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English
Description: This class provides hands-on experience with the many facets of literary journal production including editing, design, fundraising, budgeting, grant writing, marketing, branding, blog/web editing, microblogging, and new media management. Class periods combine lecture, seminar, and practicum. Students' efforts will make immediate and accumulative impact on NAU's national literary journal, Thin Air Magazine. Students are expected to work effectively on a live and dynamic editorial board. Students also study trends --aesthetic, ethical, financial-- in literary journal publication while interacting with other national literary journals throughout the semester. In addition, students will draft cover letters, query letters, and book proposals as they prepare to launch their own literary futures. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Fall 2024
Prerequisite: Graduate Status
English
Term : Fall 2024
Catalog Year : 2024-2025
ENG 579 - Literary Editing And Publishing
Description: This class provides hands-on experience with the many facets of literary journal production including editing, design, fundraising, budgeting, grant writing, marketing, branding, blog/web editing, microblogging, and new media management. Class periods combine lecture, seminar, and practicum. Students' efforts will make immediate and accumulative impact on NAU's national literary journal, Thin Air Magazine. Students are expected to work effectively on a live and dynamic editorial board. Students also study trends --aesthetic, ethical, financial-- in literary journal publication while interacting with other national literary journals throughout the semester. In addition, students will draft cover letters, query letters, and book proposals as they prepare to launch their own literary futures. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Fall 2024
Prerequisite: Graduate Status