But they noted that their roles at The Hippo have still taught them valuable skills about the world they’re preparing to enter into.

“Working in a group and sorting out differing opinions is crucial to working as an effective part of a health care team,” they wrote.

Regardless of what each individual's futures hold, all of the editors are steadfast in their optimism about the future of campus literary magazines.

“I think that magazines will always have a future on campus,” Perng said. “Until the day when everyone uses Kindles.”

But even when that happens, the urge to create — and, for editors like these, to present — will still be very much alive. And if you have the drive and something to show for it, there will always be a place to accept your submissions.

—Co-Editorial Page Editor Michelle DeWitt is a former editor-in-chief of Xylem.