Literary Magazine I
in this one or two semester elective, students participate in a production company
to conceptualize, create, and publish a school-wide literary arts magazine. They
analyze exemplary publications and apply national criteria for evaluating whole
magazines and original student work on poetry, fiction, drama, the essay ,
music,
visual arts, and other media. Students develop the essay, music, visual arts and
other media. Students develop and apply a code of ethics concerning the publication,
treatment, and verification of works' originality. Students develop and implement
a plan for soliciting original submissions, ensuring diversity of student voices
and
encouraging participation in the expressive arts across the school community.
Students collaborate in all aspects of production. They organize staff,
tasks, and budget and create a thematic concept that governs design and
content. While students collaborate and contribute in all phases of magazine
production, the focus or Literary Magazine I is on developing the
skills necessary to evaluate a wide variety of student art and writing and
make effective editorial choices that support design concepts and respect
the integrity of an artists' intentions. In the editorial role, students
collaborate on a style guide to be refined each year, and develop policy and
procedures to deal with plagiarism. They contribute to design layouts,
select media, make revisions and implements other publishing decisions.
Literary Magazine II
In this one or
two semester elective, students form a production company to
conceptualize, create, and publish a school-wide literary arts magazine.
Literary Magazine classes are one or more semesters in advanced writing,
design, editing, and publishing techniques. Students may self-select and
individual focus on either the art or literary staff and in either creation
or publication. Students in Literary Magazine II study and apply
fundamentals of design including dominance, unity, contrast, and balance.
Students learn to manipulate white space, repetition, spot color,
typography, and frames to create innovative spreads using advanced
techniques of publishing software during electronic paste up. Students
assume the responsibility for balancing innovation within the confines of
overall unity of the magazine. Students experiment with computer-enhanced
graphics, digital photography, and self-selected area of production as part
of editing, design and graphics teams and ensure final publication and
distribution of their school-based magazine featuring original literary
works and art by students.
Teacher Resources
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
Muse
Gadsden Independent Language Arts Standards
Lit Mag Evaluation
Interviews with authors, tips on writing
Student Press Review
Anne Arundel County Online Literary magazine
Writers Selected Works from NFAA
Professional Organizations
Columbia Press Association
National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts
Literary Magazines
Directory of high school literary magazines
Publish writings and photographs
NCTE Awards 2004
A magazine written by teens for teens
How-To…
Maryland’s Writing Resource Center…Creative Writing Winter Workshops 2004
Design layouts
Lit Mag Evaluation
Code Of Ethics
Code of ethics
University of Tennessee
Camps / and Activities
Camp Broadway/Stingers
Art and Literary Events
ARTS Awards
Contest
Feature Writing
Susquehanna Writer’s Institute
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