By Samuel Villa.

Seth Pace’s creative writing class unveiled the fourteenth volume of the Gallimaufry at the Grace Museum on May 3.

“I think of a lot of people favored this year’s book particularly.” Pace said.

The theme for this year’s journal was “Potential”, and students and faculty members were allowed to submit a piece related to the theme.

“The editors came up with the theme to make the journal more positive,” Pace said. “Sad stories were still allowed, but most of the submissions we got were pretty upbeat or a little in between.”

The categories included Poetry, Short Stories, Art, Photography, and the new Music category.

“I think this year’s collection was good,” Pace said. “I feel the submissions were a little thin, but that’s ok. Some years we get a lot of submissions and sometimes we don’t. I wish we got more submissions from the faculty members, but maybe we’ll get more from them next year.”

The reveal of the Gallimaufry was held at the Grace Museum in front of his class and attending members from the school.

 “The party went very well,” Pace said. “My class helped set everything up and mingled with all the guests. Monk’s Coffee also helped cater the event and they helped us out quite a lot. It was a great turn out.”

Alongside Monk’s, Mrs. Siburt also helped cover the costs of goodie bags for the writers.

“I think Abilene High, and Mrs. Siburt are what really allowed us to give back to the students,” Pace said.

Pace was able to sell almost all the copies of the book to teachers and attendees.

“I think this is in our top three Gallimaufry collections.” Pace said. “I couldn’t be prouder of my students and the staff for making it successful.”

Pace hopes this year’s event will boost the Gallimaufry’s attention in future releases.

“Every year people find out about our annual journal,” Pace said. “Maybe this story will bring more awareness to the event.”