[2] Facing financial and operational difficulties in the late 1990s,[3] the magazine moved to the University of Calgary Department of English where it was rebranded as dANDelion and published by a series of editorial collectives and faculty advisors until 2011.
Early editions were typewritten, stapled chapbooks with cardstock covers featuring a silkscreened dandelion flower by visual artist Velma Foster.
"[5] In 1978, the magazine listed an editorial advisory board composed of Christopher Wiseman, Robert Kroetsch, Eli Mandel and Velma Foster.
Calgary Herald books editor Ken McGoogan noted that “a partial listing of contributors reads almost like a who's who of this province's poets"[2] In 1996, the magazine’s offices moved to the Old Y in the Beltline neighbourhood.
[11] In 1999, Aritha van Herk and Fred Wah, faculty members in the University of Calgary’s English Department resurrected the magazine[12] as dANDelion.
[14] In April 2019, founding editors Joan Clark, Edna Alford and Velma Foster were honoured at a celebration held at the Deane House for their contributions to Calgary’s literary heritage.
Dandelion Magazine (1975-1999) literary editors have included: Joan Clark, Edna Alford, Christopher Wiseman, Gloria Sawai, Robert Hilles, Claire Harris, Cecelia Frey, Mark Anthony Jarman, Fred Stenson, Cornelia Hoogland, Nancy Holmes, Adele Megann, Yvonne Trainer and Allan Serafino.
Dandelion visual arts editors (1975-1999) included: Velma Foster, Dale Fehr, Russ Brocklehurst, Dianne Bersea, Patricia Olynyk, John K. Esler, and Alice Simmons.
University of Calgary faculty advisors included Aritha van Herk, Fred Wah, Nicole Markotic, Suzette Mayr, Christian Bök and Tom Wayman.