The Harvard Advocate

The Harvard Advocate

Headquarters of The Harvard Advocate at 21 South Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Categories	Art, culture, fiction, humor
Frequency	Quarterly
Founder	Charles S. Gage William G. Peckham
Founded	May 11, 1866; 158 years ago (1866-05-11)[1]
Country	United States
Website	www.theharvardadvocate.com
ISSN	0017-8004
OCLC	8158155

The Harvard Advocate, the art and literary magazine of Harvard College, is the oldest continuously published college art and literary magazine in the United States. The magazine (published then in newspaper format) was founded by Charles S. Gage and William G. Peckham in 1866 and, except for a hiatus during the last years of World War II, has published continuously since then. In 1916, The New York Times published a commemoration of the Advocate's fiftieth anniversary.^[2] Fifty years after that, Donald Hall wrote in The New York Times Book Review: "In the world of the college—where every generation is born, grows old and dies in four years—it is rare for an institution to survive a decade, much less a century. Yet the Harvard Advocate, the venerable undergraduate literary magazine, celebrated its centennial this month."^[3] Its current offices are a two-story wood-frame house at 21 South Street, near Harvard Square and the university campus.

Today, the Harvard Advocate publishes quarterly. Its mission is to "publish the best art, fiction, poetry and prose the Harvard undergraduate community has to offer."^[4] It also accepts submissions from professional writers and artists beyond the Harvard community.