Showing posts with label Euonymous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Euonymous. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Euonymous Needs Editors

Like helping other writers develop their work? Want to learn to edit interesting writing like a professional? Volunteer to be a student editor for Euonymous.

Euonymous (literally, “well named”) is looking for editors for it's next issue. The journal – which is the collective effort of both students and faculty – seeks to bring outstanding first-year writing into the public sphere and into dialogue with wider communities of scholars, writers, and readers. Student editors and publication managers will work collaboratively with faculty editors and University Writing faculty on the e-anthology during the spring semester. If you're interested in working on Euonymous, contact Faculty Editor Christy Zink at gwueanthology@gmail.com by Monday, December 22, 2008.

IMPORTANT: Student editors would need to be available for a daytime workshop on Saturday, January 31 to read submissions and select work for publication. Editorial training will be provided.

Student-editors and production managers will work on a range of activities, including but not limited to: designing content guidelines

  • reviewing incoming submissions
  • copy editing
  • proofreading
  • web design
  • fundraising
  • publicizing and promoting the e-anthology

Editors and publication managers may focus their efforts in any or all of these areas, depending on their individual interests. Students will gain intellectual and professional experience in building, sustaining, and producing a writing anthology through the entire publication process. If you are interested in participating, please contact the Faculty Editor, Christy Zink, at gwueanthology@gmail.com by Monday, December 22, 2008.

Link to Full Call for Editors

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Euonymous Needs Writers

You've already done the work; see it published! Submit your work to Euonymous, the Writing Program's e-journal. Euonymous publishes the most compelling thinking and writing produced in the fall semester by first-year writing students at The George Washington University.

Euonymous (literally, “well named”) is accepting submissions and for it's next issue. The journal – which is the collective effort of both students and faculty – seeks to bring outstanding first-year writing into the public sphere and into dialogue with wider communities of scholars, writers, and readers.

IMPORTANT: The deadline for receipt of all submissions is Monday, December 22, 2008.

Submission guidelines:

All students enrolled in a University Writing 20 or Honors 16 course in fall 2008 are eligible and encouraged to submit work to the e-anthology. Final selections for the anthology will be made by the end of January, with revisions and rewrites due from accepted writers by mid-February. To be considered for publication, submissions must follow the guidelines and present the information required below.

  • Submissions must be conceived of and produced in UW20 or HNR16 courses.
  • Submissions may be of any length or genre, from short exercises to longer research essays and collaborative projects.
  • Multimedia work is welcome and encouraged.
  • Submissions of writing projects must be typed and double-spaced.
  • Manuscripts should include the author’s name, contact
    information (campus address, e-mail address, and phone number), the course title, and the instructor’s name.
  • Authors must briefly explain the original assignment in the body of their e-mail message.
  • Submissions must be emailed as MSWord or Rich Text Format attachments to the Faculty Editor, Christy Zink, at gwueanthology@gmail.com.
  • Please e-mail queries to the editor Christy Zink, at mailto:gwueanthology@gmail.com,%20regarding regarding submission of multimedia work, including audio, video, and internet materials.

Link to Full Call for Submissions.

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