Babble Issue Sixteen

They are key to making the reader feel and live the story - Issue Sixteen focuses on the theme of 'Sensations'. In your text, sensations and senses will have to play a central part. Any format is welcome; short stories, poems, dialogues or any genre of your choice could be used to illustrate the theme.

Contributors are asked to write a piece of up to a maximum of 500 words on the theme, featuring a title - however, Babble still has other sections and can publish reviews or other creative texts outside the main theme.

The issue will feature contributions from students across our European languages.

About Babble

Babble is a Creative Writing magazine for students in European Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh.

We’re an online magazine, as well as a creative space for our students to practise their target language(s) and receive useful feedback and guidance on their work; whether that’s prose, drama, poetry or reviews.

We want to showcase what out students do best, grow our sense of community, and promote multilingualism.

Support and awards

Babble was launched in January 2018 with the support of alumni and friends of the University of Edinburgh through an Innovation Initiative Grant. It is now on its 13th issue. In 2023, Babble: The School Issue joined the family. This special supplement showcases content written by school-level learners with the support, guidance and knowledge of our students. 

In 2021, the Babble editorial committee was nominated for The Dean of Students Award for Contribution to Student Experience in the CAHSS Recognition Awards. In 2024, the team behind the second School Issue won a Social Responsibility and Sustainability Changemaker Award for their "work to make language learning and education more accessible and engaging to young learners, and for contributing to reducing social inequalities."