SECTION 300 - ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
331 LITERARY PUBLICATIONS
BACKGROUND
Currently,
four literary publications are sponsored by Georgia Perimeter College (GPC).
These publications have different histories and serve different needs of the
College community. All four are under the supervision of the Vice President for
Educational Affairs. Two publications, Creative License and Copia,
are funded primarily through Student Government's allocation of Student
Activity Fees. The Chattahoochee Review is funded primarily by the
College's operating budget and generates revenue by paid subscriptions. The
Polishing Cloth, a textbook for GPC students, is funded primarily by its
own revenues.
The
Executive Board for Literary Publications oversees the operation of all GPC literary
publications and is responsible annually for recommending the chief editor for
each publication to the Vice President for Educational Affairs. The Board is
composed of the Campus Humanities Department Chairs and the chief editors of
all GPC sponsored literary publications. Additionally, the Vice President for
Educational Affairs appoints one Dean of Student Services and one Dean
of Academic Services. From this group the Vice President for Educational
Affairs also appoints the Chair.
POLICY
GPC, through its Office of Educational Affairs, encourages the
development of quality scholarship and publications among faculty and students
and financially supports officially sanctioned literary publications. Officially sanctioned literary publications
are defined as publications that are reviewed and approved by the GPC Executive
Board of Literary Publications. Anyone seeking to have a publication sponsored
by the College should schedule a formal presentation of the benefits and
burdens of doing so with the Executive Board for Literary Publications.
A
DESCRIPTION OF AUTHORIZED LITERARY PUBLICATIONS FOLLOWS:
The Polishing Cloth
The
Polishing Cloth is an annual
publication of the best student essays from English composition, learning
support studies, English as a Second Language, literature courses and
other disciplines.
Governance
Structure: The Editor is the primary decision-maker regarding the journal's
daily operation. The Editor, who receives release time for this position,
appoints an editorial board composed of the Associate Editor and
faculty volunteers as Campus Editors. The
Editorial Board recommends an Associate Editor to the Executive Board to serve a one-year
term after which the Associate Editor will become the Editor.
Editorial Sources:
Faculty members are asked to choose and submit to the Editorial Board the best
writing from their classes. Each student must sign a form releasing the essay
for publication and stating that the work is his or her own. Each paper is read
by three members of the Editorial Board and rated on a four-point scale. The
co-editors of the yearly publication then make the final selection from the
highest-rated essays and attempt to publish a balance of the best essays from
each course and as wide a selection of genres as possible.
Distribution:
The Polishing Cloth is sold through the campus bookstores as an optional
or supplemental text.
Budget:
Royalties from sales of The Polishing Cloth are paid to the Editorial
Board. Those royalties--in a General Ledger account--are used to finance an
annual reception honoring published students, to compensate a speaker, and to
recognize students whose essays are judged by the Board to be the best in each
of the essay categories.
The Chattahoochee Review
The
Chattahoochee Review is a quarterly
publication of contemporary fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, reviews,
photography, and visual art, which publishes and appeals to regional, national,
and international writers and readers. It presents and supports readings by
notable writers at all campuses of the college. It sponsors annual writing
contests such as the Academy of American Poets Prize for students at the
College and the Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction for national writers. It
manages the biannual Townsend Prize for Fiction.
Governance
Structure: The Editor, a faculty member receiving reassigned time for editorial
duties, appoints an editorial board, that helps with selection of manuscripts
for publication. The Editor directs the production process for the magazine,
supervises the Managing Editor, works with student and faculty editors, directs
the Townsend Prize for Fiction, represents the College and the journal at
writers' conferences and meetings of literary arts organizations, and is
responsible for all functions of The Chattahoochee Review. The Managing
Editor, a full-time staff employee of the College, manages the daily business
of The Chattahoochee Review and assists with all functions of the
magazine as directed by the Editor.
Editorial
Sources: The Chattahoochee Review's faculty, staff, and student editors
select works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry year-round from solicited and
unsolicited manuscripts. The Managing Editor routes manuscripts to appropriate
editors for consideration. In consultation with Faculty Editors, the Editor
makes final decisions regarding publication.
Distribution:
Individuals and groups external to Georgia Perimeter College may obtain the
publication via paid subscription. National distribution is handled by The
Chattahoochee Review staff and a national commercial distributor, while
campus distribution is handled by the Managing Editor with Student Editors'
assistance. Copies of each issue are available to students, faculty, and staff
free of charge at each campus of the College at library distribution boxes,
through campus editors, or through intercampus mail by request. Copies are
provided on request for College classes, attendees at conferences sponsored by
the College, faculty and staff groups, candidates for academic positions, and other
visitors to the college. Members of the College Alumni Association receive a
paid subscription as part of their membership.
Budget:
As an institutional
project, The Chattahoochee Review
is funded primarily through its revenue from the College's operating budget and
with revenues from paid subscriptions.
Creative License
Creative
License provides an outlet for
students’ creative expression, serves as a learning tool for all involved in
its production, and promotes unity among the various campuses and centers of
the College.
Governance
Structure: The Editor is the primary decision-maker regarding the journal’s
daily operation. The Editor is assisted
by a Co-Editor and a Managing Editor; these editors compose the Editorial
Board. The Editorial Board directs the
final production of the magazine and subsequently recommends an Editor to the Executive Board for
the following year.
Editorial
Sources: All entries come from GPC students who are enrolled at the time they
submit material for publication. Faculty
and staff advisors collect and distribute submissions to student editors as
well as guide student editors through the selection process. Student editors have the responsibility of
rating submissions and then forwarding them to the Editor who makes the final
decision and develops a unifying theme for the publication. Some GPC student entries, with proper
releases, are also accepted as GPC literary club award winners.
If
a question of suitability or appropriateness for publication arises, the
Editorial Board makes a final determination.
Distribution:
The publication is made available at no charge to GPC students and
employees.
Budget:
Creative License is funded primarily from a Student Government Association
grant.
Copia: A Collage of
Fact, Fiction, and Fancy
Copia is a publication of the Humanities Division's High
School Literary Arts Competition Committee featuring the winning entries in
poetry, fiction, and essay competitions from the high school service area of
each campus.
Governance
Structure: The Chair of the High School Literary Arts Competition Committee is
the primary decision-maker for this publication and seeks assistance from the
committee as needed to produce the chapbook.
Editorial
Sources: Committee members determine the material to be published in Copia
from the winning entries in the high school literary arts competition.
Distribution:
Copies are given to the author of each winning entry at the annual awards
celebration.
Budget:
Copia has no source of revenue of its own. Printing costs are ordinarily
covered by allocations from Student Government to assist the High School
Literary Arts Competition Committee.
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Recommended
for approval by the Academic Affairs Policy Council 12/11/01
Approved
by the College Advisory Board/President 1/24/02
Revised by the Academic
Affairs Policy Council 10/23/03
Returned to AAPC January
2004/Revised
Sent to CAB 1/22/04 and returned
to AAPC to include recommended changes
Revised by the Academic
Affairs Policy Council 6/22/04
Approved by the College
Advisory Board/President 7/28/04