eusebio, Ann Langlais, Mary Moritz, Keturah Shaw, Jennifer Sheridan, Amy Turilli, Julie Vohs-Rocco. Cover photograph: Stephen Marc. 124 pages.
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Hair Trigger 12
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Kenneth Harris, Chris Hyatt, Greg Bishbaugh, Adam Langer, Cris Burks Lewis, Dave Mead, Mary Mortiz, Wanda Welch. Cover photograph: Alice Q. Hargrave. 243 pages.
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Hair Trigger 11
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Sioban Flannery, Ira Genovese, Ken Harris, Mike Hawkins, Lilli Langer, Lisa Lilly, Patty McNair, Allan, Zeitlin. Cover photograph: Jerry N. Uehlsmann. 158 pages.
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Hair Trigger 9 & 10
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Fiction editors, volume 9: Lincoln Davis, Steve Farmilant, Ira Genovese, Michael Gorski, Heidi Hedeker, Polly Mills, Maureen Morley, Karen Murai, Tom O'Keefe, David Swanson, Renee Wyatt. Fiction editors, volume 10: Sioban Flannery, Bruce Fox, Mike Hawkins, Lilli Langer, Tony Marquez, Patricia McNair, Denise Moore, George Orlowski. Poetry editors: Jane Joritz, Deborah Lamberty. Cover photograph: John Mulvany. 345 pages.
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Hair Trigger 8
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: (fiction) Mary Brophy, Bill Burck, Andrea Cody, Rochelle Knight, John McPhail, Joey Pickering, Barbara Sandler, Laura Steele, Kathleen Wargny, Ada Williams (poetry) Heidi Hedeker, Karen Murai, Kathy Waara. Cover photograph: Joseph D. Jachna. 212 pages.
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Hair Trigger 6 & 7
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: (fiction) Janet Marie Brown, Bill Burck, Rondal L. Burns, John Callegari, Adrienne Clasky, Connie Deanovich, James O. Elder, Doris Jorden, Robert Lenea, Laurie J. Meggesin, Tom Metcalf, Charles Shedivy, Jacquelyn Wade, (poetry) Connie Deanovich, D.R. Heiniger, Chris Holda, Jacqueline Martello, Deborah Pintonelli, Philip Steffen. Cover photograph: Jerry N. Uelsmann. 482 pages.
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Hair Trigger 5
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: (fiction) Ronald L. Burns, Adrienne Clasky, James O. Elder, Vicki Julian, Arlene Littleton, Esther Vital (poetry) Rondal Booze, Sue Greenspan, Sharon Mesmer. 273 pages.
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Hair Trigger 4
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: (fiction) Pete Bontsema, Sue Greenspan, Ann Hememway, Ron Booze, (poetry) Peter Radke, Lydia Tomkiw. Cover design: Paul McAlpin. 251 pages.
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Hair Trigger 3
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: (fiction) Reginald Carlvin, Fern Levin, Gary Johnson, Jerry Oestreich, Beverly Pitts, Mike Schwartz. (Poetry) Steven Giese, Dan Spinella. Cover design: Scott Hansbarger. 248 pages.
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Hair Trigger 2
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: (fiction) Pete Trotter, Tony Del Valle; (poetry) Aileen Marie Hayes, Pamela Miller, Cover design: Pete Trotter. 266 pages.
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Hair Trigger 1
Columbia College Chicago
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Steve Bosak, Tom Nawrocki. Cover: Denise Gaffney. 100 pages.