Quills & Pixels Accepting Submissions Until Sept. 27
University of Arkansas Little Rock students, alumni, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit their nonfiction work to the Rhetoric and Writing Department鈥檚 Quills & Pixels journal by Sept. 27.
This is an opportunity to have one鈥檚 creative nonfiction, personal and research essays, academic papers, journalistic features, photography, and even technical reports considered for publication.
鈥淨uills & Pixels features writing from students, faculty, and alumni and is edited completely by students,鈥� said Dr. Heidi Harris, professor of rhetoric and writing. 鈥淚t’s an excellent venue for both showcasing the best writing and editing in our department.鈥�
The Editing for Publication student team for the RHET 4323 class reviews the manuscripts and then corresponds with the authors to assist in bringing the piece into focus by providing support and guidance through peer review.
鈥淨uills & Pixels is created, developed, and produced by students for the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock community,鈥� said Dr. Barbara L鈥橢plattenier, who has overseen the editing team since 2017.
The Production for Editors RHET 4323 class then works on the journal’s design, which allows the team to learn about publishing, using high-end layout and publishing software.
鈥淨uills and Pixels provides hands-on experience with developmental editing, production editing, and Adobe InDesign,鈥� Harris said. 鈥淎lumni who have taken this class say it was helpful in building both hard skills in design software as well as experience working with writers in a complex publishing environment.鈥�
Dr. Greg Graham, director of the Little Rock Writing Project, said he鈥檚 known numerous colleagues and students who were thrilled to have their work published in Quills & Pixels.
鈥淓ach of them could not hide their excitement when telling me the news that their piece of writing had been published,鈥� Graham said. 鈥淨uills and Pixels provides a wonderful opportunity for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students, faculty, and alumni to actually get their nonfiction writing published.鈥�
To submit, visit the Quills & Pixels website.
This article was written by Matt McGregor.