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’s Quills & Pixels journal by Sept. 27.
This is an opportunity to have one’s creative nonfiction, personal and research essays, academic papers, journalistic features, photography, and even technical reports considered for publication.
“Quills & Pixels features writing from students, faculty, and alumni and is edited completely by students,” said Dr. Heidi Harris, professor of rhetoric and writing. “It’s an excellent venue for both showcasing the best writing and editing in our department.”
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.
“Quills & Pixels is created, developed, and produced by students for the UA Little Rock community,” said Dr. Barbara L’Eplattenier, 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.
“Quills and Pixels provides hands-on experience with developmental editing, production editing, and Adobe InDesign,” Harris said. “Alumni 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.”
Dr. Greg Graham, director of the Little Rock Writing Project, said he’s known numerous colleagues and students who were thrilled to have their work published in Quills & Pixels.
“Each of them could not hide their excitement when telling me the news that their piece of writing had been published,” Graham said. “Quills and Pixels provides a wonderful opportunity for UA Little Rock students, faculty, and alumni to actually get their nonfiction writing published.”
To submit, visit the Quills & Pixels website.
This article was written by Matt McGregor.
