ENGL 340 Editing and Publishing

Hands-on learning about the processes involved in print publication, as well as an overview of current online publication strategies and opportunities. Students will solicit, edit, design, and produce the literary journal Red Cents. Skills include manuscript commissioning and assessment; author feedback; text editing for grammar, style, and fit; and project management, including marketing, distribution, and sales. Class time will also be spent interacting with guest speakers and traveling to regional publishing houses. Students will also complete a class project using English Department’s historic letterpress housed in downtown Goshen. This course will be offered every other year. Prerequisite: ENGL204, and one upper-level literature course in the English Department, or permission of instructor. Recommended: Engl 290, English Publication.